List of tallest buildings in Atlantic City

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The following is a list of the tallest buildings in Atlantic City. [1]

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Casino hotels dominate the skyline and are interspersed with residential highrises. [1] Prior to their construction following the legalization of gambling in the 1970s grand hotels, many built between the start of the 20th century and the Roaring Twenties, lined the Boardwalk, the first in the world. [2] Since the 1980s, especially after the 2001 opening of the Brigantine Connector, the Marina District at the city's north end has seen much new development. [3] [4]

Tallest buildings

RankNameImageHeightFloorsYearNotes
1 Ocean Casino Resort [5] [6] Revel Atlantic City from boardwalk.jpg 718 ft (219 m)572012 4th tallest building in New Jersey
Tallest building built in the 2010s
2 Harrah's Waterfront Tower [7] [8] [9] Harrahs ac.jpg 525 ft (160 m)462008Tallest building built in the 2000s
3 Hard Rock's North Tower [10] [11] Chairmans Tower AC NJ.jpg 470 ft (140 m)412008 [12]
4 MGM Tower [11] [13] [14] Water Club AC NJ.jpg 460 ft (140 m)392008
5 Borgata Hotel and Casino [15] Borgata.jpg 430 ft (130 m)432003
6 Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City [16] [17] Hard Rock Hotel Casino Atlantic City.jpg 430 ft (130 m)421990Tallest building built in the 1990s
8 Jersey-Atlantic Wind Farm Atlantic-Jersey Wind Farm.jpg 380 ft (120 m)n/a2005Five wind turbines, first coastal wind farm in the United States
8 Bally's Atlantic City

[18] [19]

Bally's Dennis and Claridge Towers.jpg 380 ft (120 m)381989Tallest building built in the 1980s
9 The Claridge [20] [21] Claridge Hotel - Atlantic City, NJ.JPG 370 ft (110 m)241930Tallest building from 1930 to 1989

aka "The Skyscraper By The Sea"

10/11 Ocean Club [22] [23] Ocean Club AC NJ.jpg 360 ft (110 m)341984 Twin towers are tallest residential buildings
12 Resorts Rendezvous Tower Resorts Atlantic City - Rendezvous Tower, night.jpg 348 ft (106 m) [24] 272004
13 The Flagship Resort Flagship AC NJ.jpg 336.5 ft (102.6 m) (estimated)32 [25] 1988
14 Atlantic Palace Suites [26] [27] 331 ft (101 m)311986
15 Harrahs Bayview Tower
Harrahs Atlantic City.jpg
302 ft (92 m) [28] 25 [29] 2002
15 Wyndham Skyline Tower [30] Wyndham Skyline Tower - Atlantic City.JPG 302 ft (92 m) [31] 302004 [30]
17 Caesars Centurion Tower [32] [33] Atlantic City NJ Wild Wild West Boardwalk View.jpg 299 ft (91 m)251997
18 Golden Nugget Atlantic City 287 ft (87 m)27 [34] 1985
19The Enclave Enclave AC NJ.jpg 285 ft (87 m)27 [35] 1984
20 Tropicana Havana Tower Tropicana at Night.JPG 282 ft (86 m) [36] [37] 332003
21 Tropicana West Tower Tropicana West AC NJ.jpg 282 ft (86 m) [36] [37] 321996
22Bella [38] [39] Bella not bella AC NJ.jpg 272 ft (83 m)271988
23 Haddon Hall [40] Resorts Atlantic City - Hotel Towers.jpg 260 ft (79 m)151929Known as Resorts Ocean Tower
24 Showboat Bourbon Tower Showboat Atlantic City.jpg 254 ft (77 m)25 [41] 1987Showboat closed 2014, reopened 2016.

Timeline of tallest buildings

NameImageHeight

ft m

FloorsYears tallest
Absecon Light ABSECON 72 500.jpg 171 ft (52 m)171854-1857
The Blenheim Marlborough-Blenheim Hotel (demolished) Atlantic City, NJ.jpg 160 ft (49 m)121902-1906
Traymore Hotel Boardwalk and Hotel Traymore, Atlantic City, New Jersey.png 220 ft (67 m)191915-1921
Ritz-Carlton Hotel Ritz AC.jpg 222 ft (68 m)181921-1929
Haddon Hall Resorts Atlantic City - Hotel Towers.jpg 260 ft (79 m)151929-1930
The Claridge Claridge Hotel - Atlantic City, NJ.JPG 370 ft (110 m)241930-1990
Bally's Atlantic City Bally's Dennis and Claridge Towers.jpg 380 ft (120 m)381989-1990
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City Hard Rock Hotel Casino Atlantic City.jpg 430 ft (130 m)411990-2003
Borgata Atlantic City - cityscape looking West.jpg 430 ft (130 m)432003-2008
Harrah's Atlantic City Harrahs ac.jpg 525 ft (160 m)452008-2012
Ocean Resort Casino Revel Atlantic City from boardwalk.jpg 718 ft (220 m)572012-present

Old tallest buildings

NameImageYear builtHeight
ft / m		FloorsNotes
Absecon Light ABSECON 72 500.jpg 1854–1857171 ft (52 m)17First lit 1857, deactivated 1933.
Still in operation, it is no longer an official navigational aid.
The Blenheim [42] Marlborough-Blenheim Hotel (demolished) Atlantic City, NJ.jpg 1902-06160 ft (49 m)12 [43] One world's earliest and largest reinforced concrete buildings when built
Building implosion 1979 [44]
Traymore Hotel [45] Boardwalk and Hotel Traymore, Atlantic City, New Jersey.png 1915220 ft (67 m)19 Building implosion 1972 [46]
Ritz-Carlton Hotel [47] Ritz AC.jpg 1921222 ft (68 m)18Converted to apartment hotel 1969, now condominiums
Haddon Hall [40] Resorts Atlantic City - Hotel Towers.jpg 1929260 ft (79 m)15Known as Resorts Ocean Tower

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