Developer Glen Straub had planned to re-open at least part of the closed former Revel casino in June, but a month later, the property is no closer to opening.
According to the Press of Atlantic City, city building inspectors have still not received an application for a certificate of occupancy for the property, a needed inspection process for any building to open. City officials have said they are ready to inspect the property, but still need property paperwork including alarm system reports and sprinkler system certification, the paper said.
Straub has pointed to other delays holding up the re-opening, including liquor licenses—which are issued by the state of New Jersey for casinos—and a permit from the state Casino Reinvestment Development Authority which oversees the city’s tourism district.
Planned attractions at the Boardwalk property include scuba diving, windsurfing and cooking lessons, spa treatments, a zip line, a ropes course called Skytrail and a 13-floor endurance bicycling course, Straub said. He also has said he plans to open 900 of the hotel’s 1,600 rooms for customers.
In a related matter, the former developer of a stalled minor league baseball stadium in Hartford Connecticut says he is negotiating a deal related to the casino.
Robert Landino, CEO of Centerplan Cos, he has been working on the deal for about a year but added that “the deal is not done.”
“We are working on a real estate development in keeping with the reopening of Revel,” Landino told the Hartford Courant. “It’s part of a much broader initiative in Atlantic City.”
Landino formed Revel Beach North LLC in the state of New Jersey in May, but told the paper that it would be several months before a formal announcement of their involvement is made, if ever.
