Atlantic City's newest casino is shutting its doors just over two years after opening amid high hopes of turning around the crumbling seaside resort's. Revel is smoke free. By May , chef Michel Richard closed his Revel restaurant. J. Of. Landing Beyoncé for the Revel's official opening last weekend was a key move in the rebranding of the entire strip. . Revel opened on April. Revel will be the second of three Atlantic City casinos to close in a two-week span. It is the only casino in Atlantic City to be so. It has 2, slot machines and table games. Ocean Resort Casino, formerly Revel, is currently in a soft opening. opening with the promise of helping. The Showboat Casino Hotel closed its doors Sunday, and. Revel was the third of four Atlantic City casinos to close in Ocean Casino Resort. March Atlantic City passes an ordinance approving zoning changes that will allow developers to build a casino as tall as feet, with an. The summer season has come and gone in Atlantic City, and despite an initial mid-June opening date, the former Revel casino remains. The decision was made based on a Stockton College study that showed. Ocean Resort Casino, seen from the boardwalk in Revel CEO Kevin DeSanctis boasted that the venture has already created some 10, jobs in the region—5, in the resort's direct employ. Construction began in February of , just a few months before the economy began to collapse. March Atlantic City passes an ordinance approving zoning changes that will allow developers to build a casino as tall as feet, with an. The unpacking is over: the $ billion Revel casino resort in Atlantic City is having its grand opening this weekend. Revel, you can see the ocean from at least part of the casino floor, a no-no in other places. A woman gathers shells along the ocean near the Revel Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, N. The official Opening will be June 28th, with an official ribbon. , early Tuesday. After an eight-week preview period in the spring and the official opening on Memorial Day, Revel executives are facing their first. The Atlantic City Convention. revel casino. The casino nearly didn't happen. in late , and Revel filed for bankruptcy less than a year after opening. Atlantic City's Ocean Resort Casino, the site of the former Revel Casino, will open on June 28, officials announced on Monday. New Jersey's Casino Control Commission has granted Revel, Atlantic City's newest casino, a license to operate.