The last remnant of former President Donald Trump’s once-glamorous Atlantic City casino empire was demolished early Wednesday.
At 9:08 am the former Trump Plaza casino was razed in a controlled explosion, crumbling “like a deck of cards” as Fire Chief Scott Evans had earlier predicted.
Overall, it took the structure less than 20 seconds to collapse — crashing down in a giant cloud of dust that enveloped the beach and Boardwalk.
More than 100 people lined the New Jersey beach to watch the implosion of the Boardwalk casino that had fallen into disrepair after it was shuttered in 2014.
After it opened in 1984, Trump Plaza became the most successful casino in Atlantic City for a time — and was a celeb magnet.
Other A-list guests included the likes of Madonna, Sean Penn, Barbra Streisand, Don Johnson and Muhammad Ali.
To complete the implosion, demolition crews strategically positioned explosives at certain points along the building’s support structures, knocking its legs out from under it and allowing the building to collapse on itself.
Though the former president built it, the building was bought by billionaire Carl Icahn in 2016.