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The Famous Steel Pier in Atlantic City!
Atlantic City, NJ - March 17th, 2010
Steel Pier Amusements given two-year stay, signed through through summer 2012!
The rumors of the end of world famous Steel Pier’s life as we know it were greatly exaggerated: the pier’s current iteration has been extended thru the summer of 2012. The two-year reprieve came after a slew of articles in the winter of 2009 celebrating what was then a one-year extension. Those articles made numerous references to 2009 being the pier’s swan song, and citing the redevelopment that pier owner Donald Trump has in mind. Said redevelopment was covered in an earlier Mole post, and has been publicly said to be a hotel/condo/retail complex. It’s totally safe to assume that the Pier’s life extension is probably a combined result of the Trump machine running into a one-two punch of regulatory issues and the notoriously horrible credit market of recent times. Despite those problems, design work is still thought to be under way. It’ll be a sad day indeed when Steel Pier is forced to cease operations, as the Catanoso family and a supporting cast of hundreds over the years have done wonders and performed miracles to keep family entertainment available in a decidedly over-21 market. In the Mole’s (and likely many others) humble opinion, the loss of Steel Pier, whenever it does regrettably come to pass, can not be categorized as “in the name of progress”. One would hope that some prominent place in whatever Trump ends up building on the site gets a hefty helping of the Steel Pier historical treatment: a photo gallery, several plaques, artifacts under glass, etc. Steel Pier is an icon. Icons should endure, even if not in their completely original form.
Rides and Features! The Steel Pier features new innovative Live Thrill Shows – Motorcycle Globe and the Motorcycle High Wire Trapeze appearing daily during the summer.
- Live Thrill Shows
- Giant Slide
- Double Decker Carousel
- Flip-n-Fly Trampolines
- Ballon Race
- Fire Chief
- Dragon Jets
- Red Baron
- Wet Boats
- Bumper Cars
- Brooklyn Bridge
- Grand Prix Go Karts
- Jump Cycles
- Crazy Mouse Coaster
- Sea Dragon
- Disko
- Rock-n-Roll
- Tilt a Whirl
- Mini Rocket
- Rock Climbing Wall
- Kiddie Coaster
- Ferris Wheel
- The Rocket $$ Fee
- Helicopter Rides $$ Fee
- Amusement Games $$
- Variety of Boardwalk Fare Food $$
