A couple Hollywood stars, famed musicians and state and local dignitaries came together Monday night to celebrate the grand reopening of Asbury Lanes. iStar CEO Jay Sugarman opened the night by thanking those who made the relaunch and night possible, including his Senior VP of Land & Development Brian Cheripka.   “Brian is our leader […]

The Asbury Lanes reopening party featuring ‘special guest’ Bruce Springsteen on June 18 will benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Monmouth County with a $125,000 donation from waterfront redeveloper iStar, according to a company spokesperson. Istar owns Asbury Lanes and recently completed a multi-million dollar rehabilitation of the venue, which has a capacity of […]

Bruce Springsteen is the announced ‘special guest’ for a party celebrating the reopening of the Asbury Lanes, according to a media advisory issued by waterfront redeveloper iStar, which owns the venue. Headlining the June 18 event will be Portugal the Man. Rock photographer Danny Clinch’s Tangiers Blues Band will open. The event is in support […]

The Asbury Park City Council voted to allow The Asbury, the city’s newest hotel and entertainment venue, to extend its liquor license to the adjacent Asbury Lanes venue, set to reopen Memorial Day weekend. Master waterfront redeveloper iStar is the majority owner of both venues, which are partially owned and operated by hotelier David Bowd. […]

From the dozen Asbury Park High School student to adults of all ages looking to carve out a new career path or for that after retirement job, the Salt School students all had very distinctive reasons for attending last month’s abridged, three session hospitality tutorial. Created by hotelier David Bowd [at right with COO Jennifer […]

All 150 applicants of The Salt School, currently underway on Saturday mornings at the Boys and Girls Club of Monmouth County’s Asbury Park location on Monroe Avenue, have been receiving hospitality industry tutorials from a few of the nation’s top professionals. The free hospitality training program launched in 2016 in preparation for the opening of […]

LAZ, the Hartford based company that operates iStar’s six parking lots along the waterfront, will host a 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday Job Fair at their headquarters, located at 201 First Ave [at the corner of Kingsley] in Asbury Park. “We want to hire locally,” Facilities Manager Andie Donohue [at right] of Brielle said. […]

An initial line-up of artists scheduled to perform at the rehabilitated Asbury Lanes this summer has been announced by promoter The Bowery Presents and iStar, the waterfront redeveloper which owns the venue. Kurt Vile and the Violators, Bishop Briggs, Lupe Fiasco, Phoebe Bridgers, Allah-Las, Tennis and Black Lips are among the first bands confirmed to […]

In preparation of the Asbury Lanes reopening hotelier David Bowd and the city’s master waterfront redeveloper iStar have announced a third installment of the Salt School Program. The free hospitality training program launched in 2016 in preparation for the opening of The Asbury, the city’s newest hotel and entertainment venue, located at 210 Fifth Avenue. […]

The renovated Asbury Lanes has a projected opening for Memorial Day weekend, and waterfront redeveloper iStar has released renderings and details of the project. Istar, which is also the majority owner of The Asbury hotel adjacent to Asbury Lanes, is keeping the site as a live music and bowling venue. Because of the condition of […]