ATLANTIC CITY
Revel is getting bigger. The $2.4 billion megaresort will expand its hotel inventory to meet minimum room requirements for the amount of gaming space it will offer when it opens April 2.
Revel has agreed to add more than 300 guest rooms to satisfy the regulatory requirements for having 130,000 square feet of casino space. The casino was originally slated to have 1,090 guest rooms, but that number fell short of the threshold needed for the size of the casino's proposed gaming floor. A total of 1,090 rooms would have allowed for only 110,000 square feet of casino space.
However, Revel will add an extra 309 rooms by May 31 to meet the requirements for the 130,000 square feet of gaming space. If developers fail to do so by June 30, then Revel will immediately scale back its gaming space to 110,000 square feet.
Kevin DeSanctis, Revel's CEO, has said the casino will eventually top out at nearly 1,900 rooms in its 47-story hotel tower. The complex will provide 160,000 square feet of meeting space.
Courtesy of The Press of Atlantic City
