Unlike Las Vegas, where gambling junkets can be several-day affairs, the average customer drives or takes a bus into Atlantic City and stays only six hours. Hanging over all this are the realities of the Atlantic City market. But casino analysts say the talks have broken down over price. Both sides have denied the other’s assertions.īarry says there have been negotiations over a buy-out of the partnership interests by one party or the other. Harrah’s contends, in turn, that Trump has tried to hire away Trump Plaza workers for the Castle, attempted to misappropriate lists of Trump Plaza customers and high rollers for his new building, and has balked at constructing a long-planned and critical parking garage for the Plaza to force Harrah’s to buy him out at an inflated price. Trump also contends that Harrah’s reservation clerks steer customers to Harrah’s Marina, and that the company reserves its best employees for its solely owned casino. “Our theory is they’ve been mismanaging the facility trying to force Donald out,” Barry says. Trump contends that Harrah’s mismanagement has been deliberate. The case has produced some nasty allegations.
