Chelsea Hotel (Atlantic City)

The Chelsea
General information
Location	Atlantic City, New Jersey
Address	111 S Chelsea Ave
Coordinates	39°21′06″N74°26′51″W / 39.3516°N 74.4474°W / 39.3516; -74.4474
Opening	1966, 2008
Closed	2017
Owner	Tropicana Casino & Resort Atlantic City
Other information
Number of rooms	358
Website
the-chelsea.atlantic-city-hotel.net/en/

The Chelsea, also known as Chelsea Hotel, was a hotel located on the Atlantic City boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The original hotel was a 400-room Holiday Inn and a 340-room Howard Johnson which was purchased and then renovated in 2008. The property was acquired by the then Eldorado Resorts in 2017 and connected as an additional hotel tower serving Tropicana.

History

The original Chelsea was different hotel in a different location near the Atlantic City shore. The original hotel was opened in 1899 and had 250 rooms. It hosted distinguished guests including William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1927, twelve stories were added to the hotel. In 1942, during World War II, the hotel was used as housing for army personnel. The hotel would eventually be renamed to Sheraton-Deauville. ^[1] In 1975, a fire broke out at the Sheraton-Deauville which caused $250,000 in damages and forced the evacuation of 300 guests. ^[2]

Between 1966 and 1968 seven national hotel chains expanded into Atlantic City. Among them was the "400-room Holiday Inn and 340-room Howard Johnson" which in 2008 would be renamed and become the current Chelsea Hotel. During this time, the original Chelsea then renamed Deauville was again renamed to Sheraton-Deauville. ^[3]

In 1981, the Tropicana Casino & Resort Atlantic City opened. By the mid-1980s the Tropicana demolished the Sheraton-Deauville to open TropWorld, an amusement center which included a three-story ferris wheel. ^[4]

In 2008, the Holiday Inn and Howard Johnson was remodeled and opened as The Chelsea after undergoing $100 million in renovation costs. The hotel does not have a casino. The Chelsea closed again in December 2016 after a gaming legalization deal for the hotel collapsed. In 2017, Tropicana Casino purchased the hotel after Carl Icahn purchased The Chelsea's mortgage. ^[5] The Tropicana built a skyway connecting The Chelsea to the Tropicana. The new property is called "The Chelsea Tower at Tropicana Atlantic City" or simply "Chelsea Tower". The Chelsea reopened in the summer of 2018. ^{[6] [7]}

Hotel

The Chelsea is divided into two sections: "the Luxe Tower in the Holiday Inn" building and the "Annex in the Howard Johnson" building. The Luxe rooms contains "animal-print chairs, large desks as white as disco boots and a pair of cockatoo-shaped lamps at bedsides". The hotel is offers restaurants such as Chelsea Prime and Teplitzky's deli. ^[8] The hotel has 358 rooms and has been described by Andrea Sachs as having "an old soul, adopting the history of its buildings' former occupants, the Holiday Inn Atlantic City-Boardwalk and the Howard Johnson". ^[8] It is two blocks from Tropicana and 2.9 km from the Atlantic City Historical Museum.

As of 2018, the Chelsea Tower has restaurants such as the "Chelsea Five Gastropub, Whiskey Five Bar and Gilchrist’s famous hot cakes". The hotel reopened in summer 2018 and cost $200 million to renovate. ^[6] The hotel has a ground level pool called Oasis and a rooftop pool and bar called the Cabana Five Bar & Pool Deck. ^[9]

References

1. James D. Ristine (2008). Atlantic City. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 38–. ISBN   978-0-7385-5704-5.
2. "300 FLEE BLAZE IN HOTEL AT SHORE". nytimes.com. 1975-07-07. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
3. "Conventional Hall Bids Are Due". Courier-Post . 1968-11-30. Archived from the original on 2019-12-22. Retrieved 2019-12-21– via Newspapers.com.
4. Bontempo, Dave; Pollock, Mike (1985-06-14). "Revenue and nostalgia shows vie for patrons". Courier News . Archived from the original on 2019-12-21. Retrieved 2019-12-22– via Newspapers.com.
5. Tanenbaum, Michael (2017-07-16). "Tropicana acquires Atlantic City's Chelsea hotel, plans skyway bridge". PhillyVoice. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
6. Amorosi, A.D. (2018-09-09). "Another Chelsea Morning in Atlantic City". Metro US. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
7. Huba, Nicholas (7 July 2017). "Tropicana acquires The Chelsea Hotel". Press of Atlantic City. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
8. Sachs, Andrea (2011-04-01). "Atlantic City hotel without the gamble". Washington Post. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
9. Hilario, Kenneth (17 April 2018). "Chelsea Hotel AC to reopen in May with restaurants, bridge connecting to Tropicana casino". Philadelphia Business Journal. Retrieved 22 December 2019.

External links

• Official website