Podcast appearances and mentions of bart blatstein

The Showboat Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey is the ultimate place to stay and play. Listen as Bart Blatstein takes you on his adventure of developing the Showboat Hotel into a year-round family resort, which includes the East Coast's largest indoor arcade and the most anticipated attraction, a $100 million indoor waterpark.

On tonight's edition of the Other Side of Midnight: Frank opens up the show talking about TIME magazine's selecting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the Person of the Year and also Coinstar charging a five dollar fee to use their coin machines. Then, Frank talks about Curt Schilling getting snubbed once again from the Baseball Hall of Fame before Heather Massie, actor, writer, producer and the star of the award winning play “HEDY! The Life & Inventions of Hedy Lamarr “joins Frank in studio to talk about her new show about Hedy Lamarr. Then, Frank talks about wormholes and speaks with Bart Blatstein,  CEO of Tower Investments and owner of the Showboat Hotel in Atlantic City for the AC Report. Later, Frank talks about a chlorinated chicken story and then Brian Kilmeade, New York Times best-selling author, co-host of Fox and Friends on Fox News and a radio talk show host heard every morning from 10am-Noon on 77WABC, joins Frank to talk about the news of the day.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Frank Morano cashes out with Bart Blatstein, CEO of Tower Investments and owner of the Showboat Hotel in Atlantic City for the AC Report. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bart Blatstein,  CEO of Tower Investments and owner of the Showboat Hotel in Atlantic City joins Frank on The Other Side of Midnight with The AC Report.

 Bitcoin’s amazing market gains can be traced back to last fall. The value of BTC was stuck around $13,000. A climb to the $20,000 by the end of 2020 brought the BTC bulls out in force. That run topped out at $65,0000. With the greed index through the roof, investors got spooked to trigger a major selloff. That drove the market value down billions. The bitcoin market price retreated all the way to $46,000. However, early trading in the last week of April has drove the current BTC price above $53,000. The only thing that is certain in this market is high volatility.   Parx Casino Hit With a $7500 Fine for a 2019 ViolationIt nearly took two years for the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board to finally address an online casino infraction. During the testing phase of its online casino site, Parx allowed two slots to accidently go live. The two slot machines were Starburst and Total Meltdown. Two different players discovered the games were live. One of those players wagered more than $3500 in 16 minutes to lose a total of $393.85. Parx refunded any losses to the players. The online casino officially went live on July 15 in 2019. The PGCB just fined Parx $7500 for the infraction. Las Vegas Local Wins Big at Palace StationThe Wheel of Fortune progressive slot has accounted for two big wins recently. The first jackpot totaled $603,644 on a $1.75 bet. This took place on April 17 at Red Rock Resort. The following week, a Las Vegas local won big on the same slot at Palace Station. Identified as Delores Raymond, her Wheel of Fortune jackpot added up to $238,559. The amount of her winning wager was $1.25. Both of these Las Vegas area casino properties are owned by the Station Casino group. Palace Station is known for catering to locals through special promotional packages. Red Rock is located 10 miles from the Las Vegas Strip. Family-Friendly Entertainment Comes to Former Atlantic City CasinoThe Showboat Resort & Convention Hotel closed its casino in 2014. Next month, that same casino floor will reopen with 350 games. They will not be games of chance offering real money gambling. They will be arcade games offering family fun. Everything from skee ball to Pac-Man is on the list. Indoor miniature golf and duckpin bowing are also part of the mix. The Lucky Snake at Showboat will also house six different restaurants and five bars. Future plans call for a water park, beer garden and concert venue. The project’s developer is Bart Blatstein. He is the CEO of Tower Investments.    

With Harry Hurley today were Tom Cantone, President of Mohegan Sun Gaming; Vincent D'Alessandro, President of Ocean First Bank's southern region; and Bart Blatstein, Owner of Showboat in Atlantic City.

