Sale of Steel Pier	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Sale of the Steel Pier [Abstract]
Sale of Property [Text Block]	Sale of the Steel Pier In August 2011, the Company sold the Steel Pier, an Atlantic City landmark of approximately 425,000 square feet located across the Boardwalk from Trump Taj Mahal, to an entity affiliated with the Steel Pier's long-time tenant for a sale price of $4,250. The tenant operated the amusement park on the Steel Pier under a lease which would have continued in effect until December 31, 2016. The net cash proceeds of this sale of $3,500, were used to make a mandatory principal payment under the Company's secured credit facility with Beal Bank, as agent and Icahn Partners, as lenders. In September 2011, the Company sold the “skybridge” which extends over the Boardwalk connecting Trump Taj Mahal to the Steel Pier to the same entity that purchased the Steel Pier. The net cash proceeds of this sale of $250, were also used to make a mandatory principal payment under the Company's secured credit facility with Beal Bank, as agent and Icahn Partners, as lenders.

Sale of the Steel Pier

In August 2011, the Company sold the Steel Pier, an Atlantic City landmark of approximately 425,000 square feet located across the Boardwalk from Trump Taj Mahal, to an entity affiliated with the Steel Pier's long-time tenant for a sale price of $4,250. The tenant operated the amusement park on the Steel Pier under a lease which would have continued in effect until December 31, 2016. The net cash proceeds of this sale of $3,500, were used to make a mandatory principal payment under the Company's secured credit facility with Beal Bank, as agent and Icahn Partners, as lenders.

In September 2011, the Company sold the “skybridge” which extends over the Boardwalk connecting Trump Taj Mahal to the Steel Pier to the same entity that purchased the Steel Pier. The net cash proceeds of this sale of $250, were also used to make a mandatory principal payment under the Company's secured credit facility with Beal Bank, as agent and Icahn Partners, as lenders.