This Nov. 15, 2016, photo shows New Jersey Senate president Steve Sweeney, left, listening to Hard Rock International CEO Jim Allen, right in Atlantic City, N.J. On Thursday, March 2, 2017, Allen said Hard Rock remains committed to its plan to build a casino in the northern New Jersey Meadowlands, despite the fact that it just bought the former Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City from billionaire Carl Icahn. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)