Straub has been beset by distractions and delays in his effort to re-open Revel, including the dispute over utility service there, which still needs to be resolved for the long term legal efforts by former business tenants at Revel seeking to force Straub to honor their leases in a re-opened casino, and even his attempt to use generators to provide emergency power to the building after ACR cut off service. “We may just do those and not have Chinese baccarat and all those other card games.” “There are slot machines here and poker tables there, ready to go,” he said. We came in here as a resort we didn’t buy this to be a gambling place. Gambling would be a sister to what we do here it’s not going to be the main attraction. “That’s a decision we still have to make. “Are we going to have gambling here or not have gambling here?” he asked. We can do that, if nobody gets in the way.” “We have to get everybody re-hired, government wants a permit for everything. “We took over a property that was broken, that was shut down for nine months,” he said. “Our war is getting this place up and running. “There are a lot of things that go into a war,” he said Tuesday. Straub said the casino won’t be ready to open by Memorial Day, but hopes at least part of it can be re-opened during the summer. Atlantic City had been fining Straub $5,000 for each day the systems were inoperative. They cut off utility service to the building on April 9, two days after Straub bought the property, in the absence of a contract for future service there. Straub had been battling with ACR for months over the terms of proposed electrical service. He reached a two-week deal with utility company ACR Energy for power to re-energize fire detection and suppression systems at the casino, which has been closed since September. New owner Glenn Straub said electricity was restored to the Boardwalk resort at 8 a.m.

The power is back on at Atlantic City’s former Revel casino, but when it will re-open – and whether it will even still be a casino – remains up in the air.

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