The price to press the button that will blow the former Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino to smithereens later this year has ballooned to $175,000.
To date, 15 online bids have been placed for the auction to implode the Atlantic City Boardwalk eyesore, with 15 days to go before the auction goes live at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 19, complete with an auctioneer and the whole “Do I hear?” thing. And that auctioneer — Joe Bodnar, of Bodnar’s Auction of Edison — believes the bidding can get a little crazy from here on out.
“I’ve been doing this a long time, and the fact it’s already at $175,000 with two weeks left means it’s going to hit $300,000 no problem, probably $500,000, and who knows, that million might be in sight,” Bodnar said. “Really, the sky’s the limit.”