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Special Segment (Atlantic City: Boardwalk Gamble) #515871

NBC Evening News for Wednesday, Mar 25, 1981
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(Studio) Background to Atlantic City, New Jersey, gambling recalled.
REPORTER: John Chancellor

(Atlantic City, New Jersey) City's experience with casinos examined. [Hotel-casino association spokesperson William DOWNEY - comments on industry's importance to community.] Related economy statistics outlined. [Chamber of Commerce spokesperson William EAMES - praises experience.] Indications of lull in gambling industry here discussed. [Resorts International spokesperson H. Steve NORTON - notes fewer people.] Decline in convention business and increase in social costs to city's residents detailed. [Mayor Joseph LAZAROW - notes mixed blessing of casinos.] Impact on city's poor examined. [Steven PATROSKI - says he wants to move.] Other cities considering casinos listed, discussed; MGM Grand's plans in south Boston mentioned. [EAMES - comments on tax revenue generated by casinos.]
REPORTER: Stephen Frazier

Reporter(s):
Chancellor, John;
Frazier, Stephen
Duration:
00:04:40

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