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Groups have lots of options for gaming trips, but only in Atlantic City can they play the slots in a string of casino resorts that sit on the sand next to the sea.
“Nowhere else in the U.S. can you find this,” points out Heather Colache with Visit Atlantic City.
Casinos are Doubling Down on Groups
Six of the city’s nine casino resorts welcome motorcoaches, each with its own style and amenities. The friendliness extends to the motorcoaches that bring groups into town; each of the six offers on-site motorcoach parking.
Although massive casinos are the biggest draw for these resorts, the entertainment doesn’t stop there. Each has restaurants and bars, sometimes numbering in the double digits, plus spas, fitness centers, shops, pools and live entertainment ranging from Broadway style shows and comedians to big-name singers and bands. And there’s always more fun just steps away from the properties, along the famous five-mile-long Boardwalk.
Partly due to its central location on the Boardwalk, the 942-room Resorts Casino Hotel is a group favorite. It was the first casino to open in Atlantic City in 1978. At Resorts, happy hours pop up everywhere, including the LandShark Bar and Grill, Atlantic City’s only year-round beach bar.
In business nearly as long is the 1,200-room Bally’s Atlantic City, which celebrated its 45th year in 2024 by opening a new steakhouse, a VIP players’ lounge, a high-limit slots room and a 24-seat carousel bar. It’s spent $100 million on guest room renovations and a new venue called The Yard, where gastro pub foods pair with local brews and an arcade, lawn games and music entertain.
The Tropicana Atlantic City lives up to its lively name with 15 restaurants that stretch across cultures, from Cuba Libre to Carmine’s to Ossu Asian Tavern. Laughter echoes from its nightclub on comedy nights; a 2,000-seat theater stages Broadway-style shows. Four pools and the Breath Salt Spa offer respite from the action.
Speaking of pools, each night a DJ plays tunes to inspire dancing and other fun at The Pool at Harrah’s Atlantic City. It’s just one of many options at Harrah’s, which has 10 bars and 13 restaurants.
The biggest new show in town is Spiegelworld’s The Hook, a humorous homage to Atlantic City’s golden age of live entertainment. At the 1,144-room Caesars, in the restored Warner Theater, it’s an adults-only show with everything from acrobatic acts to a chorus line of lobsters.
For something off the bustling Boardwalk, there’s the Golden Nugget, which, like Harrah’s, is at the Marina. The resort casino has been busy renovating its 700 rooms, its Chart House restaurant and has opened a Mexican restaurant, Dos Caminos.
Even with so much to do at the casinos, no one can resist Atlantic City’s many other temptations: strolls on the Boardwalk, afternoons beneath an umbrella on the beach, an evening boat ride to take in the sunset, a stop in the dozens of local shops and restaurants. In terms of a trip that will be memorable, Atlantic City celebrates any occasion.
For more information:
Heather Colache
Tourism Account Director
609-318-6097
