![]() By the time it opened in 1990, Trump ruled as the undisputed king of Atlantic City, with 25% of the casino market.Īt a cost of over $1 billion, financed at interest rates as high as 14%, the Taj Mahal was a huge gamble. The Taj was a monument to excess - more than 500 feet high, 17 acres of minarets, mirrors, purple carpets, elephants and giant chandeliers. ![]() Then, after a boardroom tussle over control of another firm, Resorts International, Trump ended up with the biggest property of all: the Taj Mahal, then the largest of the city’s casinos. ![]() failed to win a New Jersey gaming license, Trump snapped up its already-built casino and christened it Trump’s Castle it opened a year after the Trump Plaza, in 1985. ![]()
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