Harrah's, the gaming unit of Holiday Inn, joined as a partner a month later. The Trump Organization, a company owned by real estate developer Donald Trump, began construction of the casino in June 1982.
Designed by architect Alan Lapidus, it operated from May 14, 1984, until September 16, 2014. Trump Plaza was a hotel and casino on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey, owned by Trump Entertainment Resorts.