- Trump Marina
Trump Marina Hotel Casino is located in
Atlantic City, New Jersey and is managed byTrump Entertainment Resorts . The resort covers a convert|14.6|acre|m2|sing=on tract and includes a convert|74252|sqft|m2|sing=on casino; 728 guest rooms (including 571 guest rooms, 60 Bay Tower suites and 97 luxury suites); seven restaurants(including the Trump buffet); a nightclub; a 462-seat showroom - The Shell; the convert|16920|sqft|m2|sing=on Grand Cayman; recreation deck with a health spa, outdoor pool, tennis and shuffleboard courts, basketball courts, jogging track; convert|50922|sqft|m2 of meeting and function space; a nine-story parking garage with direct walk-through into the complex; and the 640-slip Frank S. Farley State Marina (a public facility owned by theNew Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry , managed by Trump Marina Associates). Trump Marina Hotel Casino has earned the Five Star Diamond award from theAmerican Academy of Hospitality Sciences .Fact|date=June 2008The two million square foot complex contains its own bus arrival/departure area and enough parking to handle 3,000 cars. For bus passengers, Trump Marina features a loading and unloading zone with 11 bus bays and a passenger lobby with escalators to the third level atrium and casino. For helicopter passengers, Trump Marina offers a rooftop heliport as an exclusive amenity to the resort.
The third level is the main area of the property. At its center is a convert|210|ft|m|sing=on long reception area from which point every amenity - the casino, ballrooms, restaurants, showroom, or meeting rooms - is within a short walk.
Hotel
All hotel rooms are accessed by a key system and include an in-room safe, refrigerator, iron and ironing board, coffee maker featuring
Wolfgang Puck coffee and a signature Lodgenet system for on demand movies, digital music andNintendo games.Room types
*Bay Tower Rooms and Suites – The standard rooms in the hotel. Trump Marina's convert|3.17|acre|m2|sing=on recreation deck, located on the fifth and sixth levels in the Bay Tower section, includes a jogging track encircling four tennis courts and a basketball court. Facilities also include an outdoor pool (seasonal) and shuffle board courts.
*Crystal Tower Suites – Fitted with marble fromItaly , mahogany wood trimmings.ale and redevelopment
On
May 30 ,2008 it was announced that Trump Marina is being sold to [http://www.coastaldevelopmentllc.com/ Coastal Development LLC] and converted into a "Margaritaville " themed resort. [ [http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/185/story/170567.html "Trump Marina to become 'Margaritaville' casino in $316M. sale"] , "The Press of Atlantic City ",May 31 2008 ] The entire complex is to be renovated, and plans are not clear when it comes to expansion.Coastal Development co-developed
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Tampa andHollywood, Florida . It is also the largest shareholder of Sterling Suffolk Downs).Harrah's Entertainment , which owns the adjacentHarrah's Atlantic City and is developing the firstMargaritaville Casino and Resort located inBiloxi, Mississippi , will evidently not be involved in the Atlantic City Margaritaville Casino.Use as a radio station transmitter site
The roof of the Trump Marina currently houses the transmitter tower and broadcasting equipment of
WWFP 90.5 FM Radio licensed toBrigantine, New Jersey which in turn relays the programming ofElizabeth City, North Carolina Christian broadcasterWGPS . [ [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=39.37944,+-74.42917+(WWFP-FM)&om=1&ie=UTF8&ll=39.380172,-74.429176&spn=0.007049,0.013218&z=16&iwloc=addr Map of WWFP-FM Transmitter site (Courtesy of Yahoo Maps)] ]References
External links
* [http://www.trumpmarina.com/ Trump Marina Hotel Casino Website]
* [http://www.trumpcasinos.com/ Trump Entertainment Official Website]
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