With an investment of USD 200 M

Atlantic City's Revel could reopen next year

2014-11-13
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(US).- Toronto-based Brookfield Asset Management, new owners of Revel casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, are planning a USD 200 M investment in the now closed casino, with expectations of reopening next year.  The new owner had paid USD 110 M for the property and said it plans to reopen the 57-story luxury hotel and casino, but has not set a timetable.

James Kehoe, chairman of the Casino Reinvestment Redevelopment Authority, told the NJ Alliance for Action that the investment group expects to close on the deal by early next month. "We hope they come to town," he said.

Kehoe, in his address to the NJ Alliance for Action, a nonprofit, nonpartisan coalition of more than 2,500 business, professional labor, academic and government leaders, said Brookfield enters the game with a good track record, referring to its other two casinos. "One thing they bring is a book of business," he said.

Revel, which opened in 2012 at a cost of US$ 2.4 billion, never turned a profit and closed in September after twice being declared bankrupt.

Asset Management also owns the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and the Atlantis Paradise Island casino in the Bahamas.

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