About 1,600 such workers were invited to apply for jobs, and 1,400 did. But for many laid-off workers, the first step on the road to recovery started Tuesday, when the shuttered former Trump Taj Mahal casino began interviewing job applicants for its reincarnation this summer as a Hard Rock casino resort.
Since 2014, casino closings eliminated 11,000 jobs and devastated the economy of the Atlantic City region. ATLANTIC CITY > Thousands of Atlantic City casino jobs lost during a brutal three-year stretch when five casinos shut down are coming back.
