The American Dream Mall or the American Nightmare?
By Erica Jedynak | The Save Jersey Blog This week, the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority and Local Finance Board are considering the approval of floating $800 million in bonds to bail out the...
View ArticleOp-Ed: Vote NO on the Casino Expansion This Fall
By Jordan Chester | The Save Jersey Blog Save Jerseyans: you have a choice to make this November. Casino gambling is on the ballot this fall. Four decades ago, New Jersey’s constitution was amended to...
View ArticleCourt Tosses Challenge to Public Financing for American Dream Complex
A state appeals court yesterday sharply rejected all the arguments made by a group that opposes the state-assisted finance plan for the long-stalled American Dream megamall in the Meadowlands. The...
View ArticleAmerican Dream Deferred: Developer Postpones $1.15 Billion Bond Issue
The developer of the long-stalled American Dream mall and entertainment complex at the former Xanadu site in the Meadowlands has missed another key deadline this week with the delay of a crucial $1.15...
View ArticleHard Rock not giving up on idea of Meadowlands casino
ATLANTIC CITY — Hard Rock International’s boss says his company will wait years if need be to open a casino in the northern New Jersey Meadowlands. CEO Jim Allen told The Associated Press on Tuesday...
View ArticlePutting a Price Tag on the American Dream
This is the fourth installment of Mall Madness, a five-part series on the American Dream retail and entertainment complex under construction in the Meadowlands. The series was produced through a...
View ArticleChristie celebrates relaunch of ‘American Dream’ mega mall eyesore
Financing the long-stalled project has been a downright nightmare, Save Jerseyans, but after plenty of finance sector gymnastics and intense negotiations, Chris Christie visited the Meadowlands on...
View Article‘American Dream’ will fail, just like Revel and all crony capitalist schemes...
By Matt Rooney _ We’ve had four (!) more governors since Jim McGreevey’s administration dreamed up what was then ominously dubbed ‘Xanadu,’ a 91-acre mall-meets-theme park in the middle of the...
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