The only Atlantic City casino at the Monopoly-board address, the heritage Dennis-Hotel anchor on the Boardwalk, and the city's most operationally distinct three-tower property after the 2020 Bally's Corporation acquisition.
“The only Atlantic City casino at the Monopoly-board address, the heritage Dennis-Hotel anchor on the Boardwalk, and the city's most operationally distinct three-tower property after the 2020 Bally's Corporation acquisition.”
Bally's Atlantic City Hotel & Casino opened on December 30, 1979, as the city's third post-legalization casino, at Park Place and the Boardwalk, the two adjoining Atlantic City streets made famous by the Monopoly board game. The property was developed by Bally Manufacturing on the site of the former Marlborough-Blenheim Hotel (demolished November 1978) and incorporated the renovated 1906-1929 Dennis Hotel as its original guest-room building. The casino was sold by Caesars Entertainment to Bally's Corporation (formerly Twin River Worldwide Holdings) in a transaction completed November 2020, and reverted to the Bally's brand after a two-decade run under Caesars management.
Guest rooms today span three towers totalling approximately 1,169 keys. The Dennis Tower (the original 1906-1929 stages construction, refurbished after the 1979 casino opening and renovated again in 2018) holds the heritage-character inventory with the higher ceilings and the period detailing. The Park Tower (1989, originally clad in distinctive light-pink glass) holds the contemporary-renovation inventory at 750 rooms. The Claridge Tower, originally the 1929-opened Claridge Hotel and incorporated into Bally's in 2003, was sold in 2014 and operates independently from the current Bally's property, leaving the Bally's room inventory at the Dennis and Park towers under current configuration.
The 80,000-square-foot casino floor preserves a more traditional aesthetic than the contemporary glass-tower properties, with 1,800 slot machines, 90 table games, the Wild Wild West Casino (the secondary themed-casino space opened July 1997, the city's only Western-themed gaming floor), and the Bally's Poker Room. Dining runs five outlets at current configuration including Harry's Oyster Bar & Seafood (the longest-running Boardwalk oyster room), Guy Fieri's Chophouse (the Food Network host's only Atlantic City venue), Bobby's Burgers by Bobby Flay, the Reserve Cut Bally's outpost, and the Mountain Bar (the Bally's heritage cocktail venue with the Bally's-classic interior).
The defining advantage is the address. Park Place and the Boardwalk is the only Monopoly-board location at any Atlantic City casino, the property sits directly opposite Boardwalk Hall (the 1929 National Historic Landmark venue), and the walk to the Pier Shops at Caesars is five minutes. Bally's also runs the most operationally distinct three-tower configuration on the Boardwalk, with the heritage Dennis Tower for travellers wanting period character, the Park Tower for contemporary-renovation aesthetic, and the Wild Wild West secondary casino for groups wanting a themed-gaming environment. For travellers prioritising the Monopoly-board address and the heritage-Boardwalk casino experience over the contemporary-glass tower options, Bally's remains the central reference.
The Wild Wild West Casino offers a themed-gaming environment groups can self-contain, Guy Fieri's Chophouse runs Atlantic City's most operationally credible group-dinner programme outside Borgata, the Park Tower category supports group-host arrangements across adjoining rooms, and the Park Place location places groups equidistant from the Pier Shops, Boardwalk Hall, and Caesars. Bally's Rewards group bookings can be coordinated across multiple keys.
The 80,000-square-foot conference and meeting space, the Boardwalk Hall walking adjacency for large-format events, Harry's Oyster Bar and Guy Fieri's Chophouse for client entertainment, and the Park Place address recognition make Bally's a credible mid-size meeting venue. The Bally's brand return after the 2020 acquisition has refocused the property on operational delivery.
The Dennis Tower heritage-character category, Harry's Oyster Bar at lunch, the Boardwalk Hall venue programme for evening entertainment, the Pier Shops at Caesars walking-distance shopping, and the Park Place address-recognition give Atlantic City anniversaries at Bally's a heritage-Boardwalk frame the contemporary-glass towers cannot match.
Park Place and the Boardwalk
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
United States
Boardwalk · Park Place
1169 rooms
From $69 / night low season
Up to $169 / night peak season
Dennis Tower (1906-1929 heritage)
Park Tower 1989 (light-pink glass) renovation
Check-in: 4:00 PM
Check-out: 11:00 AM
Opened December 30, 1979
Site of former Marlborough-Blenheim Hotel
Bally's Corporation since November 2020
80,000 sq ft heritage casino floor
Wild Wild West themed secondary casino
Harry's Oyster Bar, Guy Fieri's Chophouse
Bobby's Burgers, Reserve Cut
Bally's Poker Room
Directly opposite Boardwalk Hall
Park Place / Monopoly-board address
Complimentary high-speed WiFi (Bally's Rewards)
From $69 per night low season, up to $169 peak. Summer Memorial Day through Labor Day requires 4 to 8 week lead time; Boardwalk-view categories book first.
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