Kurt Williams, of Seaville, was a young boy when his family took him to the Showboat soon after it opened. It even had a bowling alley for visitors who needed a break from the slot machines and table games. The Showboat was designed as a New Orleans-style riverboat casino with a Mardi Gras theme. More than 470 of the Showboat’s 2,000-plus workers are transferring to other casinos the company owns in New Jersey or in other states. “I got a job at ShopRite,” the guard replied. Outside the Showboat, a security guard who had been preventing would-be customers from entering was greeted by a longtime customer who came to say goodbye and ask how the guard was doing. She urged potential buyers to take a chance on the Showboat - as long as Caesars doesn’t put the same kind of deed restriction prohibiting a new owner from running it as a casino as it has with two recent sales of former casino properties.
