WATCH: Trump Plaza Building Demolished In Atlantic City

NEW JERSEY, USA - FEBRUARY 17: Former Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino, which has been closed since 2014, is being demolished in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States on February 17, 2021. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anad... NEW JERSEY, USA - FEBRUARY 17: Former Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino, which has been closed since 2014, is being demolished in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States on February 17, 2021. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) MORE LESS
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What goes up must come down … eventually.

Former President Trump’s defunct Trump Plaza hotel and casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, was demolished on Wednesday.

Trump hasn’t been associated with the hotel since 2009, according to the New York Times. The hotel had been closed for several years before its ultimate demise.

Spectators lined up in the cold to watch the building come tumbling down. The cost to watch the show? A whopping $10, according to the Times.

Watch below — for free:

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  1. Avatar for kovie kovie says:

    The wheels of the bus come off and off, off and off, off and off…

  2. The same fate is overdue to happen to el mancha naranja himself.

  3. There was something satisfying about that hollowed out husk standing there that appealed to me.

  4. Avatar for jasan jasan says:

    The symbolism made my day

  5. Avatar for kovie kovie says:

    That’s what Stormy said…

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