Atlantic City Surf Goes Bye Bye
One of the few non-casino activities in Atlantic City is gone. After struggling for 10 years, minor league baseball team, Atlantic City Surf, calls it quits.
After 10 years of poor attendance and a struggle for attention blocks away from the casinos, the minor league Atlantic City Surf has struck out.
The team, which played in the independent Can-Am League, is discontinuing operations, along with another Can-Am team, the Ottawa Voyageurs.
Miles Wolff, the league’s commissioner, said Monday that a deal to sell the Surf last week fell through. Without strong ownership and the money to back it, Wolff says it made no sense to continue to operate the club.
I’ve wanted to attend a game each of the past few year, but the timing never worked out. The team was never home when I happened to be in Atlantic City. The AC Surf never made it high enough on my priority list to plan a trip around a game. Now I won’t have the chance to catch a game. Oh well.
First, the Bullies (hockey), now the Surf. I guess the plan to relocate the team to where the AC Race Course in Mays Landing was not much of a plan.