{"id":23828,"date":"2014-07-01T20:35:23","date_gmt":"2014-07-02T00:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brigantinenow.com\/?p=23828"},"modified":"2014-07-07T12:17:25","modified_gmt":"2014-07-07T16:17:25","slug":"atlantic-city-mayor-showboat-casino-acs-bright-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brigantinenow.com\/atlantic-city-mayor-showboat-casino-acs-bright-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlantic City Mayor: Showboat Casino & AC&#8217;s Bright Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ATLANTIC CITY \u2014 Mayor Don Guardian held a press conference<\/strong> on Friday, June 27, in reference to the announcement of closing the Showboat Casino.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the prepared statement by the Mayor:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I first ran for office over a year ago, Atlantic City was in the midst of radical change. We knew that gaming revenues have declined. But this is not just an Atlantic City issue \u2014 this is a state issue<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">. 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