Down The Shore: Atlantic City’s Casinos To Get Taller

Did you ever wonder why Atlantic City casinos aren’t all that tall? You look at them and go, “Wow, those are ugly. I’m surprised they’re not uglier and taller.”

Or maybe that’s just me. Anyway, the casinos aren’t quite as tall as they could be because of Bader Field, an airport right in Atlantic City. (This is different from the Atlantic City International Airport.) Apparently, these bureaucrats think that planes need “room” to “land.”

Well, the casinos got their way recently, as Atlantic City formally filed papers to close to airport — which, according to the OED, was the first one in the world called an “air port” (neat!).

You can see the casinos salivating — literally, the actual casinos — and getting ready to become even taller, glitzier versions of their previous selves any day now.

On the plus side, hey, does that mean more places to gamble?

A.C. files papers to close Bader Field [Press of Atlantic City]