{"id":11356,"date":"2013-08-21T12:07:35","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T20:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=11356"},"modified":"2013-08-21T12:07:35","modified_gmt":"2013-08-21T20:07:35","slug":"better-late-than-never-in-a-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/better-late-than-never-in-a-c\/","title":{"rendered":"Better late than never in A.C."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5226\" title=\"Chalfonte_Hotel_Atlantic_City_1905_Advertisement\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Chalfonte_Hotel_Atlantic_City_1905_Advertisement.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Chalfonte_Hotel_Atlantic_City_1905_Advertisement.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Chalfonte_Hotel_Atlantic_City_1905_Advertisement-90x150.jpg 90w, https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Chalfonte_Hotel_Atlantic_City_1905_Advertisement-181x300.jpg 181w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Under the leadership of the <strong>Atlantic City Alliance<\/strong>, the Boardwalk is finally getting its act together. (Makes you feel like a proud papa, doesn&#8217;t it?) Now through 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pressofatlanticcity.com\/news\/press\/atlantic\/atlantic-city-convention-subsidies-extended-through\/article_c830bb97-805e-5f51-a4ea-5ac756428aba.html\" target=\"_blank\">the ACA will offer $1 million in annual subsidies<\/a> to conventions. The convos have to be first-timers in <strong>Atlantic City<\/strong> and must put at least 1,000 bodies in hotel beds. It&#8217;s a big step in the right direction for a city that used to prize gamblers over conventioneers. Considering the capacity of properties like <strong>Borgata<\/strong> and <strong>Revel Resort<\/strong>, it&#8217;s high time A.C. capitalized upon it. Kudos also to the <strong>Casino Reinvestment Development Agency<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pressofatlanticcity.com\/communities\/atlantic-city_pleasantville_brigantine\/garden-state-film-festival-moving-to-atlantic-city-crda-approves\/article_a5db0be2-09f2-11e3-9090-001a4bcf887a.html\" target=\"_blank\">for earmarking 300 thousand clams to support relocation<\/a> of the <strong>Garden State Film Festival<\/strong>. Associated for a decade with <strong>Asbury Park<\/strong>, the fest found itself homeless. Enter the CRDA. It also extended a small subsidy to the <strong>Downbeach Film Festival<\/strong>. Feeling generous, the CRDA also allocated $130K to bring back the <strong>Atlantic City Ballet,<\/strong> which hasn&#8217;t been based in A.C. in 15 years. Good moves all around, guys. Bravo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who won and who lost <\/strong>in 2Q13? <strong>Rick Velotta<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vegasinc.com\/news\/2013\/aug\/20\/las-vegas-casino-giants-macau-presence-continues-b\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">has the answers in an excellent wrap-up<\/a>. He covers every major player on the field and provides a handy layman&#8217;s guide of the importance of <strong>Macao<\/strong> to the health of <strong>Las Vegas<\/strong>. This is highly recommended reading. To the southeast, <strong>Florida<\/strong> punters are making <strong>Hiahleah Park Casino<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/news\/Customers-Flocking-to-New-Hialeah-Park-Casino-220322381.html\" target=\"_blank\">a speedy hit.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under the leadership of the Atlantic City Alliance, the Boardwalk is finally getting its act together. (Makes you feel like a proud papa, doesn&#8217;t it?) Now through 2016, the ACA will offer $1 million in annual subsidies to conventions. The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/better-late-than-never-in-a-c\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[23,60,28,14,36,62,111,157,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11356"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11356"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11358,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11356\/revisions\/11358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}