Casino execs: Clean up 大西洋 City, no Showboat 賭事ing
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - 最高の，を越す (n)役員／(a)執行力のあるs of most of 大西洋 City's casinos say the city needs to become cleaner and safer, with a better public perception in order for 商売／仕事 条件s to truly 改善する.
And they also …に反対する the return of 賭事ing to the former Showboat casino, which 現在／一般に operates as a 非，不，無-賭事ing hotel but whose owner is moving 今後 計画（する） to 回復する 賭事ing there.
(n)役員／(a)執行力のあるs from eight of the city's nine casinos spoke Thursday at a パネル盤 sponsored by the Greater 大西洋 City 議会 of 商業 on challenges and 適切な時期s 直面するing the seaside 賭事ing 訴える手段／行楽地.
An 早期に and recurring 主題 was the need to get rid of 罪，犯罪 and blight from areas most tourists see, making them feel safer and creating a better imagine of 大西洋 City that could help 刺激（する） 未来 投資.
"Our buildings can't be surrounded by 麻薬 （麻薬）常用者s and 売春婦s," said Hard 激しく揺する 大統領 Joe Lupo. "The street lights need to work. There's a lot of work that needs to be done. The city needs to be in better 形態／調整. Go out and buy the biggest 脅迫者 the 郡 has to 申し込む／申し出, and you could probably make a lot of 肯定的な changes."
The talk was remarkable in that it was the first 支えるd, nearly 全員一致の 宣言 by 大西洋 City's casino leadership of 不満 with 現在の 条件s in the city, something they 以前 演説（する）／住所d only in passing, or in 私的な. It follows 厳しい comments two weeks ago from Jim Allen, CEO of Hard 激しく揺する International, that 大西洋 City "is going in the wrong direction" and is in worse 形態／調整 than when his company bought the casino three years ago.
This July 3, 2015 photo shows people walking on the Boardwalk in 大西洋 City N.J. 最高の，を越す (n)役員／(a)執行力のあるs of most of 大西洋 City's casinos on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, say the city needs to become cleaner and safer, with a better public perception in order for 商売／仕事 条件s to truly 改善する. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
"We all agree we're not pleased with where we are with the 観光旅行，事業 地区," said 訴える手段／行楽地s 大統領 示す Giannantonio, speaking of an area encompassing the city's downtown and casino areas. He said making a noticeable 削減 in 罪，犯罪 could bring a 早い 増加する of 20% to 30% in visitation to 大西洋 City.
Steve Callender, a 上級の 副／悪徳行為 大統領，／社長 with Tropicana's parent company, Eldorado Gaming, complained about "three-foot potholes" 近づく the 入り口 to his casino that have gone unrepaired.
"There's still a lot of blight," 追加するd Borgata 大統領 Marcus Glover. "You need to get some 勝利，勝つs and get some earned マスコミ about the 肯定的な things happening in 大西洋 City.
Ron Baumann, 地域の 大統領，／社長 of Caesars Entertainment, which owns Caesars, Bally's and Harrah's, sai d 大西洋 City has not 意味ありげに 改善するd in the last 10 years, にもかかわらず "ample 適切な時期 and money." He said a 明言する／公表する 機関 in 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 of planning and 開発 in 大西洋 City, the Casino Reinvestment 開発 当局, needs to 焦点（を合わせる） more on helping solve societal problems.
Matt Doherty, the 機関's (n)役員／(a)執行力のある director, said it already 作品 with two 地元の social service 機関s on such problems, 追加するing the 機関 支払う／賃金s $3 million a year toward the cost of special police officers.
大西洋 City 市長 Marty Small, who is 主要な 対立 to a 提案するd change of 政府 that would 取って代わる a 直接／まっすぐに elected 市長 with an 任命するd city 経営者／支配人, called the 批評 an 試みる／企てる to sway public opinion in 好意 of the change.
"I've been 市長 for a little over three months and we are doing a 広大な／多数の／重要な 職業," he said. "My 行政 is committed to 安全な and clean, and we've shown that in a big way."
The 政府 change 提案, which will be decided by 投票者s on March 31 is 支援するd by 訴える手段／行楽地s casino owner Morris Bailey, the 長，率いる of 大西洋 City's main casino 労働者s union, and a retired 明言する／公表する 上院議員.
The casino (n)役員／(a)執行力のあるs also 爆破d developer Bart Blatstein's 計画（する） to 回復する casino 賭事ing to the Showboat. The casino の近くにd in 2014, and he 再開するd it as a 非，不，無-賭事ing hotel.
On Tuesday, Blatstein sold the Playground pier コンビナート／複合体 支援する to Caesars Entertainment, from whom he bought it five years ago. Blatstein told The Associated 圧力（をかける） the move 解放する／自由なs him up to 追求する the 復古／返還 of 賭事ing at the Showboat.
But Baumann, whose company is 回復するing 所有権 of the pier from Blatstein, said "the Northeast market is saturated; the last thing 大西洋 City needs is another casino." He 追加するd that "it would be 純粋に cannibalistic to do something along those lines."
Lupo said that when 賭事ing winnings from Hard 激しく揺する are 除外するd, 大西洋 City's slot and （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する games 歳入 for 2019 would have 拒絶する／低下するd.
And Giannantonio 追加するd: "Resor ts is 全く against an 付加 casino. It would be a bad move. It will certainly 原因（となる） cannibalization of the 存在するing 所有物／資産／財産s."
Blatstein 拒絶する／低下するd comment when told about the (n)役員／(a)執行力のあるs' 発言／述べるs. He has received 予選 是認 from the 明言する／公表する to 捜し出す a casino license, but no 審理，公聴会 dates have yet been 始める，決める.
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