Press of Atlantic City from Atlantic City, New Jersey • 22

B2 Vrrss August 28 1983 Atlantic City NJ cosmos 1 4 almmk hbhhhkibww 4 briiv will Bl rteth Ml iM jHHIHHHEflfflp h8MmmmjESEBjEEA WEil EMME aamBR i flBHi WM jki 3k' xlM rjffiE wSEHH HHHHIBHBk' Tv 1 JEMMflff Jff8 'rWB jdS 7 JssaR Ma jMBkwow A gk JriM ittlEE Lights (And Quiet) Please Even before the people sift into the theater there's entertainment at Resorts International Hotel Casino Jordi the talented mime and unofficial casino host is the quietest opening act you'll see at any show Jordi is George Romeril of Reading Pa who takes charge of providing laughs through muscle control The idea of free entertainment a spokesman said was to give the crowds something "extra" Everyone hates to wait in line for a show so Jordi performing tricks or acting out the part of a clown makes the wait seem shorter and quieter EWBSBIWMm aLfliEEEKEMlBilEIHBEIBHmllEB I wiiOWIIWJnMMM re ksm BBr I EE vt ilk Staff photos by Mike Blizzard 10th Casino Joins The Skyline Casmotes By DAVID SPATZ ATLANTIC CITY Things are looking up for Boardwalk Hotel Casino at Trump Plaza 39 stories up to be precise Nearly 400 feet above Atlantic City flags are snapping in the breeze to indicate the super structure of the tallest casino hotel has finally been completed the first topping off ceremony for a casino hotel project since 1981 when the Tro picana casino hotel did the trick any construction de lays shooting for an open ing between March 1 and April 1 of next said Steve Little ton public relations manager for Harrah's Marina casino hotel hope to have the entire building closed in by the end of September Once that happens we shouldn't be held up by the weather this is building the $200 million 619 room casino hotel under a partnership agreement with New York based developer Donald Trump who refused to break ground for the project un til he was assured a casino li cense by state gaming author ties The building will contain a 60000 square foot casino among the largest casinos in At lantic City with 123 gaming tables and more than 1800 slot machines Some of the guest rooms in the towering building will be plush three story suites for high rolling customers Other features in clude a soaring glass atrium at the Boardwalk entrance eight restaurants nine lounges and an 850 seat showroom although the entertainment policy for the ci 10th casino hotel hasn't been firmly established When the casino opens Har will become the first com pany to operate two casino hotels in Atlantic City one short of the maximum number of gambling halls the state will allow one firm to control Meanwhile things are perking within the Harrah's organization as it gears up for a weeklong celebration next spring that'll serve a two fold purpose In ad dition to marking the opening of the casino hotel the festivities will also serve as a massive fund raiser for the United States Olympic Committee Although in the planning stages and nobody in side will talk about it learned that the party will be spread out between the Boardwalk casino and the adja cent Convention Hall could end up being the biggest single gathering of celeb rities the world has ever one source commented make the of 100 look like a sweet sixteen No contracts or agreements have been signed between any stars and the casino company but one reliable source said Har will be reaching for the top on this one Names being bandied about as potential hosts for the event in clude Barbra Streisand (if she ever comes out of hiding) Neil Diamond and rank Sinatra (pro vided the Golden Nugget is will ing to lend out his services for the project) No' names please but a few restaurant operators in Atlantic City are getting fed up with the amount of time it takes for casi no hotels to pay their bills It unusual for a casino to send high rollers out of the build ing for a dinner at some of the city's finer independent restaurants The only problem is that sometimes it takes months for the casinos to pay up getting so grumbled one restaurateur who claims to be owed $10000 from one hotel seriously thinking of filing suit These places are tak ing in hundreds of thousands of dollars a day and they afford to pay their bills? If I have to carry an account for 10 grand on my books for five months then I need their ir wll frlblHWy lllll fK wE I 1 ft I jpfj jjTjlfc iiiMflBin MM BARBRA STREISAND und raiser Host? Casino Scene i Time Now or inale i Of Summer ATLANTIC CITY The ac cent is on vocal stylings as the I casino showrooms gear up for i Labor Day holiday weekend by saving the best for last Playboy leads the way by pre senting the timeless sounds of singers Steve Lawrence and Ey die Gorme for a six night run (beginning Tuesday Andy Williams makes his At lantic City casino nightclub de but when he performs at the Sands riday through Sunday Co starring and rounding out the Copa Room package is actress and singer Bernadette Peters Vic Damone who just may be the finest male singer in show business brings his magical voice back to the Claridge for a six night run in the Palace Show room with comedian Jerry Sein feld opening Ben Vereen the quintessential