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{{Short description|Multi-purpose indoor arena in Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.}}
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{{Infobox venue
| stadium_name = Boardwalk Hall
| logo_image = Jim_Whelan_Boardwalk_Hall_logo.svg
| image = 2014 Boardwalk Hall 01 (cropped).JPG
| caption = Boardwalk Hall in 2014
| location = 2301 Boardwalk, [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]], United States
| opened = 1929
| capacity = 10,500
| owner = [[Casino Reinvestment Development Authority]]
| operator = [[Comcast Spectacor#Spectra|Spectra]]
| former_names = Convention Hall
| publictransit = {{bus icon|12px}} {{rint|njt|60px}} [[NJ Transit]] bus: 505, 507, 508, 509 (at Atlantic Avenue)
| tenants = [[Liberty Bowl]] ([[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]]) (1964)<br />[[Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies]] ([[ECHL]]) (2001&ndash;2005)<br />[[Atlantic City CardSharks]] ([[National Indoor Football League|NIFL]]) (2004)<br />[[Albany Devils]] ([[American Hockey League|AHL]]) (2010&ndash;2014)<br />(Alternate venue)<br />[[Atlantic City Blackjacks]] ([[Arena Football League|AFL]]) (2019)
| website = {{URL|https://www.boardwalkhall.com}}
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| built                          = 1926
| architect                      = [[Lockwood, Greene & Co.]]
| architecture                   = [[Romanesque revival]]
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| refnum                         = 87000814
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| designated_other1_date         = March 2, 1993
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'''Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall''', formerly known as the '''Historic Atlantic City Convention Hall''', is a multi-purpose indoor [[arena]] in [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]]. It was Atlantic City's primary [[convention center]] until the opening of the [[Atlantic City Convention Center]] in 1997. Boardwalk Hall was declared a U.S. [[National Historic Landmark]] in 1987 as one of the few surviving buildings from the city's early heyday as a seaside resort.<ref name="nhlsum">{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1982&ResourceType=Building|title=Atlantic City Convention Hall|access-date=2007-10-13|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071210113753/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1982&ResourceType=Building|archive-date=2007-12-10}}</ref><ref name="nrhpinv2">{{Cite journal|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Atlantic City Convention Hall|url={{NHLS url|id=87000814}}|date=1985-06-17|author=James H. Charleton |publisher=National Park Service}} and {{NHLS url|id=87000814|title=Accompanying 12 photos, exterior and interior, from 1977, 1985 and undated.|photos=y}}&nbsp;{{small|(2.75&nbsp;MB)}}</ref> The venue seats 10,500 people for [[ice hockey]], and at maximum capacity can accommodate 14,770 for [[concert]]s. Boardwalk Hall is the home of the [[Miss America|Miss America Pageant]].

Boardwalk Hall contains the world's largest musical instrument, a [[Boardwalk Hall Auditorium Organ|pipe organ]] of over 33,000 pipes, eight chambers, its console the world's largest of seven manuals and over 1000 stop keys, and one of two {{convert|64|ft|adj=on}} stops (the other found in the [[Sydney Town Hall]]). Also included in this organ are pipes operating on 100 [[Inch of water|inches of pressure]], the Grand Ophicleide being the loudest and also most famous. The Guinness Book of World Records noted "a pure trumpet note of ear-splitting volume, six times louder than the loudest [[Train horn|train whistle]]." However, these stops are actually well-refined and are not overpowering in Boardwalk Hall due to its huge interior.

In October 2017, the [[New Jersey Senate]] approved legislation to dedicate Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall in honor of [[Jim Whelan|Senator Jim Whelan]], the former mayor and state lawmaker who died earlier in the year.

==History and Design==
[[Edward L. Bader]], mayor of Atlantic City from 1924 to 1927, led the initiative to acquire the land for Convention Hall, now Boardwalk Hall, and construction was underway at the time of his death.<ref name="casino">{{Cite web |url=http://casinoconnectionac.com/issue/november-2010/article/crossing-the-goal-line |title=Crossing the Goal Line &#124; Crossing the Goal Line &#124; Casino Connection Atlantic City |access-date=2010-12-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708123102/http://casinoconnectionac.com/issue/november-2010/article/crossing-the-goal-line |archive-date=2011-07-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  The hall, designed by the [[architectural firm]] [[Lockwood Greene]], was built in 1926.

