Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City and EEG to Host First US Esports Player vs. Player Wagering Tournament
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City and Esports Entertainment Group (EEG) will host the first sanctioned esports skill-based wagering event in the United States, in person on Saturday March 19 and Sunday, March 20. Hosted exclusively on EEG’s LANDuel platform, the Madden NFL 22 tournament will feature 256 players in a double elimination format. […]
Murphy: Tax relief will make it less expensive for New Jerseyans to live here | Opinion
Best in the nation public schools. Tight-knit neighborhoods. Effective county and local government. For these reasons and countless others, the governor has repeated often that New Jersey is the best state in America in which to live and raise a family. Yet our historically high property taxes have been either a significant financial burden for […]
Ocean Casino Resort Offers First Look At New Sportsbook Experience
Ocean Casino Resort will debut The Gallery Bar, Book & Games this summer, the Atlantic City casino announced Monday. The 12,000-square-foot “sports and entertainment experience” is replacing the casino’s former sportsbook. The newly renovated space will feature sports betting, an elevated center bar, blackjack and roulette tables, three LED video walls and a mezzanine lounge. Read More from Play NJ.
Do CEOs Expect Employees to Return to the Office Every Day or Is Work-From-Home Part of the New Normal? We Asked.
With offices reopening, we asked New Jersey business executives whether they expect employees to return to the office five days a week, or are they moving forward with a hybrid or even a full-time work-from-home situation. Read More from New Jersey Chamber of Commerce.
Average U.S. Gas Price Rises 22% in Two Weeks to Record $4.43
The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline shot up a whopping 79 cents over the past two weeks to a record-setting $4.43 per gallon (3.8 liters) as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is contributing to already-high prices at the pump. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey said Sunday the new price exceeds by 32 […]
TD Bank survey: Consumers more inclined to overspend at restaurants, concerts and retail stores in 2022
Consumers are shifting their spending back to experiences and in-person activities this year. Which means that, as they return to restaurants, retailers and entertainment venues, pent-up demand and factors including inflation may make them more prone to overspending. That’s according to a new TD Bank Consumer Spending Index survey released Friday, which polled more than 1,000 American […]
Legal battle over casino PILOT continues, state wants reconsideration
The state is expected to ask the court to reconsider a judge’s Feb. 25 decision that a law to restructure casino payments-in-lieu-of-taxes it is in violation of a 2018 consent order. The judge handling the case until now, Superior Court Judge Joseph Marczyk, moves Tuesday to the Appellate Division. The state’s representatives told […]
EHT PAL robotics team are back-to-back state champions
Members of the Police Activities League Enforcer’s robotics team are New Jersey FIRST Tech Challenge champs for the second year in a row. They will now compete at the FIRST Championship in Houston from April 20 to 23 where they will see how they stack up among 160 teams from around the world. The […]
A Moment of Opportunity: The COVID-Era Job Market for Noncollege Workers
This report relies on several national data sets to assess how the turbulence in the labor market sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic affected employment prospects for noncollege workers and job seekers. Read More from Federal Reserve Bank Philadelphia.
Flush with cash, NJ budget eyes property tax relief
New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy has proposed a $48.9 billion budget that boosts K-12 funding, makes a full public pension payment for the second straight year, redistributes nearly $1 billion in property tax relief and raises overall spending by about 5% over last year’s plan. Read More from Press of Atlantic City.