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.JPG) Boardwalk Hall in 2014 | |
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| Former names | Convention Hall |
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| Location | 2301 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States |
| Public transit |   NJ Transit bus: 505, 507, 508, 509 (at Atlantic Avenue) |
| Owner | Casino Reinvestment Development Authority |
| Operator | Spectra |
| Capacity | 10,500 |
| Opened | 1929 |
| Tenants | |
| Liberty Bowl (NCAA) (1964) Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies (ECHL) (2001–2005) Atlantic City CardSharks (NIFL) (2004) Albany Devils (AHL) (2010–2014) (Alternate venue) Atlantic City Blackjacks (AFL) (2019) | |
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Boardwalk Hall | |
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| Coordinates | 39°21′18″N 74°26′19″W / 39.35500°N 74.43861°W |
| Built | 1926 |
| Architect | Lockwood, Greene & Co. |
| Architectural style | Romanesque revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 87000814 |
| NJRHP No. | 390[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | February 27, 1987[2] |
| Designated NHL | February 27, 1987[3] |
| Designated NJRHP | March 2, 1993 |
Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall, formerly known as the Historic Atlantic City Convention Hall, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Built during 1926–1929, it was Atlantic City's primary convention center until the opening of the new Atlantic City Convention Center in 1997. Boardwalk Hall was declared a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1987 as one of the few surviving buildings from the city's early heyday as a seaside resort.[3][4] The venue seats 10,500 people for ice hockey, and at maximum capacity can accommodate 14,770 for concerts. Boardwalk Hall is the home of the Miss America Pageant.
Boardwalk Hall contains the world's largest musical instrument, a pipe organ with over 33,000 pipes, eight chambers, the world's largest console with seven manuals and over 1000 stops, and one of two 64-foot (20 m) stops (the other found in the Sydney Town Hall). Also included in this organ are pipes operating on 100 inches of pressure, the Grand Ophicleide being the loudest and also most famous. The Guinness Book of World Records noted "a pure trumpet note of ear-splitting volume, six times louder than the loudest train whistle." However, these stops are actually well-refined and are not overpowering in Boardwalk Hall due to its huge interior.
In 2018, New Jersey approved legislation to dedicate Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall in honor of Jim Whelan, a former mayor and state senator who died in 2017.[5][6] The hall's Adrian Phillips Ballroom Theater is named for a former president of the Miss America Organization.[7]
- ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Atlantic County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. June 2, 2011. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 17, 2006. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ a b "Atlantic City Convention Hall". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on December 10, 2007. Retrieved October 13, 2007.
- ^ Charleton, James H. (June 17, 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination: Atlantic City Convention Hall". National Park Service. and Accompanying 12 photos, exterior and interior, from 1977, 1985 and undated. (2.75 MB)
- ^ "Designates Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City as 'Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall' to commemorate his outstanding service to Atlantic City and State". New Jersey State Library. January 16, 2018. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
- ^ Huba, Nicholas (January 16, 2018). "Christie signs bill allowing Boardwalk Hall to be renamed for Jim Whelan". The Press of Atlantic City. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
- ^ "Adrian Phillips, 91, Miss America Official". The New York Times. Associated Press. September 6, 1990. Retrieved November 22, 2023.