While the majority of Atlantic City well-wishers are still thinking the savior of the barrier island is a water park. Bart Blatstein, CEO of Tower Investments and developer of the former The Pier Shops of Caesars, removed all of the water and sand elements already inside the flailing shopping mecca stating in a press conference today "You know why? Because there is plenty of that outside." What he and his partners plan to do instead is create the biggest non-gaming attraction on the Atlantic Shore. He went on to say after the media tour of, well, mostly sheet rock and building bones, that "This will be the best there is. Period."
What used to be almost exclusively high-end shops that would tempt even the most discerning Carrie Bradshaw hop a casino bus from Manhattan to try her luck is now being transformed into an East Coast Bourbon Street. Bryan Dilworth of Bonfire Entertainment is in charge of filling the half-dozen different music venues. While Iron Chef Jose Garces will provide the food menus. Both hard-core, Voss water guzzling glitterati and food truck chasing foodies can get ready to rock!
Are you ready AC? Here is what you have been wanting in this new economy. Non-gaming entertainment is opening up at June 25th. What's next? A real grocery store? A community center? Wow. Pretty soon we might look like a real city. I for one can't wait.
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