Lisa Brody first picked up a pickleball paddle six years ago, and now she is launching a business that will give people a place to play indoors year-round. Like others, Brody, who splits her time between Saddle River, New Jersey, and Margate, lamented the lack of places to play pickleball indoors when the weather turns colder…. Read more »
Ross Mollison can feel the revitalization of Atlantic City every time he visits. As the founder and “impressario extraordinaire” of Las Vegas entertainment company Spiegelworld, he knows what a lively hospitality and entertainment scene looks like. Now, Mollison wants to bring that same vitality to the beleaguered New Jersey gaming destination. Mollison believes Spiegelworld’s redevelopment of… Read more »
Memories in Margate, the dance club owned by legendary Philadelphia/South Jersey radio/TV personality Jerry Blavat is officially for sale. Memories had been the summertime home of “The Geator with the Heater” and “The Boss with the Hot Sauce” since 1972. A message posted Sunday by Blavat’s longtime partner Keely Stahl acknowledged that Memories in Margate is… Read more »
ATLANTIC CITY – The Dave & Buster’s chain of entertainment-and-dining venues is seeking a liquor license for a new location here. The chain would use a new annual permit at the Tanger Outlets complex, according to an application before the state Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control. The application identifies a location at 2120 Atlantic Avenue,… Read more »
Stockton University is nearing completion of a second student residence hall at its satellite campus in Atlantic City, another step toward the gambling destination’s goal of diversifying its economy beyond gaming. The 135,000-square-foot, six-story building is located at 3550 Atlantic Ave., at the corner of Atlantic and South Providence avenues, in the Chelsea Heights section of the… Read more »
Atlantic City Council unanimously approved on Wednesday a $2.7 billion plan to turn Bader Field into a Formula 1 racetrack, spurning a competing proposal led by Philadelphia developer Bart Blatstein to overhaul the long-vacant site. Any proposal for the 140-acre site would ultimately need final approval from the state of New Jersey, given that the gaming town… Read more »
MAYS LANDING – Cash tolls — and toll plazas — are on their way out on the Atlantic City Expressway. The South Jersey Transportation Authority is seeking a contractor to build an all-electronic toll system on the 47-mile highway. The change will include demolition of the expressway’s “legacy tolling plaza structures,” the Authority says in… Read more »
The Water Club hotel, part of the Borgata casino complex in Atlantic City, New Jersey, is undergoing a $55 million redesign and will be rebranded as MGM Tower, joining a number of hospitality properties in the gaming mecca undergoing facelifts. The Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa on Tuesday unveiled its plans for the Water Club as the complex approaches… Read more »
Bader Field is the most coveted piece of real estate in the city, which explains why developers are pitching massive projects for it. But while the plans are big, the details have been scant. Developers are keeping information about their financing and market research close to the vest. And he state Department of Community Affairs,… Read more »
A cannabis cultivation facility is coming to Atlantic City. The move puts down roots for Agri-Kind, a Pennsylvania-based cannabis company, while showing more signs of growth for the budding industry in the state. It also holds significance for the diversification of Atlantic City’s economy as one of the largest non-casino and non-entertainment real estate transactions in the… Read more »
