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In The Philadelphia Inquirer, Kevin L. Goldman wrote this article talking about Hollywood’s use of Atlantic City. Cassavetes is used as the focal point of the film and its interaction with the space of Atlantic City. By G. Bond
New York-to-Atlantic City Train To Bypass N.J.
(CBS/AP) NEWARK New Jersey's gambling mecca will soon be more easily accessible for commuters by rail, but not those living in New Jersey.
Express train service from New York to Atlantic City, scheduled to begin in late 2007 or early 2008, has no planned stops in the Garden State.
Details are being finalized for the new service, dubbed "ACES" for Atlantic City Express Service. But in the current scenario, the trains would run nonstop on the Northeast Corridor tracks from New York to just north of Philadelphia, then head east and continue nonstop to Atlantic City.
Atlantic City Casinos Reap Anti-Blight Funds
By SERGE F. KOVALESKI
Seven years after New Jersey legalized gambling in 1977, state lawmakers created an agency called the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority to redirect some casino revenue to blighted areas in Atlantic City and across the state.
But the agency, contending that the gambling industry's success is a critical component of the state's economic health, has handed about $400 million back to the casinos themselves, a sum that accounts for more than 20 percent of the money it has committed since its inception.
That approach began in 1994 and continued as gambling competition from other states intensified, Atlantic City's chief legislative proponent expanded his political power, and the state eliminated the Department of the Public Advocate, which had criticized the agency's move to distribute money to the casinos.