“Donald got wind and didn’t want Wynn on his turf,” Bronson said. Wynn acquired a 150-acre piece of land for $1, but when Donald Trump, who owned three Atlantic City hotels, heard of it, he tried to stop the project. Christine Whitman in the mid-1990s asked Wynn to return to Atlantic City. “The city worked against any intelligent policy.” The book reveals how New Jersey Gov. It had to take control from the Atlantic City government,” he said. “I argued with three governors to let Atlantic City flower when it had the chance. Part of the problem is that Atlantic City thrives on frequent visitors, and “everyone plays one place against the other for promotions.” He believes it might be too late for a quality hotel, like the recently opened Revel, to make a difference. Wynn, 70, who in the early ’80s owned Atlantic City’s most successful casino, The Golden Nugget, believes that with more gaming coming to Pennsylvania, AC’s prospects look grim. He spoke while promoting his former Mirage director Skip Bronson’s new book, “The War at the Shore: Steve Wynn, Donald Trump and the Epic War to Save Atlantic City.” Casino magnate Steve Wynn told The Post he did not see an antidote for Atlantic City’s problems.
