The Trump Plaza Hotel and Caesars Atlantic City casinos were closed for a few days due to air conditioning failures. The Caesars casino was closed from July 15 to the morning of July 17. The Trump casino closed on the 15th and would not be open again until July 18 in the middle of the afternoon.

The air conditioning failures were caused by leaking pipes at a nearby Pepco Energy Services plant outside of Atlantic City. Pepco works to handle a plant that is used to get cooling systems at these two casinos to work.

Temporary air conditioning systems will be used in these casinos until the problem is fixed. It is estimated that it will take at least four weeks for the problem to be repaired by Pepco.

The two casinos have not stated what their potential losses from the closures would be. However, it is estimated that the losses will be worth millions of dollars. The reopening of the Caesars casino drew less than expected crowds due to the partial operation of the air conditioning unit in the casino.

This is the first time these casinos were closed since the three-day state government closing of casinos back in 2006.