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An effort is underway to make Atlantic City a premier cannabis convention destination. There is talk of a cannabis campus that will grow, cultivate, and sell various forms of marijuana. Can weed do for AC what gambling could not?

Atlantic City has had its struggles, and now the advent of online gambling in New Jersey could benefit the casinos financially, but also could make an actual visit to the fading city almost an after-thought.

Revel is at last executing a marketing strategy that speaks to Atlantic City’s primary visitors, who come for gaming and entertainment, rather than relying on New York weekenders to fill rooms.

Visitor flow slowed from January to April as the region rebuilt itself, in some cases from the ground up, and the state highlighted that work in a heavily funded ad campaign that boosted visitor numbers for Memorial Day.

Casinos saw little return on the millions that New Jersey spent on post-Sandy summer marketing; however, hotels were close to full, signaling a strong start to the shore’s most important season.

NY-NJ Authority’s first move should be bringing in carriers besides Spirit Airlines in order to boost air traffic and tourism to Atlantic City.

This is the latest plan for Atlantic City and, like all the others, is off-key and destined for failure. Then again, everyone is happy when Jimmy Buffett is in town.

Atlantic City has seen much better days, and there are no signs that the beleaguered city's luck is changing anytime soon.

AC is still losing market share to growing gaming markets in near-by states so the city’s tossing its 2012 strategy and embracing its gambling roots while offsetting any lingering Sandy-related concerns.

Despite Revel’s bankruptcy declaration last week, the AC resort, a new marketing campaign, and gubernatorial initiatives contributed to a significant uptick in visitor spending in 2012.