March 28, 2012: Revel starts a two-day trial gambling period for invited guests before its official opening.Īpril 2, 2012: Revel opens to the public. March 26, 2012: Revel gets its casino license from New Jersey. March 7, 2012: Revel reveals that Mitch Gorshin, whose father, Frank, played the Riddler from the “Batman” TV series, designed the casino’s distinctive white ball atop its triangular roof. 16, 2012: Revel says it will have many more part-time jobs than the other Atlantic City casinos workers will be required to reapply for them every four or five years. 15, 2011: A construction worker is struck by lightning and killed while working outside at Revel.įeb. 2011: Revel scales down its plans, eliminating a proposed second hotel tower that reduces the number of rooms to about 1,100.
