Plaza in Atlantic City given January 2021 implosion date

[struggle4progress]

By Conor Porter
November 10, 2020

... Atlantic City’s mayor, Marty Small, has announced that 39-story Trump Plaza has been scheduled for implosion on January 29, 2021, putting an end to various disputes about its future.

The former casino resort opened back in 1984, but it has been closed since 2014. Billionaire Carl Icahn took control of the $15bn property in 2016 and said he would demolish the building eventually. Officials have deemed the building a public safety hazard since March ...

https://sbcamericas.com/2020/11/10/trump-plaza-in-atlantic-city-given-january-2021-implosion-date/

[Delarage]

1. Trump has been a public safety hazard

Since 2016

[Buns_of_Fire]

2. I recommend they do it on the 20th. Just for the symbolism. nt

[Cha]

7. I was hoping for that Fitting Symbolism.

[Dennis Donovan]

3. Can't they move it up to noon on the 20th?

A split screen of the Inaugural and Trump Plaza imploding would be **epic**!

[dixiegrrrrl]

9. Love the way your mind works!!!

Maybe the news will think of that and give us a treat video...

[gibraltar72]

4. Let Joe push the plunger down to set off the explosives.

[Blue Owl]

5. Boy I'd love to see the reaction from tRump if that happened

He'd shit himself silly!

[MustLoveBeagles]

8. Or Hillary

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Especially delicious, coming so soon after Biden's inauguration.

[PirateRo]

10. Nine days after he's thrown out of office

Kudos to that timing! Hopefully, the SDNY will have papered up his mailbox by then, too.