Icahn frowns at bill limiting casino re-openings

Billionaire Carl Icahn has two options for the now shuttered Trump Taj Mahal casino – either he will re-open it or sell the casino property.

But a bill pending in the New Jersey Legislature would derail his obvious plans for the Taj casino when he decided to close it on October 10.

NJ.com reported that the owner of Taj casino is now opposing a bill preventing casinos from re-opening and will strip operators of casino license for the property for five years. The state Senate is set to vote on the bill Thursday.

Tony Rodio, who runs the Taj casino and Icahn’s Tropicana casino, believes that the bill sponsored by Stephen Sweeney is nothing but a punishment for closing the beleaguered casino early this month.