AC’s Trump Plaza casino resists efforts to blow up real good

Atlantic City will have to put up with the eyesore that is the shuttered Trump Plaza casino for a little while longer.

On Tuesday, the Press of Atlantic City reported that no demolition permit has yet been filed for the Trump Plaza casino, which has been standing derelict since billionaire Carl Icahn’s Trump Entertainment Resorts shut the financially struggling property in September 2014.

The Plaza was supposed to have been imploded this spring, and Icahn’s ownership group has reportedly been shopping around for a guy with a lot of reasonably priced dynamite on hand. But Icahn apparently hasn’t given up his futile quest to have the municipal government shoulder nearly half the tab for turning the Plaza to dust.

While everyone wants to see the Plaza gone so some productive use can be made of the prime land in the middle of AC’s boardwalk, the city won’t allow demolition to take place during the busy summer tourist season, as the demo would necessitate closing portions of the boardwalk. So the earliest possible demolition date won’t come until the fall.