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WEDNESDAY 08.13.14
VOLUME 135
NUMBER 193
SINCE 1879
ADVICE D7
CLASSIFIED E1
COMICS D6
LOCAL A3
OBITUARIES A13
OPINION A16
SPORTS C1
TABLE D1
WEATHER C8
YOUR MONEY A12
HOLLYWOOD LEGEND
Lauren Bacall, the smoky-voiced screen siren who
shot to fame playing Humphrey Bogarts love
interest in To Have and Have Not, has died at
age 89. Page 7B
NEW YORK The first face-to-face session in five
years between Port Authority of New York and New
Jersey officials and the commuters they serve was in-
formative for a few and infuriating for others, but near-
ly all were skeptical that better times were coming for a
trip to a bus terminal some say is about as pleasant as
root canal.
If it was easy, they would have fixed it years ago,
said commuter Alan Lash of Wayne, who stopped in the
terminal at 42nd Street and Eighth Avenue to talk to
transportation and authority officials Tuesday. The ter-
minal has been the focal point of much of the rage from
commuters into the city, with complaints that the build-
ing is dirty and dark and that waits for buses can frus-
trate even the most patient travelers.
Lash said he doubts conditions will change because
of the many governmental and political entities in-
volved in the commuting trip. The Port Authority is a
bistate agency with commissioners appointed by gov-
ernors of New York and New Jersey. NJ Transit runs
Port Authority
brass get an
earful at depot
Commuters skeptical at listening
session designed to restore trust
By Larry Higgs @APPLarry
See BUS, Page A4
The death of comedian and actor Robin Williams has
intersected with efforts in New Jersey by a former first
lady and others to erase the stigma attached to clinical
depression and mental illness that, coupled with sub-
stance or alcohol abuse, put people at an increased risk
of suicide.
Mary Jo Codey and her husband, former Gov. Rich-
ard Codey, last year formed a nonprofit foundation, the
Codey Fund for Mental Health, with the goal of finding
quality mental health care for all who need it.
The suicide Monday of Williams, a well-known ce-
lebrity who had acknowledged his years-long fight with
depression, will prompt conversations about what can
be done about national suicide rates that have risen
sharply in the past decade, said Bob Davison, a Codey
Fund board member and the executive director of the
Mental Health Association of Essex County.
Suicide shines light
on mental health
Tracing actor Robin Williams final hours
before his suicide. Page 1B
By Bob Jordan @BobJordanAPP
See SUICIDE, Page A4
OUT TO LUNCH
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Table, D1
T
he looming casino closures in Atlantic City, in-
cluding the announcement Tuesday that the ill-
fated Revel Casino Hotel would shut down just
two years after it opened, could set off a chain
of promotions from surviving casinos hoping
to win over customers, but the industry still
needs to smartly play the hand its been dealt,
an analyst said.
Namely, it needs to convince visitors from neighbor-
ing states to pass up the same slot machines and table
games closer to home, drive an extra hour or two and
stay in the seaside resort.
Its hard to compete, said Sal Scheri, president and
chief executive officer of WhiteSand Gaming, an Atlan-
tic City consulting firm. Now, because youve got so
much competition, truly only something that is best in
the market does well.
The industry was left to consider its next step after
Revel officials said they couldnt find a viable buyer in
bankruptcy court and planned to close by Sept. 10.
The announcement marked the fourth Atlantic City
casino that is on course to close this year. They are vic-
tims of competition that has emerged during the past
ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Revel Casino Hotel will close its doors on Sept. 10 after failing to find a buyer in bankruptcy court, company officials
announced Tuesday. The announcement marked the fourth Atlantic City casino that is on course to shut down this year.
Revel Casino Hotel will close just two years after opening;
Atlantic City area braces for layoffs of 3,100 employees
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Dealer Elbert Taclan (right) prepares a card game moments
after the $2.4 billion Revel Casino Hotel opened in Atlantic
City on April 2, 2012.
Scan the QR code or visit APP.com
for a gallery of Revel photos.
3,100
Revel employees who face
layoffs when the casino
closes.
$261.4M
State tax credits Revel stood
to gain if it had turned a
profit.
$189.7M
Revenue at Revel for 2013.
$185.4M
Operating loss at Revel for
2013.
By Michael L. Diamond @mdiamondapp
and Jean Mikle @jeanmikle
See CASINO, Page A5
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