The Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino will be imploded at 9 a.m. on Feb. 17, Atlantic City officials announced. Current owner Carl Icahn is blowing up the complex to prevent falling debris. ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (CBS/AP) — Atlantic City has set a new date for the implosion of the former Trump Plaza hotel and casino. Atlantic City officials have set a new date to blow up the defunct and crumbling Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino, which for years featured the … According to Jersey Digs, “the mayor’s … The main tower of the once glitzy casino resort will be imploded on January 29, 2021, Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small announced Wednesday. The auction to detonate Trump Plaza concludes on Jan. 19, and to date, the auction has raised approximately $175,000 US across 15 bids. The Trump Plaza is the last of three Atlantic City casinos formerly owned by President Donald Trump, and will soon be demolished, Atlantic City Mayor Marty Smalls said. Trump's ties with the hotel date back to about a decade ago, when he cut ties in 2009. He hoped to raise $1 million for the Boys and Girls Club of Atlantic City. The demolition work on the structure began last year, and the rest of the complex was initially scheduled to be detonated next week. In recent years, Icahn has requested the use of more than $5 million in redevelopment tax payments that Trump Plaza made while it was operating to help offset the cost of demolition. Last week, Marty Small, the mayor of Atlantic City announced Trump Plaza’s implosion date. A date for the demolition of the former Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City has finally been set after years of uncertainty over the fate of the shuttered property. Trump Plaza has a new demolition date — and a new fundraiser. But owner Carl Icahn put an end to that, citing safety concerns. The exterior of the former Trump Plaza casino is shown, Thursday, March 12, 2020, in Atlantic City, N.J. 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