Atlantic City casino-hotel seeks license for helicopter service
ATLANTIC CITY – A casino-hotel here wants to land the highest of high rollers.
The operator of Ocean Casino Resort is seeking a state license to put a helistop on the roof of its 13-story parking garage.
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The facility would be the third helicopter-landing site at gambling venues here.
Atlantic City helistops
Others are already in operation at the Golden Nugget, Hard Rock and Harrah’s, with a fourth on Steel Pier, according to the state Department of Transportation.
A helistop also is located at the city campus of AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center.
A spokesman at Ocean Casino Resort offered few details about the proposed helistop, saying the project would be finalized in coming weeks.
“I can say that this project is in addition to the $85-plus million in development we announced last year,” said Brian Brennan.
He described the helistop as “more a part of our five-year birthday celebration.”
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The anniversary observance, to run from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day, will include more than $5 million in giveaways and promotions.
Ocean Casino Resort last year announced plans for an upgrade that would include 460 new rooms and suites, multiple food and beverage outlets, and a sports and entertainment venue.
The changes will be unveiled over the summer at the 500 Boardwalk property.
The casino-hotel features 1,860 guest rooms and suites; a 4,500-seat concert venue; and 135,000 square feet of gaming entertainment.
It also offers multiple restaurants and 160,000 square feet of meeting and convention space, among other amenities.
The helistop license request is pending before the Bureau of Aeronautics at the state Department of Transportation.
Jim Walsh is a senior reporter with the Courier-Post, Burlington County Times and The Daily Journal.
This article originally appeared on Cherry Hill Courier-Post: Ocean Casino Resort wants to put a helistop at its Boardwalk site
