List of Atlantic City casinos that never opened

Over the years there have been numerous planned casinos in Atlantic City that never opened. In November 1976, voters in New Jersey approved a referendum that legalized casino gambling in Atlantic City, and the Casino Control Act of New Jersey was signed by the governor on June 2, 1977. Atlantic City was the first place in the country to have legalized casino gambling outside Nevada. A rush of investors announced plans to build hotel-casinos. A lack of available financing along with legal issues, such as zoning, licensing, and environmental regulations ended the plans of most of these investors. Among the hotel-casinos that never opened, most stopped in the planning stage, with only a few, such as the Dunes and the Penthouse, even starting construction. Many of the proposed projects were announced with major publicity efforts but died quietly.

In 2006, AC Gateway LLC, headed by Wally Barr and Curtis Bashaw, purchased a number of properties near Albany Avenue and the Boardwalk in order to build a hotel-casino. These properties included the former Dunes Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City) and Sahara Boardwalk Hotel and Casino projects, along with the former Atlantic City High School site. A plan for a mega-casino called the Atlantic Beach Resort & Casino was dropped due to the economic downturn, and a joint venture to develop a smaller Hard Rock Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City) was proposed for the site in July 2011. However that project was also cancelled. In November 2015, it was announced that the property would be used for an office building and a campus of .

In July 1978, American Land Company, headed by Steven Silverberg, announced plans to build a hotel-casino in the marina area, named The Marina Casino. However, later that year, he faced charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission for misleading investors in the project. He later sold an option on the land for the project to MGM Grand Hotels.

In June 1979, a joint venture to construct a hotel-casino in the marina area was announced by American Motor Inns, Inc. and Great American Industries.

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