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Borgata + Water Club

Atlantic City, NJ

“The new standard for luxury for Atlantic City”

The Borgata brings the sophisticated and unparalleled dimension of Las Vegas to gaming visitors in Atlantic City. The 43-story complex contains 2,002 luxury guest rooms and suites and gaming space. It features a variety of first-class amenities including 11 gourmet restaurants, 11 specialty retail boutiques, a European health spa and pool, a 1,000-seat performance theatre, a nightclub, an event center, and a 5,500 car parking garage.

Building on the success of the original Borgata, an expansion was begun just 15 months after its opening. The first phase of Borgata’s expansion features new casino floor space that includes 36 table games, approximately 500 slot machines, an 85-table poker room, seven retail shops, a second nightclub, three fine dining restaurant and a cafeteria.

The 1,000-seat fixed proscenium theatre was designed to support a variety of performance types. Reminiscent of a 1940s jazz and supper club, the configuration of plush, rust-colored stadium seating in a half-oval layout facing the stage optimizes sightlines from any point in the room.

This project was completed by BLTa prior to joining Perkins Eastman.

A rough space was transformed into a retail gallery displaying the latest collections from all over the world. All of the shops complement and contrast the interactive experience and architecture of the casino. The shops are connected internally to one another in an informal path to provide an innovative and stimulating retail experience.

The second phase of Borgata’s expansion features a new 43-story glass hotel tower. The new facility features 760 guest rooms, 20 one-bedroom suites, and 15 two-bedroom suites. There are also four distinct corner suites equipped with a media-rich mini-theater and three residences modeled as chic, New York-style lofts. The hotel’s guests can take advantage of meeting space, six retail locations, and a two-story spa in the sky with 15 treatment rooms and a spacious 25-yard lap pool and fitness center.

Project Facts

Client:

Boyd Gaming/MGM Mirage

Size/Traffic Capacity:

Borgata: 398,000 sf

Water Club: 840,000 sf

Services:

Borgata: Architecture, Interior Design (Piatto Suites Only)

Water Club: BLTa/CLA joint venture architects; Lawrence Lee Associates interior design

Practice Areas:

Hospitality, Sport + Entertainment

Region:

United States

Studios:

Philadelphia

News

“How Atlantic City’s Borgata Got Its New Look,” Hotel Management, Nov. 4, 2025

Raising the Ante in Atlantic City - The New York Times

MGM Plans Casino Resort to Rival Best of Las Vegas - The New York Times

Awards

2008 Grand Prize, Cast-In-Place Concrete Frame: Outside Chapter Boundaries - Eastern Pennsylvania & Delaware Chapter of the American Concrete Institute

2006 Grand Prize Award, Cast-In-Place Concrete Frame: Outside Chapter Boundaries - American Concrete Institute Eastern Pennsylvania & Delaware Chapter

2005, No. 12 of 20 Top Projects Started - New York Construction

2004 Retail/Entertainment Interiors, Buildings - Buildings Interiors Design Awards

2003 Casino Design Best Project Over $250 Million - Global Gaming Business Magazine

2003 Excellence in Structural Engineering, Outstanding Project/First Place: Buildings Over $25 Million - Delaware Valley Association of Structural Engineers

2003 NJ Golden Trowel Awards: Best of Category, Interior Projects - International Masonry Institute

2003 Hospitality Project of the Year - New York Construction News

2003 First Place: Buildings Category - Post-Tensioning Institute

2003 Merit Award - New Jersey American Concrete Institute and New Jersey Concrete Aggregate Association