As we reported two weeks ago, Hard Rock entertainment will soon be the new owner of the former Taj Mahal Casino on the Atlantic City Boardwalk. That is very good news for this section of our wooden way that was sitting empty and quiet for much of the summer of 2016 all thanks to daily picketing by using 54 members many of whom did not want to strike against Taj Mahal owner Mr. Carl Icahn . But that's another story for another day. It looks like by the summer of 2018 hard rock will be up and running on that massive property the Taj Mahal. This is certainly good news for Anthony Catanoso…the man who runs Steel Pier, right across the Boardwalk from the former Taj Mahal. This should also speed up development of the $14 million observation wheel the 227 foot high, new age Ferris Wheel that's been sitting offshore in containers ready to be erected on the historic Pier. The Taj Mahal Casino has been closed since October 10. It will soon be controlled and owned by a group of investors one of them being Hard Rock. They’re teaming up with two well-known developers in the area Jingoli and Morris. Jingoli is best known for the current redevelopment of the Albany Avenue area site of the former Atlantic City high school. Moving very fast at building the brand-new Stockton University Boardwalk campus here in Atlantic City. They call it the Island campus. I like to call with the Boardwalk Campus, a much cooler, more intuitive name. I’ll have to ask Dr Harvey Kesselman if he agrees with me, when ACprimetime visits with the Stockton President in a few days. Getting back to HARD ROCK & TAJ, it looks like $300 million is what it will take to allow Hard Rock & Jingoli and Morris to transform this massive property. One of the biggest, if not the biggest footprints in Atlantic City. Maybe the best part of the story is that it's probably gonna provide up to 3000 new temporary and permanent jobs. We always had a sneaking suspicion that Hard Rock was going to eventually take over the former Taj. One clue: Hard Rock Cafe was staying put. Even though it was quite dead down on that side of the Boardwalk in front of the shuttered TAJ. Hard Rock Cafe knew that eventually the mother ship would come in and save that property. Operating through thick and thin even with the casino hotel shutting down back in October 2016. Another success story or another smiling adjacent property would be Bart Blatstein's Showboat Hotel. That certainly bodes well for his investment in the former Showboat Casino now focused on being primarily a Showboat Hotel that's good news. This should also boost evaluations of Blatstein's recently purchased volleyball court / parcel of land, a spot in between Showboat and the former Revel Casino Hotel. And Garden Pier, right in front of the former Revel, now owned by Bart and his Tower Investments, that value most likely has increased from its $1.5 million price tag. So does Glenn Straub and his former Revel casino benefit from the Taj Mahal purchase by hard rock? In the long-term probably yes. But we think in the short term, the value or the interest in getting the Revel up and running is muted at best. Think about it, what investor now wants to come in and try to deal with Mr. Strabo and get the former Revel up and running while knowing that arguably one of the most successful aggressive and smart brand names hard rock is getting to ready to launch just down the Boardwalk? What's our guess? We like to speculate just a little bit. We think that Mr. Straub will eventually find it more advantageous to sell. Still no gaming license for Straub, or his partner/tenant in the property Robert Landino. Both have NO Gaming Licenses. REVEL property will most likely see half-decent profit since Straub purchased it for just $82 million. The building price was closer to $2 billion. We believe now this is pure speculation, that investors that might gain access to that incredible property formerly known as the Revel and the surro...

