Miss America coming back to Atlantic City

[Sephiroth]

Old news now, but I don't recall seeing a thread about it last week. It has been announced that the Miss America pageant will be held in Atlantic City this year, effectively returning to its place of origin. Speaking as an NJ resident I can't say I'm unhappy to see a well known event coming to AC, especially after Sandy. But I can say I would be much happier if it were something that would, you know, actually draw an audience and some ratings. Miss America has pretty much faded from a premier entertainment event to an obscure TV show-the key reason it left Vegas is because few venues were willing to go out for it because of the negligible return they would see. I actually think the UFC championships or the World Series of Poker would probably be bigger snags for AC in terms of drawing power. Heck, MTV's spring break would probably be a bigger win. But still, take what you can get I suppose.

[HMARK Center]

I'm not a fan of pageants, but I'm glad to hear if Atlantic City is getting something positive done in it.

Some of New Jersey's cities are finally in "renaissance" phases these days, particularly Jersey City and Newark, but there's so much work to be done particularly down south.