Three glass casino towers rise along the Back Bay, reached by casino ramps rather than city streets.
What Marina District looks like
Three glass casino towers rise along the Back Bay, each reached by its own ramp off the Atlantic City Brigantine Connector rather than by a city street. Borgata's twin towers are reflective gold glass, one 430 feet with 43 floors, the other 460 feet with 39. Multistorey parking garages sit at the base of both towers, and the roadways between them carry only casino traffic.
Harrah's Waterfront Tower rises 525 feet over 46 floors, its glass skin covered edge to edge with a changing LED display. Golden Nugget's tower is lower and older, 288 feet over 27 floors, set beside its own marina and a nine storey parking garage.
The holds 640 boat slips along the Golden Nugget side of the Back Bay, motorboats and yachts docked in rows under open sky. A paved and boardwalk path, the , runs 1.1 miles along the water between the three casinos. One boardwalk section crosses open water near the Brigantine Bridge.
and Brigantine Boulevard carry the only through traffic, running under concrete overpasses that lead straight into the casino garages. The towers stay visible from well back along these roads, rising over the bridge approach and the marina's bulkheads.
Shot in Marina District
The Bounty Hunter filmed several scenes at the Borgata in 2009. The towers and access roads play themselves, standing in for present day Atlantic City rather than another city.
The Bounty Hunter, 2010
Several scenes of the chase comedy were filmed on the Borgata's own grounds in 2009. The resort's own branded taxi cabs appear throughout the film as the characters move around the property.
What Marina District can double for
Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi
Beau Rivage's glass casino tower sits directly on the water with its own marina basin and parking structures, the same relationship Borgata and the Golden Nugget have to the Back Bay. Both resorts were built apart from an older downtown rather than inside it. The Gulf's open horizon and palm landscaping would need to stay out of frame to hold a mid Atlantic look. Beau Rivage's lower, wider massing also looks different from Harrah's taller tower in a wide shot. Try searching glass casino tower marina now.
Fallsview Casino Resort in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
Fallsview's glass hotel tower rises over its own parking garages and access roads on the edge of town, the same car only approach the Marina District's casinos share. A wide shot of either site shows the same thing, glass towers and parking garages with no downtown in view. The falls themselves and the tourist crowds along Fallsview Boulevard would give the real location away, so frames need to stay tight on the tower and the garage. Try searching glass hotel tower parking garage now.
Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut
Mohegan Sun's Sky Tower is a glass casino hotel rising over a large podium and parking structure with no surrounding street grid, much like Borgata's towers over their own access roads. No production has matched the two sites on screen. Mohegan Sun sits beside the Thames River and wooded hills rather than an ocean inlet, so a frame that pulls wide enough to show the landscape would give it away. Try searching glass casino tower podium now.
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