Carl Icahn eventually acquired the property, but closed it in October as the casino’s union was on strike. Trump Entertainment Resorts, the casino’s parent company, went bankrupt in 2014. Trump called it “the eighth wonder of the world,” a moniker previously applied to Andre the Giant.īut it went through a prepackaged bankruptcy just a year later. The Trump Taj Mahal opened with an appearance by Michael Jackson in April 1990.
