I agree Tommy. I think this is clearly a victory for those who wish
to see more tourism/entertainment in the plan. It's kind of funny
seeing the same people who boasted about the success of their
residential plan ideas now boasting about the success of the tourism
angle...
I think the hotel could be a much better success than people are
thinking. There are VERY FEW hotels along the shore of Monmouth
County these days. The only hotel that I've seen advertise on a
decent level is the Ocean Place in Long Branch and that always has
plenty of cars there. Let's say the new hotel advertises on a
similar national/regional level - that would bring people back to
Asbury and back into looking at hotel prices in the area which could
lead to more visitors at the other hotels as well.
If marketed correctly, people that were planning on coming to a town
like Belmar (maybe for the Seafood Festival) might stay in Asbury
rather than a hotel in Wall.
Hotels are needed to make the tourism idea work and the existence of
a new hotel would also force the idea of entertainment into play.
On Jun 13, 2007, at 6:53 PM, justifiedright wrote:
I'm with you, Chuck.
The division here was always between the people that like the current
residential plan and the people that wanted a mixed use with more
tourism/entertainment thrown in.
This latest development is a turn toward the tourism side. I expected
this news to be heralded here as a victory for the
tourism/entertainment folks.