Flushing more money? Some topics we cover on the FEB 22 edition of ACprimetime Radio podcast: Bart Blatstein is Mr. 'Buy & Hold'.  Smart vulture investor, not so hot business operator. See: Playground Pier. CRDA $2 million toilet upgrade for Boardwalk Hall. More money being foolishly flushed? How to make AC more business friendly. Streamline permitting process ( AC Councilman Jesse Kurtz on Dan Klein Radio show ) Councilman Jesse Kurtz: encourage street fairs, festivals. The struggle to make Atlantic City more business friendly. Streamline & simply permitting process. Remove unneeded red tape. Less paperwork. Encourage more events in Atlantic city. Event promoter. LISTEN > Dan Klein WOND Radio show: shouldn’t we entice producers to come in? Am I missing something? Chad Minnes is best known for his Lacey Cleaning company. And with that success, is able to invest $$ in SWFpro.com;  a professional wrestling show that draws 1,000+ to these family friendly events. Minnes wants to bring SWF to Atlantic City this Summer. How many hoops will he need to jump thru? How many diff departments will need to give the OK? City, state, CRDA, mercantile, license & inspections? New, but empty strip of retail stores next to Boardwalk Hall will stay vacant for the foreseeable future. TOLL BROTHERS (developer) is already looking to sell that property....just one year after completion. Can CRDA exert influence on TOLL BROTHERS...to use properties for ART SHOWS...or other 'pop-up' stores for the summer? CRDA sadly said 'no'. Casino Reinvestment Development Authority has approved spending $2 million to upgrade four sets of out-of-service bathrooms at Boardwalk Hall. Renovation of eight bathrooms, not used in long time. If you are going to have a world-class facility, you can’t tell them that the bathrooms are unusable Project involves the pipes and other infrastructure. It’s not just fixing the bathroom.” Blatstein’s “multifaceted entertainment destination with art, music and food” for Garden Pier. Former volleyball court, Tower pitched a $40 million “multi-use event center”. Blatstein bought lots using name: A.C. Main Street Renaissance.

In this episode of ACprimetime Radio, we talk Bader Field and the lowball offers that were submitted. Beach concerts. Do’s and don’t. New digital parking meters rake in $15,000 in the first weekend. Taj Mahal strikers still striking. Beach concert set-up is exciting. Where to park cheap for beach concerts & special events. The benefit of Boutique casinos. Bart Blatstein buying too much? Who really owns the pier in front of Caesars? Rumor mill: Who is considering a deal with REVEL? From the archives: The Gary Hill Interview. Miss’d America. ACprimetime Radio News. Show Notes.

