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Boardwalk Hall

Boardwalk Hall
Atlantic City Convention Hall, On Boardwalk, West of Mississippi Avenue, Atlantic City (Atlantic County, New Jesey).jpg
Historic Atlantic City Convention Hall in 1992
Former names Convention Hall
Location 2301 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Public transit Atlantic City Rail Terminal:
Operator Spectra
Opened 1929
Tenants

Liberty Bowl (NCAA) (1964)
Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies (ECHL) (2001–2005)
Atlantic City CardSharks (NIFL) (2004)
Albany Devils (AHL) (2010–2014)
(Alternate venue)

Boardwalk Hall
Boardwalk Hall is located in Atlantic County, New Jersey
Boardwalk Hall
Coordinates 39°21′18″N 74°26′19″W / 39.35500°N 74.43861°W / 39.35500; -74.43861Coordinates: 39°21′18″N 74°26′19″W / 39.35500°N 74.43861°W / 39.35500; -74.43861
Built 1926
Architect Lockwood, Greene & Co.
NRHP Reference # 87000814
NJRHP # 390
Significant dates
Added to NRHP February 27, 1987
Designated NHL February 27, 1987
Designated NJRHP March 2, 1993

Liberty Bowl (NCAA) (1964)
Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies (ECHL) (2001–2005)
Atlantic City CardSharks (NIFL) (2004)
Albany Devils (AHL) (2010–2014)
(Alternate venue)

Boardwalk Hall, formally known as the Historic Atlantic City Convention Hall, is an arena in Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. It was Atlantic City's primary convention center until the opening of the Atlantic City Convention Center in 1997. Boardwalk Hall was declared a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1987. The venue seats 10,500 people for ice hockey, and at maximum capacity can accommodate 14,770 for concerts. Boardwalk Hall is the home of the Miss America Pageant.

Boardwalk Hall contains the world's largest musical instrument, a pipe organ of over 33,000 pipes, eight chambers, its console the world's largest of seven manuals and over 1000 stop keys, and one of two 64-foot stops (the other found in the Sydney Town Hall). Also included in this organ are pipes operating on 100 inches of pressure, the Grand Ophicleide being the loudest and also most famous. The Guinness Book of World Records states the following "... a pure trumpet note of ear-splitting volume, ... six times louder than the loudest train whistle." However, these stops are actually well-refined and are not overpowering in Boardwalk Hall due to its huge interior.


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