The Associated Press contributed to this report. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Its owners still hope to sell the building through bankruptcy court, but it is not clear whether a buyer would run it as a casino or as a non-gambling facility. High room and restaurant prices hurt, too. By the time those decisions were reversed, it was already too late. Revel opened on April 2, 2012, and after declaring Chapter 11 bankruptcy for the second time, closed on September 2, 2014. That included Atlantic City's only total smoking ban, which alienated many gamblers the lack of a buffet and daily bus trips to and from the casino and the absence of a players' club. The idea behind Revel was to open a totally different resort, a seaside pleasure palace that just happened to have a casino as one of its features. When it opened, it was so laden with debt that it couldn't bring in enough revenue to cover it. It ran out of money halfway through construction and had to drop its plans for a second hotel tower while scrambling for the remaining $1 billion or so it needed to finish the project. Ocean Casino Resort Seeks Permission to Install Helipad Atop Parking Garage. The casino broke ground just before the Great Recession.

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