JULY 27, 2015, 8:58 PM LAST UPDATED: TUESDAY, JULY 28, 2015, 8:17 AM
BY SALVADOR RIZZO
STATE HOUSE BUREAU |
THE RECORD
Donald Trump, a lifelong New Yorker, has been on a 30-year mission to blanket New Jersey with his self-named businesses. It’s a story that has been perplexing and awe-inspiring, infuriating and romantic — sometimes all at once.
What began in the 1980s with a few casinos in Atlantic City soon became a grand tour in which Trump registered 41 businesses in the state; submitted plans for a massive golf community in southern Bergen County and a mega-mall in Paramus; came up with four different ideas for Trump amusement parks; hosted Mike Tyson boxing matches and concerts by Bob Dylan and Michael Jackson; ferried passengers to his casinos on his own airline; and developed three golf courses.
The golf courses were huge successes. And the casinos had a solid run in the 1980s and the early 1990s. But there was also the wreckage: plans that went nowhere, casinos that faltered, deals that fell through and developments that were rejected by state officials.
that sticker will go on my car
I love the location of the microphone. That pretty much says it all about Donald Trump
He wants to spend Eternity in our state. Ain’t that sweet?