The go-ahead has been given for a $35m expansion of Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, US.
A Margaritaville restaurant, bar and entertainment complex is planned to be built across the boardwalk from New Jersey's oldest casino. The project still needs other approvals, but the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, which will run Resorts' day-to-day operations under an agreement soon to be approved by New Jersey casino regulators, hopes to have the complex up and running by the end of May next year.
The plans call for construction of a 16,000sq.ft restaurant called Margaritaville Landshark Bar and Grill on a rebuilt Steeplechase Pier. As is the case with other Margaritaville properties owned by entertainer Jimmy Buffett, plans call for island-themed landscaping.
