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Census: Casino Workers Follow Jobs13 August 2003ATLANTIC CITY – As reported by the Press of Atlantic City: “When the chips are down in the Atlantic City gaming industry, workers pack up and move to areas where jobs are plentiful, new data released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau show. “During the late 1990s, when jobs declined in Atlantic City casinos, hundreds of people moved to Clark County, Nev., where Las Vegas casino construction was booming. Atlantic County also lost people to New London County, Conn., where two Indian-run casinos operate. “The census estimates show that more people moved out of southern New Jersey between 1995 and 2000 than moved in. Within this region, however, Atlantic County drew people away from economically stressed Cape May and Cumberland counties. “… The pattern continued a trend documented by The Press of Atlantic City in a 1997 special report. Press analysis of Internal Revenue Service data had found a similar migration from Atlantic County to Nevada between 1992 and 1995. “Frank Streshley, a senior analyst with the Nevada Gaming Control Board, said he wasn't surprised that so many Atlantic County residents have moved to the Las Vegas area. “Five mega-resort casino hotels, each with more than 3,000 rooms, opened between 1995 and 2000. The biggest casino building boom in the history of Las Vegas, as Streshley called it, created 32,000 new jobs. “Nevada casinos recruited employees from all over the country, he said, and there was a strong effort made to recruit Atlantic City workers, he said…” |