And here we are, going on 28 years later and we'll both be filing for unemployment this week. JOYCE: We were hired as husband and wife, both bartenders. JACOBS: Ruth Anne Joyce and her husband were both day-one employees, meaning they helped open the place in 1987. RUTH ANNE JOYCE: Over the years, these customers would give my kids Christmas cards and birthday cards and graduation cards. A small crowd was waiting- the media, passersby who stopped to watch, casino employees who'd recently finished their last shifts. The last patrons filtered out the doors to the boardwalk, some wearing the casino's trademark Mardi Gras beads. A third is slated to close later this month.Įmma Jacobs of member station WHYY sent this story about a changing Atlantic City.ĮMMA JACOBS, BYLINE: First, the Showboat closed yesterday afternoon. Over the holiday weekend two casinos on the iconic boardwalk shut their doors.
Atlantic City and gambling have been synonymous for decades, but there's a big shift underway in the Jersey Shore town. From NPR News this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED.
