. >> cocktail waitress gloria hoffman has worked here for 23 years.me august 31st, 2,000 employees will be out of a job. >> i am devastated. how i am going to pay for mortgage and go on with my life?

. >> cocktail waitress gloria hoffman has worked here for 23 years. come august 31st, 2,000 employees will be out of a job. >> i am devastated. how i am going to pay for mortgage and go on with my life? >> my wife working here and we have a 9-year-old daughter. they are closing a profitable property. >> it's down sharply from last year. the revenue at all the revel casinos declined by $3 million. the competition has increased. >> a few casinos will close. this is the second one. i expect two more before we settle down. >> they are happy it's revel and not us. we find out it's them. >>reporter:the city is transforming to a none-gaming resort. >> they cannot work as casino. >>reporter:including the construction of a new bass pro shop that could draw a million people a year. >> it's about creating activities and events that draw people with different interests to atlantic city so they have a chance to experience all it has to offer. >>reporter:caesars will have to showboat employees. and finding work for 21100 2100e is next to i a impossible. i am nora m

. >> reporter: cocktail waitress gloria hoffman worked at showboat for 24 years getting word that 2,000out of a job. >> i'm devastated. >> it's a horrible day for showboat and atlantic city and for my family. my wife works here and i have a nine-year-old daughter. >> reporter: showboat reported $2 million, but that's down from last year. revenue in atlantic city has declined by $3 billion and competition in the city has increased. >> what's has to happen a few casinos close, i expect two more before we settle down. >> we were talking to the people last night they were happy it's revel it's not us and this morning they find it's them. >> reporter: the mayor said they must transform from a nongaming focus to resort. casinos in the city are focusing on nightclubs and beach clubs and the shopping district and the construction of the bass pro shop that could draw a million people a year. >> it's about creating activities and events that draw different people with different interests to atlantic city so they can experience all that it has to offer. nora muchanic channel 6 "action news." >> in