The main hall measures 456 by 310 feet (139 by 94 m).  The barrel vault ceiling is 137 feet (42&nbsp;m) high.  Ten pairs of three-hinged steel trusses support this unusually large clear span; there are no supporting columns.  Each pair of trusses spans 350 feet (110&nbsp;m) and weighs 220 short tons (200&nbsp;t).  The trusses are tied to the frame columns to allow the building to flex slightly with wind and ground pressure. The barrel ceiling consists of painted aluminum tiles.  It is decorated to resemble Roman bath tiles, and extends over 196,000 square feet (18,200&nbsp;m<sup>2</sup>).<ref name="boardwalk_hall_history">http://www.boardwalkhall.com/history.asp {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502113807/http://www.boardwalkhall.com/history.asp |date=2012-05-02 }}.  Retrieved 2012jun10.</ref> The building's forward section is slightly rotated to align with the boardwalk, while the hall itself is aligned to the street grid.

It takes sound roughly 0.4 seconds to travel the length of the hall; because of this, the pipe organ chambers could not be built more than halfway back from the stage or a noticeable delay would occur. This led to two of the organ's chambers being placed in the upper shell of the building, in the space between the outer roof and the ceiling.

==Various uses==
[[File:Atlantic City Convention Hall, On Boardwalk, West of Mississippi Avenue, Atlantic City (Atlantic County, New Jesey).jpg|thumb|right|Boardwalk Hall in 1992]] 
The [[Miss America Pageant]], founded in 1921 in Atlantic City, used Boardwalk Hall from the hall's opening in 1940{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}} until 2006. The Pageant returned to the hall in 2013. It was last used for Miss America 2019.

It was also the venue for the August [[1964 Democratic National Convention]] that nominated [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] as the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]'s candidate for the [[1964 United States presidential election|1964 U.S. presidential election]], nine months after the [[John F. Kennedy assassination|assassination of his predecessor, John F. Kennedy]], in November 1963.

The following weekend, [[The Beatles]] held one of their largest concerts on their first U.S. tour at the hall.

[[Judy Garland]] gave a concert at Convention Hall on August 4, 1961. Garland returned for a second engagement on Sept 3rd, 1961.

The hall was also the venue for the concert by [[The Rolling Stones]] on their [[Steel Wheels Tour]] in 1989. The concert, which was shown on [[pay-per-view]] television, is widely remembered by fans for a mishap where viewers were cut off from the performance during the song "[[(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction]]", as well as the performance of "[[Miss You (Rolling Stones song)|Miss You]]" in some countries. This concert was remastered, remixed and released on DVD, Blu-Ray, CD and Vinyl on 2 October 2020, as Steel Wheels Live Atlantic City, New Jersey '89.

On March 7, 2003, [[Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band]] performed. Tickets for the event were immediately sold-out.<ref name="Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band">{{cite web|title=History of Past Events at Boardwalk Hall |url=http://www.boardwalkhall.com/pastevents.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140730085045/http://www.boardwalkhall.com/pastevents.asp |archive-date=July 30, 2014 }}</ref> Springsteen returned to perform a solo show on his [[Devils & Dust Tour]] on November 13, 2005.

On August 16, 2003 [[Justin Timberlake]] and [[Christina Aguilera]] were supposed to perform at the Boardwalk Hall, but due to a major stage collapse, the show (and later tour) was postponed.<ref name="Justin Christina stage collapse">{{cite magazine|title=Stage collapse halts Justin/Christina tour |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |url=https://ew.com/article/2003/08/11/stage-collapse-halts-justinchristina-tour/}}</ref>

On February 4, 2006, [[Bon Jovi]] from New Jersey performed for the [[Have a Nice Day Tour]].

[[Phish]] played three nights at Boardwalk Hall for Halloween in both 2010 and 2013.  The 2010 Halloween concert featured a performance of [[Little Feat]]'s ''[[Waiting For Columbus]]'' album in its entirety.  The 2013 show included the debut of Phish's unrecorded album ''Wingsuit'', which would later become the album ''[[Fuego (Phish album)|Fuego]]''.

[[Jennifer Lopez]] performed a sold-out show in front of 11,220 people during her [[Dance Again World Tour]] on July 29, 2012,

American pop star [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] performed at the venue four times, with the first sold-out show at arena in front of 12,322 people during her [[Confessions Tour]] on July 16, 2006, she performed the second show in front of 13,293 people during her [[Sticky & Sweet Tour]] on November 22, 2008, and the third show  in front of 12,207 people during her [[MDNA Tour]] on September 15, 2012, The fourth and last time in front of 9,498 people during her [[Rebel Heart Tour]] on October 3, 2015.

[[Britney Spears]] performed a sold-out show in December 2001, and again for her [[Femme Fatale Tour]] on August 6, 2011.

[[Lady Gaga]] was scheduled to perform here on March 2, 2013, for her [[Born This Way Ball]], but the show was later cancelled due to a hip injury which required surgery. She has previously performed at the arena on July 4, 2010, and February 19, 2011, as a part of her [[Monster Ball Tour]]. She performed a sold-out show on June 28, 2014, for her [[Artrave: The Artpop Ball]] Tour.

