This aerial view of Bader Field, taken in August, shows the unused airport's land strip, along with the former Bernie Robbins Stadium to the right. Photo by: Michael Ein
Gov. Chris Christie’s vision for an Atlantic City tourism district may now include Bader Field, a now-defunct municipal airport once regarded as one of the most coveted pieces of developable property on the East Coast.
Assemblymen Vincent Polistina and John Amodeo, both R-Atlantic, provided a few details Wednesday of what the governor’s bold but vague plan will feature. They said the tourism district could have a potential operating budget of $110 million and would include major tourism draws — expected to include areas of the city’s marina district, the shopping district known as The Walk and the 142-acre Bader Field site that has been left unused for more than four years.
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