As developers presented their plan to replace the now closed Wonderland Pier with a high-end resort boardwalk hotel, folks packed a meeting in Ocean City to express their viewpoints.
For the first time, the public got a chance to see future plans for the former Wonderland Pier in Ocean City Monday.It’s described as one of the largest private building projects in Cape May County .Developer Eustice Mita spent Monday night trying to sell residents on his plan for "Icona at Wonderland," a proposed 252-room high-end seaside resort hotel to be built on the site of the legendary Wonderland amusement pier that closed for good in October.
He ran through a slide show of shuttered Ocean City hotels that have closed over the years, creating a shortage of hotel rooms. He said with Wonderland now out of business the property is prime for development."If the number one support of tourism is hotel rooms. And you lost over, in the last three decades, 70 percent. Then eventually, you will put yourself out of business on the boardwalk," said Mita.
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