[[Beyoncé]] performed at the venue for the first time on [[The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour]]. The show sold out within its first few days of sales and took place on July 26, 2013.

[[Journey (band)|Journey]] and [[Rascal Flatts]] made a stop at the hall for one-night shows, performing separately.{{When|date=May 2015}}

On May 22, 2015, [[The Who]] stopped at the Hall to celebrate their 50th anniversary on their tour, [[The Who Hits 50!]]

On June 8, 2019, [[Twenty One Pilots]] performed at the hall for their [[The Bandito Tour|Bandito Tour]].

On June 9, 2023 [[Gavin DeGraw]] headlined with [[Colbie Caillat]] for a spectacular show with North2Shore.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://northtoshore.com/|title=North To Shore Festival: The Festival Only NJ Can Handle|website=North2Shore|accessdate=4 April 2023}}</ref>

== Adrian Phillips Theater==
This theater at Boardwalk Hall is named for a pageant official.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adrian Phillips, 91, Miss America Official |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/09/06/obituaries/adrian-phillips-91-miss-america-official.html |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
==Sporting events==

===Boxing===
[[Mike Tyson]] fought in Boardwalk Hall several times as [[Heavyweight champion]] including four of his seven defenses as [[Undisputed Champion]]. Among his title defenses in Boardwalk Hall was a Fourth Round [[Technical knockout|TKO]] over former champion [[Larry Holmes]] on January 22, 1988. His most famous bout at the venue was the [[Mike Tyson vs. Michael Spinks|91-second Knockout]] of former champion and previously undefeated [[Michael Spinks]] on June 27, 1988.<ref>'I'm Gonna Hurt This Guy' And Mike Tyson did, knocking out Michael Spinks at 1:31 of Round 1 [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1067481/index.htm Sports Illustrated 1988-07-04]</ref>

On April 19, 1991, [[List of undisputed boxing champions#Heavyweight|Undisputed Heavyweight Champion]] [[Evander Holyfield]] defeated former champion [[George Foreman]] in his first title defense.

Other fighters who have had boxing matches (many of which were title fights) in Boardwalk Hall include [[Sugar Ray Leonard]], [[Oscar De La Hoya]], [[Roberto Durán]], [[Lennox Lewis]], [[Roy Jones Jr.]], [[Floyd Mayweather Jr.]], [[Bernard Hopkins]], [[Riddick Bowe]], [[Julio César Chávez]], [[Héctor Camacho]], [[Micky Ward]], and [[Arturo Gatti]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.boardwalkhall.com/boxingevents.asp|title=Boxing Event History|date=30 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140730090434/http://www.boardwalkhall.com/boxingevents.asp |accessdate=4 April 2023|archive-date=July 30, 2014 }}</ref>

In September 2007, it was the venue for the [[Kelly Pavlik]] – [[Jermain Taylor]] boxing match for the [[World Boxing Council]], [[World Boxing Organization]] and ''[[The Ring (magazine)|The Ring]]'' magazine's [[middleweight]] championships.

===Soccer===
On December 12, 1965, the [[New York Ukrainians]] defeated [[Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals]] 3–2 in the first regulation indoor [[soccer]] match at the Convention Hall before more than 3,000 spectators.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukrweekly.com/archive/pdf2/1965/The_Ukrainian_Weekly_1965-49.pdf#search=%22USC%22|title="USC Beats Nats 3-2 in 'Exhibition', Ref Attacked"&nbsp;// "The Ukrainian Weekly", No.&nbsp;235, December 18, 1965, p.&nbsp;3|website=ukrweekly.com}}</ref>

===College football===
Prior to [[1973 NCAA Division I football season|1973]], the NCAA was divided into two divisions, University and College. Boardwalk Hall hosted bowl games in both divisions; the University Division later became [[NCAA Division I]], while the College Division was subdivided into [[NCAA Division II|Division II]] and [[NCAA Division III|Division III]].

The nation's first-ever [[indoor American football]] field was constructed within the hall in 1930, and hosted one to three games a year through the 1930s, before the practice was halted due to [[World War II]] and not resumed until 1961. The first game was a 7–0 victory by [[Washington & Jefferson Presidents football|Washington & Jefferson]] over [[Lafayette Leopards football|Lafayette]] on October 25, 1930.

