Atlantic City and comedy: Perfect together

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on October 17th, 2006

The Sands is coming down. The folks who bought it, Pinnacle, are going to demolish the casino and the tower behind it and, in its place, erect a $1.5 billion resort. We only mention it because there was, briefly in the 90s, a comedy club there– the Eddie Murphy Comedy Club. It was a dismal failure, as it was just off the casino floor and there was little to block the din of slots and merriment from the gamblers.

TFHOTS was appearing at Resorts all this week. Jerry Seinfeld was there the week before and he did a bizarre thing: He did two casinos in one night. He performed at the Hilton at the west end of the boardwalk, then performed at Resorts, up the other end. Sold out both, from what we hear. At $150 per ticket.

Atlantic City has changed a bit since TMHOTS wrote a column comparing AC to LV. For one thing, The Comedy Stop did eventually open in the latest expansion of the Trop. And the Borgata, as we all well know, opened up a beautiful new comedy room. So, at lest for the time being, A.C. has three full-time comedy rooms.

Comics booked into the two boardwalk-based clubs might want to check out the newly-opened Pier at Caesar’s– especially the top floor. They’ve filled in the glass-enclosed outer perimeter with sand and planted several Adirondack chairs, affording folks a spectacular view of the ocean and beach looking south. There’s also a deck on the rear that’s perfect for ocean-gazing, although it might be a little uncomfortable in February!

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