Hard Rock to Roll Dice on Trump Taj Mahal, Upping Renovation Budget to $500 Million

Complex Rock International doesn’t like what it sees inside the Trump that is former Taj in Atlantic City, which the company purchased in March for $50 million.
Tricky Rock Chairman Jim Allen, A trump that is former entertainment employee, is now tasked with renovating his previous boss’s grand vision in Atlantic City.
Billionaire Carl Icahn’s deal price selloff intended the intense Rock was acquiring a Boardwalk home for pennies on the buck, as former casino developer turned US President Donald Trump built the resort for $1.2 billion in 1990.
But upon closer inspection, tricky Rock officials say it’s planning to cost a pretty penny to refresh the 2,010-room hotel and video gaming space, and rid it of an India-themed décor.
‘The sum of money we’re going to have to spend to remove all those minarets and all that purple, Jesus! What were we thinking?’ Hard Rock Chairman Jim Allen told the Associated Press this week.
The minarets Allen relates to are the spire and crowns that are onion-shaped ornaments found across the Trump Taj Mahal.
Hard Rock Ups Ante
Although the company owned by the Seminole Tribe in Florida got a spot that is premiere the Atlantic City Boardwalk for a rock-bottom cost, Hard Rock professionals say the initial budget of $350 million will not be nearly enough to trnsform the area into a proper Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. Allen estimated that the project’s price sh […]