# Playground Pier

Atlantic City, NJ · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-ec2b5732ec` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/nj/atlantic-city-playground-pier/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-ec2b5732ec.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-ec2b5732ec.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-ec2b5732ec

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | operating | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | reinhabit | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | entertainment | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | film production studio, music incubator, and entertainment venue | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 2024 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| GLA (sq ft) | 550000 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **gla_sqft**: “ACX1 Studios is a four-story 550,000-square-foot multi-use facility” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACX1_Studios
- **after_notes**: “The pier reopened as a film production studio, music incubator, and entertainment venue in 2024” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACX1_Studios
- **status**: “The pier reopened as a film production studio, music incubator, and entertainment venue in 2024” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACX1_Studios
- **strategy**: “The pier reopened as a film production studio, music incubator, and entertainment venue in 2024” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACX1_Studios

## Timeline

- 2024: Reopened as film production studio, music incubator, and entertainment venue

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

ACX1 Studios is a four-story 550,000-square-foot multi-use facility on a beach pier on the boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The pier has hosted a variety of attractions and shopping experiences since it was first built in the early twentieth century. The pier reopened as a film production studio, music incubator, and entertainment venue in 2024 to host film shoots attracted to the robust South Jersey-specific film tax credits.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACX1_Studios

## Sources

- Quoted support for gla_sqft — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACX1_Studios

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Playground Pier, Atlantic City, NJ." Record m-ec2b5732ec, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/nj/atlantic-city-playground-pier/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_atlanticcityplaygroundpier,
  title = {Playground Pier, Atlantic City, NJ},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/nj/atlantic-city-playground-pier/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-ec2b5732ec, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.