The organization provides after-school and summer recreation, education, and career-training programs for Atlantic City children and teens. The Boys & Girls Club has hired a professional auction company to solicit bids from Thursday through 19 January, when the top bids will be revealed and a live auction will determine a winner. The property has fallen into such a state of disrepair that demolition work began earlier this year and the remainder of the structure will be dynamited on 29 January. Trump Plaza casino opened in 1984 and was closed in 2014, the Guardian reports. 'I wanted to use the demolition of this place to raise money for charity.' 'Some of Atlantic City’s iconic moments happened there, but on his way out, Donald Trump openly mocked Atlantic City, saying he made a lot of money and then got out,' said Marty Small, the mayor. The demolition of one of Donald Trump’s former casinos will become a fundraiser to benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Atlantic City that the mayor hopes will raise in excess of $1m. The remainder of the structure will be dynamited on 29 January. Trump’s former casino was closed in 2014 and has fallen into such a state of disrepair that demolition work began earlier this year.
