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ATLANTIC CITY - The city's deadline to accept bids for a 143-acre city-owned parcel passed Tuesday with no offers, city officials confirmed.

Since the city put Bader Field, the city's shuttered airport, on the market in October, the land has attracted no formal offers.

Resort leaders and hired consultants have attributed the lack of interest to the recession. On Jan. 14, a day before the first bid deadline was set, the city opted to extend the deadline to June 30, hoping the national economy would rebound and financing would be more readily available.

Mayor Lorenzo Langford, who has chosen to remain silent about prospects at Bader Field, said through a spokesman this week that he would discuss the site in more detail today. Langford told The Press during his re-election campaign that he had spoken to two gaming developers with interest in developing the site, but apparently wanted to avoid the previous bid process.

Langford's office did not say whether the mayor would reveal which developers have interest in the site, but one official in his administration said specifics were not likely.

4 comments:

• RealChange (20) posts 1:59 pm

  Langfraud is keeping these plans a secret..... What else is new, more back door games. This is yet another reason we need a new mayor, Jesse Kurtz.

• dave202 (53) posts 7:44 am

  So the new "mayor" is doing exactly what the jailed former city council president and his crony councilmen were doing. He's manipulating the process behind the scenes and probably taking pocketfuls of cash. He's going to wind up behind bars like his buddy Craig.

• Republican4Mayor (161) posts 6:52 am

  ......but one official in his administration said specifics were not likely. "SURPRISE!!!!!"

• Republican4Mayor (161) posts 6:48 am

  He made little progress, but later confirmed speaking with two interested developers with gaming backgrounds. NOW HOW COME THAT DOES NOT SURPRISE ME THAT THE MAYOR IS SPEAKING WITH DEVELOPERS ABOUT A PIECE OF LAND and his "pocket" of proposals??????? Is it possible that Mr. Kline and Mr. Levinson stand to gain from his so called "Pocket of Proposals"???? Just an educated question? Taxpayers KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN ON THIS ONE. And let's call a spade a spade for a change; every one knows these two so called "Republicans" are supporting our "Democratic" Mayor's bid for Reelection this November. Maybe it's because they like him soooooo much? lol Although I support Kurtz 100% (unlike the so called Republican powers that be at the county level)I would be interested to see how much has been donated to the Kurtz campaign by these two individuals. I think he has a better shot of the Mayor contributing. lol VOTERS you have to ask yourselves: IF Mr. Klein and Mr. Levinson are supporting our Mayor for reelection, CAN THIS BE THE BEST THING FOR ATLANTIC CITY???????? BE SMART THIS NOVEMBEER AND SEND A MESSAGE TO THEM ALL!!!

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