Billionaire Donald Trump has announced that he is in talks with resort developer Steve Wynn about building a gigantic new casino in Atlantic City.

The project, which would potentially cover the entire Trump Plaza site along with three surrounding blocks, is though to be worth $3 billion, but has already hit some roadblocks.

The first is an old adversary of Mr Trump’s, elderly local resident Vera Coking. Ms Coking famously beat Mr Trump in a 1998 court case over possession of her property, and the new development would again see Trump Entertainment requiring her to move.

Currently Ms Coking believes the offer, $250,000, is not enough. Similarly, the owners of nearby Boardwalk Hall insist that they would attempt to convince Mr Trump to work around the building rather than knock it down.

Mr Trump and Mr Wynn had previously engaged in a lengthy business-based rivalry for much of the past ten years, but the proposed new project appears to mark a new dawn for the pair.

Mr Wynn, the casino mogul behind Las Vegas’ Mirage and the Bellagio, earlier this month infamously put his arm through a Picasso painting that he had just agreed to sell for $139 million. The deal was promptly cancelled.

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