\nATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) \u2013 The owner of the Showboat Casino Hotel says the property will definitely shut down on Sunday.<\/p>\n
\tKatie Daugherty, a spokeswoman for Caesars Entertainment, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that despite expressions of interest from potential purchasers, the casino will be closed at 4 p.m. Sunday. The word came a day after Caesars officials conducted a tour of the Showboat with what they described as \u201can interested party\u201d whom they would not identify.<\/p>\n
\tIt marked the first time the company has unequivocally said it will shutter the Showboat since shortly after announcing the shutdown in June. Caesars said within days of the shutdown announcement that it was fielding offers from interested parties and would consider a sale if one made financial sense.<\/p>\n
\tShowboat is one of three Atlantic City casinos closing in the next few weeks. Revel is closing on Monday and Tuesday; it says Sunday will be its last normal day of operation before it starts shutting things down.<\/p>\n
\tTrump Plaza is closing Sept. 16.<\/p>\n
\tIn a filing with the federal bankruptcy court, Revel said it is still talking with potential buyers for the property, although no one has thus far come forward with a plan to continue operating it as a casino resort.<\/p>\n
\tThe filing also pushed Revel\u2019s casino shutdown back by an hour, to 6 a.m. on Sept. 2.<\/p>\n
\tBut Revel will begin winding things down before then.<\/p>\n
\t\u201cOn August 31, 2014, after certain restaurants, bars, pools and cabanas, owned and operated by the debtors close at their respective normal business hours, the debtors will begin to remove perishable goods, safeguard alcoholic beverages and secure equipment from those locations,\u201d the company wrote.<\/p>\n
\tAll open bottles of alcohol will be disposed of; sealed bottles will be counted and put in storage.<\/p>\n
\tRevel says it will maintain sufficient cash on hand in the closed casino to redeem chips or slot vouchers for two weeks after the shutdown. Patrons will enter through an employee entrance and be escorted by security to a cashier cage to redeem their chips.<\/p>\n
\tAnyone trying to redeem chips or slot vouchers after Sept. 15 will have to file a claim through bankruptcy court.<\/p>\n
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