The Casino-Asbury Park

"The Boys From The Casino..."

The Casino/Asbury Park

Casino Carousel House face

The Casino sits at the south end of Asbury Park's boardwalk. In its glory days, it held a large theatre on one side, and a carousel and other amusements on the other. Contrary to some beliefs, it was never a gambling establishment.

In the Bruce Springsteen "SONGS" book, on page 3, there is a photo taken by Bruce, showing the early morning sunlight shining on the Casino's north face. This photo was then used on Bruce's 1999/2000 tour t-shirts. Bruce shot his haunting video for "Tunnel of Love" inside the Casino's theatre.

In the late 80s/early 90s, the carousel was dismantled and sold in pieces. The carousel house was briefly reborn in the late 90s to 2000 as the Casino Skate Park which featured skateboard ramps and a proshop.
The theatre portion of the Casino has severely suffered the effects of neglect and the elements. Much of its roof has completely collapsed, and there are presently quite a few trees growing inside.

Included in the photos below are three from a 1986 storm in late September which caused quite a bit of damage.

Casino 1986

The word CASINO is no longer on the building.

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1985 Casino north side "The boys from the casino dance with their shirts open like Latin lovers on the shore"	1984 North side above the boardwalk- Half the ornamental creatures are now missing from the top. See below.	1984 Casino carousel house	2000 Mystical face on Casino's carousel house

1986 September 26 After storm, you can see that the doors were blown down at the Casino's lobby.	1986 September 26 Line of doors were blown down during the storm	1986 September 26 One of the carousel house's faces was smashed during the storm	2000 Casino southside sea creature artwork

2000 North wall CASINO is now missing from its face	2000 North wall from the beach	2000 North side above the boardwalk- Only 3 ornamental creatures remain on top.	2000 South side To the right of the column, some trees can be seen growing inside

Casino skee ball ticket

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