Read this Press of Atlantic City editorial which questions whether smoking allowed in the casino will increase gambling revenues at the newest Atlantic City casino. Read a JPhiladelphia Inquirer blog entry written by the American Cancer Society which points out that New York’s smoke-free Resorts World Racino was the nation’s leader in slot revenue, taking in $57.5 million in May. Some are not convinced that this change will improve the newest Atlantic City casino’s revenue numbers. Read this Press of Atlantic City news article about the smoking policy change.

Regulation allows for up to 25% of the gaming floor to be smoking-permitted. was hired as chief restructuring officer.īankruptcy documents said Revel intended to add a smoking section, which it did on May 24, 2013, in time for the Memorial Day weekend, allowing smoking much the same as other resorts in Atlantic City. Dennis Stogsdill of Alvarez & Marsal Inc. Kevin DeSanctis will remain CEO and chairman of Revel AC’s holding company, Revel Group, the developer of the casino property.

Jeffrey Hartmann, a gambling consultant, has been appointed as interim chief executive officer while Revel reorganizes. Revel Casino, which opened as the first smokefree casino in Atlantic City in May 2012, is restructuring under a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing after less than a year of being open. Revel Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey

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