Casinos that are struck 'would use non-union employees and management to keep the hotel and food and beverage sites operating at an acceptable level to attract customers. 'The casino floors at all properties would remain functioning as normal because they are not part of Local 54,' she said. These include the number of casinos that are targeted by a strike, and the public's willingness to patronize them in such an event. Jane Bokunewicz, director of the Lloyd Levenson Institute at Stockton University, which studies the Atlantic City casino industry, said it is difficult to accurately predict the financial impact of a strike with so many variables in play. Representatives of MGM Resorts International, which owns the Borgata, and Caesars Entertainment, which owns the other three casinos, did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment Friday. (It also has set a July 3 strike deadline for Hard Rock, whose finances were not included in Friday's projections.)īob McDevitt, the union's president, had no immediate comment on the report Friday. The union has authorized a strike against these four casinos on July 1 if a new pact is not reached by then.

The union made its projections based on past casino revenue and earnings data reported to the state and assumed that a strike would cause revenue to decline by 25% in the third quarter of this year compared to the same period in 2021.Ĭontracts with Atlantic City's nine casinos expired on June 1.

Local 54 of the Unite Here union issued a report Friday estimating that the city's top-performing casino, the Borgata, could lose $1.6 million a day in the event of a strike and that the three casinos owned by Caesars Entertainment - Caesars, Harrah's and Tropicana - could collectively lose an additional $1 million a day. (AP) - A week before it could walk out on strike against numerous Atlantic City casinos, the resort's main casino workers union warned that a strike could cost four casinos a total of $2.6 million a day in losses.

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