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Developer Glenn Straub speaks to reporters after a hearing at the New Jersey Casino Control Commission in Atlantic City N.J. on Wednesday Jan. 11, 2017. Straub says he does not need a casino license to reopen the former Revel casino, but some state regulators insist that he does. Straub says such "red tape" is discouraging people from investing in Atlantic City. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

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A pedestrian walks during a snowstorm on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J. Saturday Jan. 7 2017. Snow continues to fall across most of New Jersey as a winter storm makes its way up the coast. The heaviest snows are expected along the southern New Jersey coast, where a winter storm warning remains in effect. (Ben Fogletto/The Press of Atlantic City via AP)

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In this Oct. 10, 2016, photo, striking union members protest outside the Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, N.J., moments before it shut down. Whether owner Carl Icahn tries to reopen the building built in 1990 by incoming President Donald Trump is one of the big questions facing Atlantic City in 2017. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

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In this May, 20, 2016 photo, Eddie Aldridge, poker dealer at Trump Taj Mahal, deals out poker hands to patrons after the casino reopened the poker room in Atlantic City. The final piece of Donald Trump's legacy in Atlantic City will close on Oct. 10, and with it will go a poker room beloved by fans of the game. (Max Reil/The Press of Atlantic City via AP)

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FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2014 file photo, Steven Nordaby, left, and Jim Williams, remove one of the letters from the closed Trump Plaza casino sign, in Atlantic City, N.J. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump once owned three Atlantic City casinos, but cut most ties with the city by 2009. (AP Photo/The Press of Atlantic City, Vernon Ogrodnek) MANDATORY CREDIT

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FILE - In this April 5, 1990 file photo, Donald Trump raises his fist during ceremonies for the opening the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J. The man who is now the Republican presidential nominee has been mostly gone from Atlantic City since 2009, when a well-publicized decline was starting its third year. And early Monday, Oct. 10, 2016, the last vestige of Donald J. Trump will vanish from Atlantic City when the new owner of the Trump Taj Mahal casino shuts it down. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

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Miss Arkansas Savvy Shields waves during Miss America Pageant arrival ceremonies Tuesday in Atlantic City, N.J. (Associated Press)

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This April 24, 2015, file photo, shows the exterior of the Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, N.J. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, File)

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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton greets striking workers outside the Trump Taj Mahal Casino and Hotel Wednesday, July 6, 2016, in Atlantic City, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

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Jane O'Meara Sanders joins her husband, Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., at a campaign rally, Monday, May 9, 2016, in Atlantic City, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) ** FILE **

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In this Sept. 8, 2015 photo, contestants pose in the swimsuit competition of the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, N.J. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry) *FILE*

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This April 17, 2015 photo shows a dealer counting chips during a game of roulette at the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City, N.J. On Friday Dec. 11, 2015, New Jersey lawmakers said they will seek a statewide referendum in Nov. 2016 in which voters would be asked whether to approve two new casinos in the northern part of the state. Expanding casino gambling beyond Atlantic City requires amending the state Constitution. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

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A fishing boat passes by a house that floated away in Grassy Sound during the weekend storm remains stuck in a tidal creek, Tuesday, Oct. 6 2015, in Middle Township, N.J. (Ben Fogletto/The Press of Atlantic City via AP)

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Miss Georgia Betty Cantrell waves after being crowned Miss America 2016 at the 2016 Miss America pageant, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015, in Atlantic City, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

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Miss Wyoming Jessie Allen poses for photographers during the Miss America Shoe Parade at the Atlantic City boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J. Atlantic City's efforts to recapture some of the tourism dollars it has lost to casino competition in recent years finally appear to be working. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

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Blake Shelton brought in an audience of 65,000 to Atlantic City's free beach for a concert in July. (Associated Press)

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African-Americans picket in front of the F.W. Woolworth store in protest against the chain's policy of segregating its lunch counters in the south, in Atlantic City, N.J, March 19, 1960. (AP Photo)

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Hillary Clinton is the keynote speaker at the American Camp Association, New York and New Jersey’s Tri State CAMP Conference at the Atlantic City Convention Center, in Atlantic City, NJ, Thursday, March 19, 2015. (AP Photo/The Press of Atlantic City, Michael Ein)

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Hillary Clinton is the keynote speaker at the American Camp Association, New York and New Jersey’s Tri State CAMP Conference at the Atlantic City Convention Center, in Atlantic City, NJ, Thursday March 19, 2015. (AP Photo/The Press of Atlantic City, Ben Fogletto)

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Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton smiles as she answers a question after addressing around 3,000 summer camp and out of school time professionals at the American Camp Association and Tri State CAMP conference Thursday, March 19, 2015, in Atlantic City, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)