Atlantic City - AC Primetime Radio News. Show Notes for JULY 15, 2016. Sponsored by Lacey Cleaning & Get Smart Digital. Blatstein held a party on Garden Pier. Many question that event. Dust-up at Council meeting over that. WAV club, Showboat, Party on pier. WavAC.com site is dead. Liens on AC property? No permits. Wants to buy it. Vague as to his plans Council approved selling Garden Pier to developer Bart Blatstein.... for $1.5 million. Attorney for Glenn Straub, describes deal as risky for the city. The Bader Field auction was postponed. The new deadline for bids is now Aug. 4. Straub says there were no bids. He didn’t put one in. Taj Mahal AC looking for replacement workers? Strikers have til Monday to accept offer from Tony Rodio. SEE AD > http://www.trumpemployment.com/ Atlantic City Gaming Revenue was down a bit for JUNE 2016, year over year. (yoy) Resorts is UP 10% yoy    Trump Taj was UP 13% yoy Will there be any shows at the Pinky Pavilion this summer ? A suggestion was made instead of 6 beach concerts use some of that money for things that have been eliminated like International Night, Broadway on the Boards,  etc. These things brought people to the boardwalk and are being missed New Bike ordinance -12 noon.  Needs to be enforced .  BIKE vending machines in front of Claridge. Concerns raised about the proposed Open Container Law. Where does it stand? Tick tock. Nov 3 deadline. City needs plan to have balanced budget for 2017 They can cut, downsize, shared services, outsource. Water company? Outsource Towing? Trash? They can also consider new MONEY MAKERS 4x4’s on beach Food trucks on beach More concerts on the beach Beach tags Councilman Marty Small wants to put wage tax on those who work here…but live elsewhere. Council wants $10 dollar room fee too? Council approved awarding a contract to a company to sell ads on the exterior of some city vehicles. GREAT IDEA New parking meters - When does installation begin ?  Will it be in papers and other sources so residents and visitors will know about the upgrade Marijuana Laws. See Denver. Strict. Highly controlled. Much needed tax dollars. Stigma? Yes. So was gaming, alcohol, cigarettes, adult shops, go-go and strip clubs… Good News. Clean & Safe….2 critical components of an AC turnaround….. Beaches streets dunes dramatically cleaner. Boardwalk lighting, security cameras almost completely installed Central monitor Impactivate screens, wifi, smart phone chargers Downbeach Jitney FAIL 45 day trial completed. Not renewed. Bad marketing. No appropriate advertising. RIDE SHORE SHUTTLE & Uber Our favorite FOODIE PLACES…… in AC, and Downbeach area Wings….Ducktown tavern….. Honorable mention to Piccalli in AC…..and Roberts in Margate Ribs….. Kelseys in AC & BACK BAY BBQ causeway between Somers point & Longport. Best breakfast - Gilchrist Best seafood dinner - Crab Trap Somers point, Best take-out…and best 5 dollar fish sandwich - BARBERA Seafood. Best subs: tie--  Saccos & White House Best Pizza – insane ingredients & toppings….Tony Baloney….Old school pizza…Carusos in Ventnor….Thin crust brick oven style…..I go with LISA’s in Ventnor. Best Burgers…..Wingcraft in AC. Best breads - tie - Rando & Formica Best cakes: Minos…Strawberry Shortcake Pleasantville & AC Best chocolate & fudge, candy…. Many…on Ocean City Boardwalk…… and we love SUGAR on the Boardwalk, in front of Caesars. Best coffee shop… # still love Starbucks in Margate…..but I love the fact that 7311 in Ventnor….has a bike rack….and small batch baked goods too. NEW PLACES to check out > OASIS in Margate. Next to Bocca. Coffees, ice cream, smoothies. Best sandwiches, Jewish delicacies. Downbeach Deli, Casels,…..and we are keeping our eyes on the new 'Poppies' in Ventnor. They took over Malelani. They blew up the basement cafeteria at Borgata….

Short Life for Dance Club The WAV nightclub is no more. The barely broken-in club on Atlantic City's Playground Pier has reportedly closed it's doors. The WAVac website is also offline. Opened with much fanfare in April 2016, WAV was supposed to be a magnet for 20-somethings. The slow-growing Playground Pier in front of Caesars Casino on the Boardwalk really needed that kind of traffic boost. The many bars, retailers and eateries inside the Playground would supposedly benefit from the hundreds that would shop, eat & drink before heading into the WAV for a night of dancing. LISTEN> ACprimetime Radio 7.6.2016 Playground Pier is the brainchild of Bart Blatstein and Tower Investments. Blatstein purchased the struggling 'Pier Shops' at Caesars for $2.7 mil in November of 2014. The deal was not a friendly one, which may explain why Caesars does nothing to encourage their guests to walk across the Boardwalk to enjoy Playground offerings. This bad Playground news dampens the excitement of Blatstein's new Showboat Hotel, opening on July 8. Observers noted: if Playground would clone Tropicana's 'The Quarter', they could have winner on that side of Atlantic City Boardwalk. ALSO CONFIRMED: the GUESS retail store has exited their Playground location. ( is Starbucks next?) Blatstein and Tower Investments is well known for the Piazza at Schmidt's project in Philadelphia's Northern Liberties section. After an exciting debut, The Piazza faltered and Bart sold out. According to Philly.com, Caesars and Blatstein had quite the legal tussle with this prime piece of Boardwalk Real Estate. Our 2 Cents: Dance clubs might be maxed out in Atlantic City. Plenty of competition in this space. Also, it's well known that poorly named 'Playground' was poorly marketed too. PR / advertising campaigns never connected with fun-seekers, and at times seemed non-existent. Still, that pier in front of Caesars is spectacular... it just needs proper management / creative leadership. Is Blatstein over-leveraged? That's what some are asking. With Bart on a buying spree in AC, does the Philly developer have the cash to properly manage his acquisitions? Will Blatstein have the time and resources to properly develop the volleyball court and Garden Pier parcels if those deals close? We look forward to Glenn Straub's next move with this situation. What do YOU think? Leave a comment below.    

