But many restaurants rely on them as well. Now, however, those tourists are dealing with their own catastrophes. Understandably, spending money in Atlantic City is not a priority. November happens to be one of Atlantic City's biggest months of the year for convention traffic.
But for the first week or so of November , the city was all chaos and blockades. Governor Christie shut down the casinos until November 2 , and people throughout the region spent weeks in some cases just getting back on their feet. But, as Guaracino points out, these community leaders were needed more at home in their own Sandy-ravaged communities. Attending a conference in Atlantic City was also not in the cards.
They'll come back in , but Guaracino says, " That business was lost forever. And, of course, it wasn't just the casinos and business owners who suffered from this sudden drop in tourism. The workforce in the hospitality industry felt it, too.
In the months after Sandy, casinos in some cases dramatically cut back the opening hours of their restaurants. Some were closed for weeks at a time. Dupuis at Mussel Bar says he had employees calling in every day after the storm just itching to work. He kept some on and brought people into work when he could, he says, but he had to cut others loose advising them to collect unemployment.
And that appears to have been a common phenomenon among all the casinos. McDevitt says that of his union's 13, casino-working members, only half of them were full-time in November. Gino Iovino at Girasole says he didn't have to lay off any of his employees — many of whom are family members — but they have cut down from five shifts a week to three or four.
And those kinds of cutbacks were common at restaurants across the city, whether it be the mom-and-pops or the casinos. So, according to Guaracino, "Not only do you have a workforce who was recovering from their own personal impact from Hurricane Sandy, whether their homes or that kind of thing.
They're also dealing with the impact of a significantly reduced earning potential during the fourth quarter of In spite of all this, Atlantic City already seems to be bouncing back. Restaurateurs say that their monthly covers are getting back to what they normally would be in the off-season. They're sure of a full recovery in time for peak season. So how have they come to be so optimistic? Stay tuned over the next few days for their Hurricane Sandy stories: Tomorrow brings the tale of Tony's Baltimore Grill , which stayed open throughout the storm with a skeleton crew.
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The fire department also has flat bottom boats and other resources to respond in when there are floodwaters. Atlantic City Electric is urging people to keep an eye out for any downed wires. While they are concerned about power outages, there are hundreds of personnel standing by to handle the storm. We need our customers to be able to report that to us.
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