“They were very down-to-earth people,” Gatewood recalled. Ron Gatewood, a food and beverage worker at Trump Plaza from 1986 until its closing in 2014, brought food and drinks to stars including Aretha Franklin, Luther Vandross and Barry White in their hotel rooms. It was the place to be when mega-events such as a Mike Tyson boxing match or a Rolling Stones concert was held next door in Boardwalk Hall. Opened in 1984, when Trump was a real estate developer in his pre-politics days, Trump Plaza was for a time the most successful casino in Atlantic City. Icahn said he would replace the $175,000 that had already been bid with his own money.
But Icahn - a donor and former special economic advisor to Trump - objected on safety and liability grounds, and got the auction house to halt the bids.
