Bart Blatstein ready to strike again in Atlantic City. Plans are in motion for the owner of Showboat, Playground Pier, and a nice chunk of the Inlet waterfront to transform historic Garden Pier.
Located across from the shuttered Revel & Showboat casino properties, Garden Pier is situated at New Jersey and the Boardwalk. It’s now home to the Atlantic City Historical Museum and Art Center.
Atlantic City City Council is expected to name Blatstein the redeveloper of Garden Pier and will have 90 days to execute a final deal.
Even with Atlantic City in the middle of a non-stop ‘S’ storm, Blatstein and other developers like John Longacre and Glenn Straub are being contrarian. They keep buying up properties. Smart.
Blatstein wants the 100 year old pier to become an entertainment destination with art, music, food…all within steps of HIS future hotel rooms, retail, food and gaming operations. Sounds good to us.
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Built in 1913, Garden Pier once featured flowers on the 1,500-foot pier’s tip. After being damaged by one too many storms, including the Great Atlantic Hurricane of 1944, the city took ownership of the battered pier in 1944.
During it’s heyday, Garden Pier in Atlantic City hosted theater, conventions, and the first ‘Golden Mermaid’ beauty contest, forerunner to the Miss America Pageant.
In 1999, City Council considered but ultimately rejected a plan to let MGM Grand Inc. develop Garden Pier. Revel also gave some thought to reviving the historic pier at one time.
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