Showboat Atlantic City
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Showboat Atlantic City is a Mardi Gras
themed casino located in Atlantic City
, New Jersey
. In 1998, the property was purchased by Harrah's Entertainment, now Caesars Entertainment, which has since sold off similar Showboat themed properties in other cities. The Showboat is currently the northernmost casino on the Atlantic City Boardwalk, but Revel will open to its north in 2012. Showboat Atlantic City contains the House of Blues
restaurant and has suites under the House of Blues name. In May 2003, the Showboat hotel added a 544 room, $90 million dollar hotel tower called the Orleans Tower. In 2007, the hotel remodeled its original tower, the Bourbon Tower.
Trump Taj Mahal. The resort opened with a 60-lane bowling center that operated until 2002. Showboat was the first casino in Atlantic City to open a simulcast area. In the past decade, the casino has seen many improvements, including the new hotel tower and a House of Blues on the boardwalk, along with a complete renovation of the boardwalk facade.
New Orleans Mardi Gras
Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Louisiana, is a Carnival celebration well-known throughout the world.The New Orleans Carnival season, with roots in preparing for the start of the Christian season of Lent, starts after Twelfth Night, on Epiphany . It is a season of parades, balls , and king cake parties...
themed casino located in Atlantic City
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Atlantic City is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, and a nationally renowned resort city for gambling, shopping and fine dining. The city also served as the inspiration for the American version of the board game Monopoly. Atlantic City is located on Absecon Island on the coast...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
. In 1998, the property was purchased by Harrah's Entertainment, now Caesars Entertainment, which has since sold off similar Showboat themed properties in other cities. The Showboat is currently the northernmost casino on the Atlantic City Boardwalk, but Revel will open to its north in 2012. Showboat Atlantic City contains the House of Blues
House of Blues
House of Blues is a chain of 13 live music concert halls and restaurants in major markets throughout the United States. House of Blues first location was in Cambridge's Harvard Square. It was opened in 1992 by Isaac Tigrett, co-founder of Hard Rock Cafe, and Dan Aykroyd, star of The Blues Brothers...
restaurant and has suites under the House of Blues name. In May 2003, the Showboat hotel added a 544 room, $90 million dollar hotel tower called the Orleans Tower. In 2007, the hotel remodeled its original tower, the Bourbon Tower.
History
In March 1987, the Showboat Hotel and Casino opened with 516 rooms and a 60,000 sq.ft. casino. It was built on property just north of theTrump Taj Mahal. The resort opened with a 60-lane bowling center that operated until 2002. Showboat was the first casino in Atlantic City to open a simulcast area. In the past decade, the casino has seen many improvements, including the new hotel tower and a House of Blues on the boardwalk, along with a complete renovation of the boardwalk facade.
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