Broadway song and dance act returns in concert to Caesars Boarwalk Regency for a five nighter beginning Tuesday Vereen will also host a portion of the Muscular Dystrophy telethon from Caesars next weekend Recording artists The Tempta tions and singer Marilyn McCoo team up for a six nighter at Marina beginning Tues '71 inancial Problems Doom Dunes Sale Shenker said that there would be no mass firings and he indi cated that he would retain the team of executives: He also said that he would meet the current payroll of the zzuu The Perlmans said the prob lems in completing the purchase i of the hotel occurred in receiving releases from lenders and shops leasing space in the hotel receiv ing an adequate legal opinion from Shenkes's attorneys regard ing a loan to the Dunes from a Hong Kong bank and problems in complying with the Bulk Sales Act in which all creditors and amounts owed them are identi fied The spotlight was thrown on the hotel's financial situation when AITS Inc the publicly traded company which owns the Riviera Hotel reported losses of $202 million on revenues of $888 million in the fiscal year ending March 31 Major stockholder and chief executive officer of the Riviera Meshulam Riklis rushed into town met presi dent Isidore Becker and selected Silver to replace him i Becker who owns 16 percent of the stock has been pres ident of the Riviera since 1976 but took an active role in the management of the hotel in 1981 brings singer songwriter and musician to the ballroom of the Tropicana The Trop also features a free beach front concert next Sunday by Peter Nero and the Philly Pops orchestra be backing up (Elliot Krone is a columnist for the Las Vegas Sun His "Vegas 7 column ap pears each week in the Sun day Press) The Nevada Gaming Commis sion approved the request by Circus Circus to offer $50 million in stock to the public When ap proved by the Securities and Ex change Commission owners Wil liam Pennington and William Bennett would decrease their holdings from 100 percent to 80 percent Another stock $140 million in debentures by the MGM Grand was approved also The money will be used to pay off a loan used to rebuild the' hotel which was damaged by fire in 1980 vj STUART PERLMAN 1 85 million deal The current loan from the PERS board is $56 million with interest making the total owed $705 million As a result of the Dunes sale or non sale the middleweight championship fight between Marvin Hagler and Roberto Du ran will be held at Caesars Pal ace Nov 10 instead of at the Dunes Caesars Palace was among the initial sites which bid for what is expected to be the largest gross ing fight in history eV Ticket requests have reached 20000 for the 15000 seat stadi um with world receipts expected to reach $70 million Another result of the cancella tion of the sale was the start ofy negotiations by singer Wayne Newton for the Dunes property Newton is also discussing the possibility of purchasing the BEN VEREEN Headliner day while Bobby Vinton his multiple talents as a CLIORD PERLMAN Sale falls through for brothers Aladdin Hotel from Torres LAS VEGAS Jeff Silver former member of the Nevada Gaming Control Board is the new president of the Riviera Ho tel and Morris Shenker is still chairman of the board of the Dunes Hotel In a week in which the broth ers Clifford and Stuart expected to take over the finan cially troubled Dunes the $185 sale disintegrated through both legal and financial Meanwhile down on the Strip Silver who most recently man i aged the Landmark Hotel was put in charge of the Riviera currently facing foreclosure by the state Public Employees Re tirement System for failure to make payments on its $56 mil lion loan According to Shenker the Perlman brothers who managed the Dunes from April 14 to Aug 9 lost more than $13 million during that period However singers Chubbv Checker they also loaned the hotel $34 Leslie Gore million to help pay outstanding The onlycomedy headliner debts This loan has made the this week is one of the biggest on Perlmans the second larg the laugh circuit Rodney est creditor behind the CA vangerueia rciurns to nesorts International for a weeklong date starting Monday Musical comedian Dennis Blair opens the show Golden Nueeet returns to its Boardwalk ollies revue featur ing Julie Miller Bally's Park Place presents the floor show Outrageous! in its Park Cabaret snowroom DJS 3B WWVniWraSHSBHBWHBr HUMMW Hl? 1h If fV' '1 1 11 KmI Vegas Wire i By ELLIOT KRANE 4r I 9H fl will 5 'Hill 1 Ml wMli WM oEEH 'W I vIHSA 'vj A BEE1B Lights (And Quiet) Please Even before the people sift into the theater there's entertainment at Resorts International Hotel Casino Jordi the i MWmI talented mime and unofficial casino host is MM the quietest opening act you'll see at any H8W AMMMM show Jordi is George Romeril of Reading Pa who takes charge of providing laughs A through muscle control The idea of free entertainment a spokesman said was to A give the crowds something "extra" Everyone hates to wait in line for a show so jj I Jordi performing tricks or acting out the part of a clown makes the wait seem shorter and quieter Staff photos by Mike Blizzard.