In the day’s least surprising news, casino operator Hard Rock International (HRI) has been officially cleared to land in Atlantic City.

On Wednesday, the New Jersey Casino Control Commission (CCC) held a public meeting to discuss the likelihood of HRI being granted a gaming license before the scheduled June 28 opening of its AC property, Hard Rock Atlantic City (the former Trump Taj Mahal).

To virtually no one’s shock, the meeting was an anti-climactic affair, with the CCC commissioners wasting little time before lifting their rubber stamp and putting their seal of approval on HRI’s license application.

In pitching his company’s commitment to the market, HRI CEO James Allen told the CCC that the company “could have just re-carpeted” the Taj and slapped some music memorabilia on the wall, but instead opted for a $500m overhaul of the property because “we want to grow Atlantic City rather than just moving people from an existing facility.”