Word: boardwalk
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Surrounding the Chateau Frontenac are the standards of the pre-fab family vacation: the park, the boardwalk, the coin-slot telescopes, the street musicians, the toddlers stumbling around looking cute, the proud parents snapping picture after picture...
...depends on where you look. In the nation's oldest gaming market, Las Vegas, winnings rose 14% last year and profits were up 25%, to $648 million. But in Atlantic City, where gambling has been legal since 1976, business has been a crapshoot at best. The city's dozen boardwalk casinos last week reported combined losses of $266 million for 1990, the first annual losses in a decade. One of the biggest losers: Donald Trump, whose Plaza, Castle and Taj Mahal gaming houses lost $174 million...
...Mirage, which features a tropical theme, boasts white tigers, a 20,000-gal. aquarium and a 54-ft. mock volcano that erupts every 15 min. in pina colada-scented fumes. Diversions at the nearby Excalibur include jugglers, jesters and jousting knights. Youngsters can win prizes at a boardwalk-like Fantasy Faire, while marriage-minded grownups can don medieval costumes and say their vows in the Canterbury Wedding Chapel...
...helped fuel the Las Vegas boom. "Atlantic City has created more opportunity for people to gamble," notes Rob Powers, a spokesman for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. "Now when people on the East Coast want to see something more than a few casinos and a boardwalk, they come to Las Vegas...
...boardwalk in Atlantic City sits "The Donald's" billion-dollar gumdrop. The design is preposterous, the decor outlandish -- but then, did anyone expect the Waldorf...