The 3 1/2-month shutdown has been devastating to the casinos' finances, as well as those of the thousands of people who work in them.
And when they stop at the first traffic light at the end of the Expressway, they’ll notice some stores in Atlantic City's outlet mall district that are still boarded up from a night of protests on May 31 over the death of George Floyd days earlier. They'll drive past billboards on the Atlantic City Expressway advertising concerts by ‘70s pop acts that were never held. New Jersey shut down the casinos on March 16, and visitors returning to Atlantic City will notice some changes since then.
