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The Belloe House opened as the first commercial hotel at the intersection of Massachusetts and Atlantic Avenues in 1853. This structure marked the beginning of a resort town that would eventually become known as the Las Vegas of the East Coast.
Enoch L. Nucky Johnson hosted the conference for organized crime figures from all across America in May 1929. Attendees included Charles Lucky Luciano, Johnny the Fox Torrio, Meyer Lansky, Benjamin Siegel, and Al Capone.
New Jersey voters legalized casino gambling in 1976 after a failed referendum in 1974. Resorts International opened on the 26th of May 1978, becoming the first legal casino in the eastern United States.
Four casino closures took place in 2014: the Atlantic Club on January 13, the Showboat on August 31, the Revel on September 2, and Trump Plaza on September 16. Casino revenue declined from $5.2 billion in 2006 to $2.9 billion in 2013.
Superstorm Sandy struck on the 29th of October 2012, producing an all-time record low barometric pressure reading of 943 mb for both Atlantic City and the state of New Jersey.