On episode 16 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz Podcast, Kyle and Craig discuss: Chris Christie signs Atlantic City aid package; Showboat and Playground owner Bart Blatstein envisions AC... Read more »

On episode 16 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz Podcast, Kyle and Craig discuss: Chris Christie signs Atlantic City aid package; Showboat and Playground owner Bart Blatstein envisions AC... Read more »

On episode 15 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz Podcast, Kyle and Craig discuss: Atlantic City delaying decision on Boardwalk booze; Bart Blatstein chosen to develop space between Revel... Read more »

On episode 15 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz Podcast, Kyle and Craig discuss: Atlantic City delaying decision on Boardwalk booze; Bart Blatstein chosen to develop space between Revel... Read more »

Frank Gilliam Jr. & Son....and Mel Taylor Listen to Atlantic City Councilman at Large, Frank Gilliam Jr. These AC Primetime Radio topics covered are wide and varied: Bart Blatstein & The Playground Pier. Tough to start a business in AC What did former Mayor Langford really make? Frank Gilliam III - Take your Kid to Work Day Frank's background, schooling & wife & family life Keeping his cool as a Councilman Dealing with Glenn Straub & REVEL property Bader Field auction, salaries & paycuts Concerts on the Atlantic City beach Atlantic City Councilman-at-Large Frank Gilliam Jr. visits ACprimetime Radio > Atlantic City Municipal Salary ALERT:  As Atlantic City considers pay cuts for those inside City Hall, a murky salary report for the former & acting Mayors was called out by Gilliam. According to NJ.com, AC Mayor Guardian's office said the mayor's salary was reduced from the $143,000 that his predecessor, the former AC Mayor; Lorenzo Langford made. Not so, says Gilliam. "After being sworn in as Atlantic City's new leader on January 1, 2014, Mayor Guardian recognized the difficult financial situation Atlantic City was in so he took a $40,000 salary reduction," spokesman Chris Filiciello said. Councilman-at-Large Gilliam disputes Filiciello's claims made to the Associated Press. Gilliam says former AC Mayor Langford never made $143,000. He only made $106,000. See Associated Press Story at NJ.com here.

John Bolaris at Playground Pier John Bolaris shared some personal stories on the Atlantic City Boardwalk on Friday, April 8. ACprimetime Radio played host to the world famous weather-caster / Real Estate exec as he visited Playground Pier in front of Caesars Casino. The Triax Radio / Media Studio was buzzing as Bolaris, now a hi-end Real Estate exec, shared a mix of heart-felt, serious and often hilarious stories about the personal challenges and the evolution of his career. Bolaris now represents TheCondoShops.com and provides weather updates for METRO Newspapers Some topics covered on AC Primetime Radio with John Bolaris >  How friend Bart Blatstein is making smart Real Estate investments in both Philly & Atlantic City Making out with Jane Robelot His WeatherSavoir feed on Twitter Said no to HUGE offers....to stay close to his 12 yr old daughter Vanessa Williams & Miss America apology What if Bolaris was in charge of selling Atlantic City Real Estate How often has he watched 'The Perfect Storm' ? Channel 10's Herb Clarke tried to kick his ass Atlantic City is a GEM. It just needs smart re-development and re-branding. ( ex: Harlem NYC, Fishtown, Northern Liberties Turn-around )

  Easter in Atlantic City is always more fun when it includes Steel Pier. Click to listen as Anthony Catanoso calls into AC Primetime Radio to talk Easter eggs and pancakes, amusement rides, Tony Rodio, Zip-lines, The Observation Wheel, Glenn Straub & Revel, Bart Blatstein & Showboat...and more... Click to listen >