South Jersey may be Wawa country, but its borders end at the sign that reads, “Welcome to Atlantic City.” The resort may offer all kinds of amenities, from beautiful beaches to gambling to first-class restaurants, but you can’t get an Italian shorti here. And no one will say exactly why. Wawa has a reported 983… Read more »
The Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! museum on the Atlantic City boardwalk, known for its unique exterior and mind-bending exhibits, will close after 26 years in business. The museum is inspired by cartoonist and entrepreneur Robert Ripley’s original newspaper panels in the New York Globe and the New York Evening Post, where Ripley shared strange… Read more »
Atlantic City’s iconic Warner Theatre will be resurrected by Spiegelworld – producers of ground-breaking shows including the Las Vegas megahit Absinthe – opening in June 2023 at Caesars Atlantic City, as the city’s only permanent live entertainment destination: The Hook. In 1929, an icon was born on the Atlantic City Boardwalk. Dubbed the “Wonder Theatre… Read more »
A pair of big-name Philadelphia developers are teaming up to propose a $3 billion mixed-use project at Bader Field in Atlantic City, the latest plan pitched for the long-vacant site. The proposal from Tower Investments CEO Bart Blatstein and Post Brothers’ CEO Michael Pestronkand President Matt Pestronk calls for 10,000 residential units, 200,000 square feet of retail space and 100,000… Read more »
ATLANTIC CITY — Developers of the Boardwalk property that once housed the Atlantic Club Casino Hotel say the building will be renovated into luxury condominiums. Rocco Sebastiani, the principal for Colosseo Atlantic City Inc., the New York investment and construction firm that owns the Atlantic Club, said plans are in the works to renovate the Boardwalk… Read more »
The Ventnor Plaza will get a much needed facelift during the offseason, as its new owner plans to add restaurants, new tenants, solar panels, electric car charging stations and more landscaping in an effort to beautify and revive the languishing shopping center. Atlantic County tax records show the land and buildings are valued at a… Read more »
Just off the main level of Caesars Atlantic City Gordon Ramsay welcomed guests to his new restaurant on Wednesday, the first day it was open to the public. “Welcome to Hell’s Kitchen Atlantic City,” said Ramsay. But to some guests’ dismay, it wasn’t the actual Gordon Ramsay standing out by the front desk but rather a hologram… Read more »
Atlantic City casinos saw mixed results in the second quarter, according to revenue numbers released Monday by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement, but the money casinos brought in from non-gaming sources signals a return to the diversified revenue streams seen prior to the Covid-19 pandemic. Casinos in the New Jersey gambling destination brought… Read more »
What once was a bustling little mall has been reimagined and will once again be full of activity. ProShot Pickleball will be building a state-of-the-art indoor pickleball facility in the space previously occupied by Burlington Coat Factory. The sports complex is expected to be ready for play by late fall/early winter 2022. Andy Pessano, along… Read more »
Atlantic City City Council passed a half dozen cannabis ordinances Wednesday — including a resolution supporting iAnthus’s application to become the first company to sell adult recreational weed in the seaside resort. The company’s plans were first reported by N.J. Advance Media. The nine-member Council voted 8-1 to approve both a letter of support and resolution… Read more »
