Trump Plaza in Atlantic City sold for $20 million

By WAYNE PARRY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

February 15, 2013 - 2:11 am

ATLANTIC CITY — Trump Plaza, the Boardwalk centerpiece of Donald Trump’s one-time Atlantic City empire, was sold Thursday to a California company for $20 million in the cheapest of a series of bargain-basement deals for distressed gambling halls in the struggling New Jersey seaside resort.

The Meruelo Group of Downey, Calif., plans to close the deal by May 31. It is the lowest price ever paid for a casino in Atlantic City.

The company, which counts construction, engineering, real estate, food service and private equity among its businesses, also owns the Grand Sierra Resort and casino in Reno.

Trump Plaza, which cost $210 million to build, opened in May 1984 as one of Donald Trump’s pet projects.

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