List of tallest buildings in Atlantic City

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Skyline of Atlantic City looking south

The following is a list of the tallest buildings in Atlantic City.[1]

Brigantine Connector, the Marina District at the city's north end has seen much new development.[3][4]

Tallest buildings

Rank Name Image Height Floors Year Notes
1 Ocean Casino Resort[5][6] 718 ft (219 m) 57 2012 4th tallest building in New Jersey
Tallest building built in the 2010s
2 Harrah's Waterfront Tower[7][8][9] 525 ft (160 m) 46 2008 Tallest building built in the 2000s
3 Hard Rock's North Tower[10][11] 470 ft (140 m) 41 2008[12]
4
MGM Tower[11][13][14]
 460 ft (140 m) 39 2008
5 Borgata Hotel and Casino[15] 430 ft (130 m) 43 2003
6 Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City[16][17] 430 ft (130 m) 42 1990 Tallest building built in the 1990s
8 Jersey-Atlantic Wind Farm 380 ft (120 m) n/a 2005 Five wind turbines, first coastal wind farm in the United States
8 Bally's Atlantic City

[18][19]

380 ft (120 m) 38 1989 Tallest building built in the 1980s
9
The Claridge[20][21]
 370 ft (110 m) 24 1930 Tallest building from 1930 to 1989

aka "The Skyscraper By The Sea"

10/11 Ocean Club[22][23] 360 ft (110 m) 34 1984
Twin towers are tallest residential buildings
12
Resorts Rendezvous Tower
 348 ft (106 m)[24] 27 2004
13 The Flagship Resort 336.5 ft (102.6 m) (estimated) 32[25] 1988
14 Atlantic Palace Suites[26][27] 331 ft (101 m) 31 1986
15
Harrahs Bayview Tower
302 ft (92 m)[28] 25[29] 2002
15 Wyndham Skyline Tower[30] 302 ft (92 m)[31] 30 2004[30]
17 Caesars Centurion Tower[32][33] 299 ft (91 m) 25 1997
18 Golden Nugget Atlantic City 287 ft (87 m) 27[34] 1985
19 The Enclave 285 ft (87 m) 27[35] 1984
20
Tropicana Havana Tower
 282 ft (86 m)[36][37] 33 2003
21
Tropicana West Tower
 282 ft (86 m)[36][37] 32 1996
22 Bella[38][39] 272 ft (83 m) 27 1988
23
Haddon Hall[40]
 260 ft (79 m) 15 1929 Known as Resorts Ocean Tower
24 Showboat Bourbon Tower 254 ft (77 m) 25[41] 1987 Showboat closed 2014, reopened 2016.

Timeline of tallest buildings

Name Image Height

ft m

Floors Years tallest
Absecon Light
 171 ft (52 m) 17 1854-1857
The Blenheim 160 ft (49 m) 12 1902-1906
Traymore Hotel 220 ft (67 m) 19 1915-1921
Ritz-Carlton Hotel 222 ft (68 m) 18 1921-1929
Haddon Hall 260 ft (79 m) 15 1929-1930
The Claridge 370 ft (110 m) 24 1930-1990
Bally's Atlantic City 380 ft (120 m) 38 1989-1990
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City 430 ft (130 m) 41 1990-2003
Borgata 430 ft (130 m) 43 2003-2008
Harrah's Atlantic City 525 ft (160 m) 45 2008-2012
Ocean Resort Casino
 718 ft (220 m) 57 2012-present

Old tallest buildings

Name Image Year built Height
ft / m 		Floors Notes
Absecon Light
 1854–1857 171 ft (52 m) 17 First lit 1857, deactivated 1933.
Still in operation, it is no longer an official navigational aid.
The Blenheim[42] 1902-06 160 ft (49 m) 12[43] One world's earliest and largest reinforced concrete buildings when built
Building implosion 1979[44]
Traymore Hotel[45] 1915 220 ft (67 m) 19 Building implosion 1972[46]
Ritz-Carlton Hotel[47] 1921 222 ft (68 m) 18 Converted to apartment hotel 1969, now condominiums
Haddon Hall[40]
 1929 260 ft (79 m) 15 Known as Resorts Ocean Tower

See also

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