ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Fans of the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort can take home a piece of the former casino before it’s gutted to make way for the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.
Furniture, poker tables, grand pianos, art and even its famous chandeliers will be among the merchandise up for grabs at a liquidation sale that starts at 10 a.m. Thursday.
National Content Liquidators says the sale will continue until everything’s gone.
President Donald Trump opened the Taj Mahal in 1990, proclaiming it to be “the eighth wonder of the world.” But within a year it had filed for bankruptcy, crippled by choking debt. Trump cut most of his ties with Atlantic City in 2009, having lost control of the casino company he once owned in a bankruptcy.
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn shut the Taj Mahal down in October after a bitter strike with the casino’s main union, and he sold it to Hard Rock International in March for $50 million. That’s about 4 cents on the dollar from the $1.2 billion that Trump spent to open it.
A summer 2018 opening is planned for the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.
The sale is part of Hard Rock’s plan to do a complete makeover of the property that will erase all traces of the Taj Mahal’s Indian theme.
The Trump name has already been removed from the building.
President Donald Trump opened the Taj Mahal in 1990, proclaiming it to be “the eighth wonder of the world.” But within a year it had filed for bankruptcy,
Looks like Donnie has the same trajectory planned for the old US of A…
J. Michael Diehl, the retired owner of Freehold Music Center in Freehold who sold the Grand Grifter the pianos, was one of the contractors he famously stiffed; he was paid $70K of a $100,000 bill.
I wonder how many framed Time magazine covers are available?
Has anybody told Donald that the real Taj Mahal is the Grave for a muslim woman ?
Anybody want to bet he didn’t spend a single goddamned dime of his own money?
Sorry, I don’t need any gold swizzle sticks. I have too many of them as it is.
They should just give that gaudy shit to Goodwill. Trust me, all that stuff will sell like hotcakes there.