Casino Pier

Casino Pier is an amusement park situated on a pier, in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. The pier opened in 1932 under the ownership of Linus R Gilbert, an industrialist. Gilbert acquired the property between Grant and Sherman Avenue extending east from the Boulevard to the Atlantic Ocean and oversaw the construction of the pier under his company, LR Gilbert Construction. The pier formerly extended approximately 300 ft (91 m) into the Atlantic Ocean from the narrow strip of the Barnegat Peninsula, including approximately six blocks within Seaside Heights. In 1937 Linus R. Gilbert expanded the business further with the addition of a 165‘ x 65‘ chlorinated saltwater pool.

Casino Pier was partially destroyed in October 2012 after part of the pier collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean due to the storm surge generated by Hurricane Sandy. Park management rebuilt the pier's lower deck, and a shortened version of the pier reopened with limited rides in 2013. An expansion for the pier opened in 2017, which includes Hydrus (a Euro-Fighter roller coaster) and a Ferris wheel.