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Bally's Customer Service – Fail

by Marc July 1, 2010

I have a reservation at Bally in Atlantic City later this summer and saw that I had a 3rd comp night available to me so I decided to call and see if I could extend my stay.  It was more than 11 minutes before a human answered the phone.  Bad start and first customer service [...]

Tagged as: Atlantic City, Ballys, Casino, Customer Service, Harrah's, Marketing

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Beer Pong at Ballys

by Marc June 14, 2010

Part of the renovations at Bally’s included a face lift to Wild Wild West to make it attractive to younger people, while maintaining it’s country music feel.  This weekend Bally’s added Beer Pong to the fun at Wild Wild West. The beer-pong area is part of a larger space dubbed the Main Stage, which also [...]

Tagged as: Atlantic City, Ballys, Beer Pong, Country Music, Marketing, Mechanical Bull, Wild Wild West

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Claridge Renovations Begin

by Marc May 18, 2010

Towards the end of last year Harrah’s announced that they would be doing some renovations to Bally’s without any specifics besides having a “W hotel” feel.  Details are starting to emerge on what those renovations will be. The venerable Claridge hotel, a throwback to Atlantic City’s “Queen of Resorts” days, is getting a $20 million [...]

Tagged as: Atlantic City, Ballys, Casino, Claridge, Design, Marketing, W Hotel

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Sammy Hagar Taking Over Ballys Beach Bar

by Marc May 17, 2010

Sammy Hagar’s name will be firmly placed on top of Bally’s Beach Bar. “Sammy Hagar brings a new energy everywhere he goes,” said Don Marrandino, Eastern Division President of Harrah’s Entertainment Inc., which owns Bally’s and three other Atlantic City casinos. “His Cabo lifestyle will reinvigorate the beach bar at Bally’s Atlantic City and continue [...]

Tagged as: Atlantic City, Ballys, Bearch Bar, Celebrity, Music, Sammy Hagar

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Bally's Cleaning Up Wild Wild West

by Marc April 21, 2010

Bally’s is cleaning up the Wild Wild West section of the casino in Atlantic City.  Bally’s will spend $1.5 million to quickly update the casino by July 4th weekend. That facelift includes a mechanical bull – which casino officials say is a first for an Atlantic City casino. Joe Domenico, the casino’s senior vice president [...]

Tagged as: Atlantic City, Ballys, Carrie Underwood, Casino, Economy, Harrah's, Wild Wild West

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Bally's Upcoming Renovations

by Marc November 16, 2009

Bally’s announced that they will be renovating their Atlantic City casino starting with the Claridge Tower. The Claridge, meanwhile, will have its rooms redone as part of Bally’s renovation. Claridge operated as a separate casino hotel before it was folded into Bally’s in 2002. Marrandino said the Claridge will take on a boutique atmosphere, comparable [...]

Tagged as: Atlantic City, Ballys, Casino, Claridge, Economy

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Bally's Bikini Beach Bar

by Marc September 10, 2009

Say it 4 times real fast: “BALLY’S BIKINI BEACH BAR.”  I spent about 2 hours at the Bikini Bar imbibing on a handful of refreshing cocktails on my recent trip to Atlantic City.  I have two words to describe my experience. YUM YUM!  However… …the experience was followed by a long nap. Possibly from too [...]

Tagged as: Atlantic City, Ballys, Beach Bar, Bikini, Review

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Bally's Dennis Tower Review

by Marc September 9, 2009

On my last trip to Atlantic City I decided to take on a newly renovated Dennis Tower room at Bally’s.  I’ve read that the renovations were very nice but the rooms were small.  Those warnings were true and the room I received was tiny and not as comfortable as the Garden Tower room I stayed [...]

Tagged as: Atlantic City, Ballys, Casino, Dennis Tower, Review

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Review: The Ridge at Bally's

by Marc September 7, 2009

I finally made it to The Ridge at Bally’s on my last trip to Atlantic City.  I haven’t heard too much about it, but what I read (and wrote) had me curious. The Location – The Ridge is located where the old “gateway” games were between the Bally’s Casino and Claridge Casino.  A wall was [...]

Tagged as: 3 Card Poker, Atlantic City, Ballys, Beach Bar, Blackjack, Casino, Drinks, Review, The Ridge

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The Ridge at Claridge via Ballys through Harrahs

by Marc July 2, 2009

theRidge is the name of the old Claridge gaming area.  It seems as if Ballys decided to throw a hodge podge of ideas at the wall to see what garners interest over at the Claridge hotel.  From the Press of Atlantic City: Bally’s Atlantic City is paying some much-needed attention to its Claridge tower by [...]

Tagged as: Atlantic City, Ballys, Casino, Claridge

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