Pile of Dirt or Parking Lot?

by Marc on March 22, 2010

in Atlantic City


What would you prefer instead of a casino – a pile of dirt or a parking lot?  A month ago Pinnacle announced there were not going to build a casino on the land where Sands used to stand.  There has been a pile of dirt sitting on the land for a couple of years now.  While they prepare to sale the property Pinnacle is considering cleaning up the property.

Pinnacle would pave the site to create a temporary parking lot serving the downtown business district and Boardwalk attractions. Plans also include decorative lighting, landscaping and new sidewalks to replace those torn out by Pinnacle on Indiana and Kentucky avenues and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. The chain-link fence surrounding the property would also be removed, Mason said.

This won’t “clean up” Atlantic City, but anything that can be done to get this land to change hands quicker is another step towards a new casino.  Nothing will happen quickly, but this could only be a good thing.

Photo from Atlantic City Tripping

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