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Irene's legacy will weigh on balance sheets on Boardwalk
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LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Atlantic City's 11 hotel-casinos escaped major physical damage from Hurricane Irene over the weekend.
The biggest hit, however, was on the balance sheet.
One Boardwalk gaming executive said the "lost weekend" may have cost Atlantic City's beleaguered casino industry $40 million to $45 million in gaming revenues.
Tropicana CEO Tony Rodio told the Press of Atlantic City the hurricane cost his resort about $4 million.
All the casinos reopened Monday after the shutdown, which began late Friday. Caesars Entertainment Corp. operates four Atlantic City resorts -- Showboat, Caesars, Harrah's and Bally's -- while Boyd Gaming Corp. is the 50 percent owner and operator of Borgata.
According to The Associated Press, there was some flooding from the storm, winds did minimal damage at the shore and the casino buildings were unscathed.
The weekend shutdown was only the third time in the 33 years since the first casinos opened that all were closed at the same time.
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Now is a good time for the cpa`s at Caesars to show a huge loss due to the fact Hurricane Irene shut the property down for 2days,Gary call your friends back East ,check the summer home see if it is OK, ps Bring more Cash out East The boys in DC love Gary Lovechecks.