Atlantic City Convention Center will be a mega site for COVID-19 vaccinations.
ATLANTIC CITY - At a special Board Meeting today, the Casino Reinvestment
Development Authority (CRDA) Board of Directors approved an agreement for the Atlantic City Convention Center to serve as a mega site for the administration of COVID-19 Vaccinations beginning in January 2021.
The CRDA is pleased to support New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, along with the New Jersey
Department of Health in utilizing our facilities in support of the important work in administering these vital services, CRDA Board Chairman Robert Mulcahy said.
The Atlantic City Convention Center was one of six New Jersey sites chosen to administer the COVID-19 vaccinations. Other sites include the Meadowlands Complex in Bergen County, Rockaway Townsquare Mall in Morris County, New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center in Middlesex County, Moorestown Mall in Burlington County and Rowan College of South Jersey in Gloucester County.
Atlantic City Convention Center.
After serving as a Field Medical Station during the pandemic earlier this year, the Convention Center will again be supporting the state's efforts in providing a convenient vaccination site, CRDA Executive Director Matt Doherty said.
The AC Convention Center site is scheduled to open by mid-January and will run through June with three 30-day extensions available if needed. Public transportation via NJ Transit is available, as well as ample parking accommodations.
In other business today, final project approval was granted for the Showboat Resort Hotel
Entertainment Retail District for the construction of a new, state-of-the-art waterpark, a new family entertainment center, and a complete renovation of the existing Showboat Hotel Tower.
This project is expected to produce hundreds of new jobs in retail, sales and hospitality which will directly benefit the area's unemployment and the local economy, Mulcahy said.
The CRDA believes the waterpark and family entertainment offerings included in the Showboat Resort Hotel ERD will become an integral part of the Tourism District and attract more local and regional visitors to the destination, Doherty said.
