Resorts Casino & Hotel
Atlantic City, NJ, US / NJ
Location Description
Resorts Casino was the first casino hotel inside of Atlantic City, and the first legal casino outside of Nevada. Before becoming Resorts International in 1968, the site was originally occupied by two three-story wooden Quaker rooming houses, The Chalfonte House and The Haddon House. Henry Leeds then bought The Chalfonte House in 1900 and constructed a modern hotel on the site, the Chalfonte Hotel. This eight-story iron-frame and brick-face $1,000,000 building, Atlantic City’s first “skyscraper”, was designed by architect Addison Hutton (1834—1916), and opened its doors to guests on July 2, 1904. On May 26, 1978, with crowds of people lined up on the Boardwalk, Resorts International opened its doors for business. Resorts originally consisted of two hotel towers, the Ocean Tower and the Atlantic Tower. In September 2002, the 166-room Atlantic Tower was demolished making way for the new Rendezvous Tower construction.
Location Category
- ACCOMMODATIONS - [general]
- ACCOMMODATIONS - Hotels
- ACCOMMODATIONS - Resorts / Retreats / Spas
- CASINOS - [general]
- CASINOS - Hotel Casinos
- CITIES / TOWNS - [general]
- CITIES / TOWNS - Coastal / Beach Towns
