The event brings together leaders and stakeholders from a range of sectors for speeches, a panel discussion, networking and a business expo.

Owner Bart Blatstein says the work will be complete in time for this summer's grand opening of the adjacent $100 million Island Waterpark.

“We’ve been doing amazing things in the great City of Atlantic City, but we want to take that to another level in 2023,” Marty Small Sr. said during his State of the City Address earlier this month.

“Even up against strong seasonal and economic headwinds, brick-and-mortar gaming revenues for December 2022 outperformed both December 2021 and December 2019 ($208.55 million) to deliver the strongest December brick-and-mortar revenue returns in 10 years,” said Jane Bokunewicz, faculty director of the Lloyd Levenson Institute of Gaming, Hospitality, and Tourism (LIGHT), Stockton University School of Business, who analyzed the report.

The organization and Atlantic City Sports Commission hosted a total of 209 events in 2022, resulting in total economic impact of just over $300 million.

Total Casino Win for the state's nine properties was $214.5 million, a 3.7% increase versus last November, with Total Gaming Revenue checking in at $441.1 million, a 0.3% increase versus November of last year.

While there remains debate over whether the arrival of casinos has fulfilled its promise, the message at the event hosted by Stockton University's Lloyd D. Levenson Institute of Gaming, Hospitality and Tourism, was clear: that the introduction has completely transformed the resort town, and will continue to do so in the future.

The fantastic "odditorium" will cease operations at the 12,000-square-foot space it's occupied since 1996.

Cape May and Atlantic City are on the "nice list" this year, according to Travel + Leisure, which included the municipalities in its recent compilation of the “most charming” places to spend the holidays.

The owner of the Showboat Hotel in Atlantic City is hoping to bring a touch of European flair to the resort town; however, a $2.7 billion "motor-centric" effort may already have the leg up.

The Division of Gaming Enforcement released third quarter and year-to-date data for Atlantic City, with travelers and events up for the seaside resort town, while spending appeared to be impacted by a lack of pent-up demand that bolstered performance in 2021.

According to Baltimore-based manufacturer Premier Rides, two roller coasters will make their debut on the boardwalk within the next three years.