Revel Owner To Be Fined Over Emergency SystemsAtlantic City Fire Chief Concerned About Public Safety |
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Atlantic City’s most expensive casino has been closed over a year and fines will start accruing for the beleaguered property over the vulnerability of the casino’s fire suppression systems.
According to Press of Atlantic City, the seaside town’s fire chief is concerned about the casino’s risk for fire after owner Glenn Straub decided this week to stop employing nine union engineers at the property. Straub reportedly found someone to do the job for less money, but the city doesn’t want the casino to go a day without qualified personnel to oversee the fire sprinklers, fire alarms, smoke-evacuation equipment and emergency elevators. It could take up to two months to properly train new engineers.
Straub complained last month of seagulls that were damaging the casino’s windows, leaving it exposed to the elements. “You folks have got some giant seagulls here — some of them look like they’re 60 pounds,” he told the Associated Press. “We find feathers and everything else underneath the windows, not to mention crabs that they drop from way up to smash them open and then eat.”
Atlantic City will be fining Straub over the move to get rid of the engineers. It’s the latest in a series of issues with the shuttered casino that was sold to Straub’s Polo North for less than four cents on the dollar. Revel cost $2.4 billion to build and required help from the state.
Straub had previously been fined by officials for not having power in the casino for three weeks earlier this year. Straub and the casino’s energy partner have been in a long-standing legal dispute. Straub is looking to sever ties with the power plant.
He has also indicated that he’s willing to sell the property for the right price.
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