Revel is smoke free. . Atlantic City's Ocean Resort Casino, the site of the former Revel Casino, will open on June 28, officials announced on Monday. J. Ocean Resort Casino, formerly Revel, is currently in a soft opening. The summer season has come and gone in Atlantic City, and despite an initial mid-June opening date, the former Revel casino remains. Of. New Jersey's Casino Control Commission has granted Revel, Atlantic City's newest casino, a license to operate. The Showboat Casino Hotel closed its doors Sunday, and. The Atlantic City Convention. revel casino. By May , chef Michel Richard closed his Revel restaurant. Revel opened on April. The casino nearly didn't happen. The decision was made based on a Stockton College study that showed. The unpacking is over: the $ billion Revel casino resort in Atlantic City is having its grand opening this weekend. Revel, you can see the ocean from at least part of the casino floor, a no-no in other places. Atlantic City's newest casino is shutting its doors just over two years after opening amid high hopes of turning around the crumbling seaside resort's. March Atlantic City passes an ordinance approving zoning changes that will allow developers to build a casino as tall as feet, with an. opening with the promise of helping. It has 2, slot machines and table games. March Atlantic City passes an ordinance approving zoning changes that will allow developers to build a casino as tall as feet, with an. After an eight-week preview period in the spring and the official opening on Memorial Day, Revel executives are facing their first. Ocean Resort Casino, seen from the boardwalk in Revel CEO Kevin DeSanctis boasted that the venture has already created some 10, jobs in the region—5, in the resort's direct employ. Revel was the third of four Atlantic City casinos to close in Ocean Casino Resort. in late , and Revel filed for bankruptcy less than a year after opening. Revel will be the second of three Atlantic City casinos to close in a two-week span. The official Opening will be June 28th, with an official ribbon. It is the only casino in Atlantic City to be so. , early Tuesday. Landing Beyoncé for the Revel's official opening last weekend was a key move in the rebranding of the entire strip. A woman gathers shells along the ocean near the Revel Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, N. Construction began in February of , just a few months before the economy began to collapse.