VIDEO: Watch the demolition of Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City cnn.com

The Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City has been demolished, ending a nearly 40-year run at the New Jersey shore.

Trump Plaza, which opened in 1984 had been closed since 2014. It was once a key aspect of former President Donald Trump’s sprawling real estate business.

But the building has since fallen into disrepair and now has to be demolished, city officials recently said.

Onlookers flocked to the area to watch the implosion and nearby hotels offered special packages for prime views.

About 3,000 pieces of dynamite were used to implode the 34-story building, the New York Times reported. The destruction took only a few seconds.

The implosion of the gutted tower, for many, symbolized the end of Trump’s time in the gambling resort town that saw it grow to four casino hotels and eventually fall to numerous financial setbacks, four bankruptcies and property sales.

This is the moment Trump Plaza, the first casino Donald Trump ever built and a faded vestige of Atlantic City’s glamorous past, came crashing down in a cloud of dirt, dust and noise https://t.co/wNyH6IhhZN pic.twitter.com/NI3YfLjsdt

— Bloomberg Quicktake (@Quicktake) February 17, 2021

At a news conference after the dust had settled Wednesday, the Mayor of the Atlanta City, Marty Small, said the implosion was “not about politics, Donald Trump or President Trump” but about an opportunity that doesn’t come along often to redevelop one of the best properties in town.

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