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Atlantic City

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Atlantic City

Seaside resort on Absecon Island, Atlantic County, southeastern New Jersey, USA; population (2000 est) 40,500. Formerly a family resort, Atlantic City is now a centre for casino gambling, which was legalized here in 1978 to help revive the flagging tourist trade. Other industries include shell fishing.

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It is noted for its ‘boardwalk’ and for being the basis of the Monopoly board game; the Miss America contest has been held here since 1921.

The transformation of this once barren island into a seaside resort progressed rapidly after the completion of the Camden and Atlantic Railroad in 1854, the year of the town's incorporation; this made Atlantic City easily accessible from the industrial cities of the northeast. Today the resort is linked directly by toll roads to Philadelphia (95 km/59 mi) and New York City (160 km/99 mi). Atlantic City is also a favourite location for conferences and conventions, the main auditorium of Convention Hall (seating 41,000) being the largest of its kind in the world.



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