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Bally’s Atlantic City, Stockton University Double Down On Summer Jobs Program
Ty-sae Clayton is too young to gamble in an Atlantic City casino. Yet, the 19-year-old Stockton University student from Camden could very well be dealing blackjack at Bally’s...
AtlantiCare Trauma Team marks lifesaving milestones, shares stories during symposium
AtlantiCare’s Trauma Center team marked two milestones during their annual Trauma Symposium at Harrah’s Resort & Casino in Atlantic City. June 1 was their 25th year of...
New Jersey American Water completes $21.8M acquisition of Egg Harbor City water and sewer systems
Camden-based New Jersey American Water on Thursday said it completed its acquisition of the water and wastewater systems of Egg Harbor City for $21.8 million. The sale of these...
Member Spotlight: Shore Space Brigantine
The pandemic taught us many lessons. One very big lesson was learning the importance of how we work and where we work. With so many people opting to work remotely, it can be a...
NJ Transit Begins Website Ticketing Pilot Program For Atlantic City Rail Line
In the continuing effort to expand purchasing options while making it easier and more efficient to buy tickets, NJ TRANSIT is introducing a pilot program that will allow...
New Jersey’s Governor We Value Our Veterans Award
The New Jersey's Governor "We Value Our Veterans" Award gives your county, municipality, business, or academic institution the opportunity to value and honor the sacrifices,...
NJEDA Seeks Public Input On How Employers Can Support Child Care
The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) yesterday issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking input for innovative ways that employers can help solve New...
Governor Murphy Highlights Proposed Investment of $100 Million in Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Towards Boardwalk Fund
Governor Phil Murphy and Senator Vin Gopal today visited the historic Asbury Park Boardwalk to highlight a $100 million proposal in the Governor’s Fiscal Year 2024 budget to...
Weekends on the Jersey Shore to cost 4% more
Although a trip to the Jersey Shore will be a little bit more expensive this year, it won’t come close to last summer’s sticker shock. Read more from NJ Biz.
Lawmakers hear arguments for and against reform of liquor licensing
A number of bills aimed at reforming New Jersey’s liquor license laws are being reviewed in the Assembly. Members of the Assembly Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations...
Deadline Extended for NJEDA’s New Jersey Innovation Fellows Program
Now accepting applications through Monday, June 19, 2023 at 5PM. Please direct any questions to NJInnovationFellows@njeda.com. The Innovation Fellows Program will support...
Member Spotlight: Proshot Pickleball
Grab your paddle and get ready to play the fastest-growing game in the country, pickleball. The popularity of the sport and the demand for court time has given birth to Proshot...
2023 LIGHT Snapshots
While April 2023 fell just shy of April 2022 for brick-and-mortar gross gaming revenue (down 1.6%), it set a new near-term record for total April GGR for Atlantic City’s casino...
Eric Weiss: “Atlantic City has a great infrastructure and is a great location for esports to thrive”
The new space created in Atlantic City by Casino Esport Conference (CEC) and the Esports Innovation Center (EIC) of New Jersey's Stockton University will have the insights and...
LIGHT Comments on First-Quarter 2023 DGE Report
Comments from Jane Bokunewicz, faculty director of the Lloyd D. Levenson Institute of Gaming, Hospitality and Tourism (LIGHT), Stockton University School of Business, on the...
NJ total gambling revenue up 9.5% in April, but in-person casino revenue down 1.6%
New Jersey’s casinos, racetracks that accept sports bets and their online partners won $462.7 million in April, an increase of 9.5% from a year earlier. That figure...
A.C. Electric continues expanding efforts with diverse suppliers; spent $129M in 2022
Atlantic City Electric said it recently purchased $129 million in goods and services from diversity-certified suppliers in 2022, representing 37% of the company’s total yearly...
EDA approves investment firms to manage funds to support small and early-stage businesses
The New Jersey Economic Development Authority announced it has selected six firms to help manage and deploy capital for three unique investment strategies funded through the...
NJ tourism rebounds after pandemic peaks
New Jersey is seeing visitors and spending making its way back to pre-pandemic levels, according to a new report from the New Jersey Division of Travel and Tourism. The 2022...
New Jersey may have green-lit legal weed, but whether or not the Jersey Shore wants it is still hazy
New Jersey might be the Garden State, but the Jersey Shore is certainly lacking a specific kind of greenery — cannabis. Last year was the first summer of legal weed sales in New...
Atlantic City casinos, chamber team up to do traffic study on Atlantic Avenue ‘road diet’
The Casino Association of New Jersey and the Greater Atlantic City Chamber are commissioning an independent traffic study to try to determine the effects of the planned Atlantic...
A.C. Boys and Girls Club garden helps community engagement grow
A large group came together this week to help beautify the community garden at the Atlantic City Boys and Girls Club. The club’s Chief Strategy Officer Brian Little and Atlantic...
Jersey Shorecast Panel Predicts Bright Summer for Shore Businesses
Atlantic City, N.J. — The 2023 summer season looks bright for the Jersey Shore, despite some continuing challenges presented by inflation, gas prices and ongoing labor shortages...
New Undergraduate Esports Management Degree to Debut in the Fall
Galloway, N.J. — Beginning in the fall of 2023, Stockton University will become the first public institution in New Jersey and one of a handful of schools in the country to offer...
