Atlantic City has finally gotten around to fight the casinos on their exemption from the New Jersey Smoking Ban. Unable to agree on a complete ban, the council agreed to a compromise that would allow smoking in 25 percent of the casino floor. While initially bemoaned by the casinos as a sure-fire way to lose revenue and jobs, there is an interesting article in today's Press of Atlantic City written by Donald Wittkowski about how the casinos are already figuring out ways they can profit from this ruiling. You can check out Wittkowski's article here.
4 comments:
Making all the smoking areas high stakes? Seems smart to me.
Well, considering the fact that Dover Downs is reporting a good quarter and a good year, the argument that no-smoking policies hurt casino business is demonstrably incorrect. Yay for smoke-free AC!
Well, 25% is better than 100%. These casino owners act as though they'll have to shut down these casino's b/c people can't smoke. It's so insane. I think the urge to gamble is greated than the urge to smoke.
When's the last time a cig got anyone a million dollars?
Vegas is the same too .... some casino is kind of smoky!
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