Wednesday, March 12, 1997 | 11:59 a.m.
At Bally's Park Place's new Western-themed casino, slot attendants will wear cowboy hats, bolo ties and other Western wear.
And potential employees who turned out Wednesday to apply for some of the 1,200 jobs at the casino said they'll wear almost anything - as long as it comes with a job.
"It doesn't matter what I have to wear," said Jackie Brooks, 24, of Atlantic City, who applied for a job as slot attendant. "I have to bring home a paycheck. I have a family. I can't be choosy."
Brooks and dozens of others showed up to apply for slot jobs at the new Bally's property, an $80 million Boardwalk-fronting behemoth that will feature talking robotic vultures, waterfalls, storefront facades and restaurants with names like Virginia City Buffet and Los Tres Hombres Cantina.
"It's going to be Atlantic City's first fully themed casino," said Ken Condon, a Bally's Park Place executive vice president.
If the job fair - the first of 14 to be held over the next four months - was any indication, the Wild, Wild West Casino will be about as authentic as possible for a Western-themed property sitting on the eastern shore of the United States.
"Hey, cowboy, how you doin' today?" said a bubbly, costumed hostess who welcomed would-be workers at the door Wednesday. Decked out in a pink ruffled saloon dress with black accents, "Miss Kitty" showed them into a ballroom where Bally's personnel workers gave out applications and conducted interviews.
The personnel workers wore blue jeans, cowboy boots and brown cowboy hats and sat at tables on which miniature bales of hay served as centerpieces.
"They look nice to me," said Hector Vazquez, 32, of Atlantic City, a gas station attendant who came in to apply for a job. He said he wouldn't mind dressing that way if hired.
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