The Press of Atlantic City reports that Mayor Don Guardian said Wednesday at an economic forum that Richard Stockton College is interested in purchasing the former Atlantic Club or the Showboat.

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Photo Courtesy of Anthony Smedile of Press of Atlantic City
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"They were looking for a new campus for 10,000 students, and we were able to convince them that Atlantic City is the location," Guardian said at the forum, according to the newspaper.

A Stockton representative confirmed to the Press of Atlantic City that the college is interested but said, "There is nothing firm" at this point.

Stockton has 8,570 full - and - part-time undergraduate and graduate students, according to its website. Stockton is located in Galloway Township in Atlantic County, about 13 miles from Atlantic City.

The added campus would give Stockton just under 20,000 students, making it one of the larger state school aside from Rutgers University.

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