Sands Casino in Atlantic City to be Imploded: A Pinnacle Casino To Replace It

Atlantic City is sometimes the forgotten sibling of larger casino destination rival Las Vegas, but the town hopes to change things as it ups the ante on what kinds of casinos and entertainment can be offered there.

From the Press of Atlantic City.com we get news of the pending implosion of an old AC staple: the Sands Casino Hotel, and its secret replacement coming from Pinnacle Entertainment.

Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. is promising some Las Vegas-style flair in a spectacular implosion this fall of the old Sands Casino Hotel.

But what will rise in place of the iconic Sands remains a mystery.

“See you in 2011,” Pinnacle Executive Vice President Kim Townsend coyly told an audience of Atlantic City business leaders who were anxious to hear plans for the resort’s newest casino.

Townsend, however, revealed precious few new details about Pinnacle’s proposed $1.5 billion megaresort in a presentation Tuesday to the Metropolitan Business & Citizens Association at Boardwalk Hall.

Pinnacle plans to break ground at the end of 2008 and begin full-fledged construction the following year. A grand opening is expected in late 2011.

The Las Vegas-based company, a newcomer to Atlantic City, will redevelop an 18-acre site overlooking the Boardwalk between Indiana and Kentucky avenues after the old Sands is imploded, probably in October.

“Truly, it will be a must-see event for all,” Townsend said while promising the Sands’ demise will match any of the extravagant implosions staged in Las Vegas in recent years.

Read the rest of the story over at the Press of Atlantic City.

Hopfully we will have another beautiful event to add to our movies of imploding casinos, and after thats done, a wonderful new casino destination.

Learn more about Pinnacle Entertainment and its casinos.

July 18, 2007

Sands Casino in Atlantic City to be Imploded: A Pinnacle Casino To Replace It