Photo by: Stephen Trupp/STAR MAX/IPx 2018 9/5/18 The Ocean Resort Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. This hotel on the site of the former Revel Hotel & Casino – along with the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino – opened in late June 2018 in the hopes of revitalizing the tourism and gaming industries in a struggling city that was once one of the most popular tourist destinations in the United States. (Atlantic City, NJ)