The Atlantic Metropolis Airshow has been canceled for 2025, officers introduced.
The Higher Atlantic Metropolis Chamber made the announcement on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024.
“After careful consideration, the Atlantic City Airshow will take a strategic pause for 2025. We will use this time to reevaluate the overall operations of the show – reevaluating community engagement, assessing costs, reviewing logistics and creatively considering what future Atlantic City Airshows could look like. It is our sincere hope that we will once again be in a position to hold an Airshow in 2026,” a spokesperson wrote. “Our goal is to ensure the long-term viability of the Airshow – it is New Jersey’s largest free event, a 20-year tradition, that has brought joy to hundreds of thousands of visitors and residents alike. We recognize the Airshow’s significant role in our community and to the tourism economy, and we are steadfast in our dedication to preserving its legacy, while adapting to current economic realities.”
The 2024 airshow was canceled as properly earlier this 12 months after officers stated {that a} main act withdrew from the present. The cancellation occurred after the South Jersey Transportation Authority supplied lots of of 1000’s of {dollars} in funding to avoid wasting the 2024 present earlier this 12 months. Atlantic Metropolis Mayor Marty Small stated it prices round $300,000 to placed on the present.
Small informed NBC10 in July that the airshow brings in additional than 500,000 folks over the two-day span in August, resulting in a $50 million greenback financial growth for the Atlantic Metropolis space.