====Liberty Bowl====
{{main|Liberty Bowl}}
In 1959, A. F. "Bud" Dudley, a former [[Villanova University]] athletic director, created the [[Liberty Bowl]], an annual post-season [[college football|college-football]] [[bowl game]] in [[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]. The game was played at [[John F. Kennedy Stadium (Philadelphia)|Philadelphia Municipal Stadium]], but as the only cold-weather bowl game, it was plagued by poor attendance. A group of Atlantic City businessmen convinced Dudley to move his game from Philadelphia to Boardwalk Hall for 1964 and guaranteed Dudley $25,000.<ref name=MSNSports>Antonik, John. [http://www.msnsportsnet.com/page.cfm?section=8032 "Unique Game"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526231839/http://www.msnsportsnet.com/page.cfm?section=8032# |date=2011-05-26 }}, [[MSN]] Sports, June 22, 2005. Accessed September 4, 2008.</ref>

{{main|1964 Liberty Bowl}}
The [[1964 Liberty Bowl]] was the first major (University Division) collegiate bowl game played indoors and was also the first indoor football game [[broadcasting|broadcast]] nationwide on U.S. television. Since [[artificial turf]] was still in its developmental stages and was unavailable for the game, the hall was equipped with a four-inch-thick grass surface with two inches of [[Hessian (cloth)|burlap]] underneath it (as padding) on top of [[concrete]]. To keep the grass growing, artificial lighting was installed and kept on 24 hours a day. The entire process cost about $16,000. End zones were only eight yards long instead of the usual ten yards.

6,059 fans saw the [[Utah Utes football|Utah Utes]] rout the [[West Virginia Mountaineers football|West Virginia Mountaineers]], 32–6. Dudley was paid $25,000 from Atlantic City businessmen, $60,000 from ticket sales, and $95,000 from television revenues, for a $10,000 net profit.<ref>{{cite news| first=John| last=Antonick| title=Unique Game| date=2005-06-22| publisher=MSNsportsNET.com| url=http://www.msnsportsnet.com/page.cfm?section=8032| work=West Virginia Mountaineers| access-date=2009-04-26| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526231839/http://www.msnsportsnet.com/page.cfm?section=8032#| archive-date=2011-05-26| url-status=dead}}</ref> This would be the only time the game was played in Atlantic City, as Dudley moved it the following year to [[Memphis, Tennessee]], where it remains to this day.

====Boardwalk Bowl====
{{main|Boardwalk Bowl}}
Boardwalk Hall was also the venue of the former [[Boardwalk Bowl]] post-season game from 1961 to 1973. From 1961 through 1967, the games were known as the "Little Army-Navy Game", featuring the College Division's [[Widener University|Pennsylvania Military College]] and the [[Merchant Marine Mariners|Merchant Marine Academy]]. From 1968 through 1972, the bowl was the East regional championship for the College Division; [[Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football|Delaware]] won four times, and [[UMass Minutemen football|Massachusetts]] won once. The final playing of the bowl was in 1973, as a Division II quarterfinal; [[Grambling State Tigers football|Grambling]] defeated Delaware.

====Knute Rockne Bowl====
{{main|Knute Rockne Bowl}}
The [[Knute Rockne Bowl]], a College Division game for smaller eastern schools, was held in Boardwalk Hall from 1970 through 1972. [[Montclair State Red Hawks football|Montclair State]] (1970) and [[Bridgeport Purple Knights football|Bridgeport]] (1971, 1972) were the victors.

===Indoor and Arena Football===
In [[2004 National Indoor Football League season|2004]], it was the home of the [[Atlantic City CardSharks]], a professional [[Indoor American football|indoor football]] team that played a single season in the [[National Indoor Football League]]. They finished the regular season in second place for their division with a 9–5 record and lost in the wild card round of the playoffs to the [[Lexington Horsemen]] 54–25.

On May 30, 2015, the venue hosted the [[Philadelphia Soul]] and [[Las Vegas Outlaws (arena football)|Las Vegas Outlaws]] for the venue's first [[Arena Football League]] (AFL) game. The Soul won 51–43 with an attendance of 6,514.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arenafan.com/news/?page=pressrel&article=12583|title=Soul outplay Outlaws in Boardwalk Bowl|date=May 30, 2015|work=Philadelphia Soul|publisher=Arenafan.com|access-date=June 2, 2015}}</ref>

In 2019, the AFL added the [[Atlantic City Blackjacks]] with home games at Boardwalk Hall.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/arena-football-league-team-approved-for-atlantic-city/article_a9d9ede4-1578-51e2-8532-026dc863b5fc.html |title=Arena Football League team approved for Atlantic City |work=[[The Press of Atlantic City]] |date=January 22, 2019}}</ref> They finished their inaugural season 4–8 and the entire AFL ceased operations at the end of the season.

===Basketball===
The [[Syracuse Nationals]] and the [[Philadelphia Warriors]] played a regular season game at the arena on December 29, 1949.  The game was part of a double header.  The opening game was an exhibition basketball game between selected players of the [[Philadelphia Eagles]] and the [[Washington Redskins]].<ref>{{cite news|title=[[The Post-Standard]] p. 12. December 28, 1949}}</ref>

From 2007 through 2012, the [[Atlantic 10 Conference]] held [[Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball tournament|its men's basketball championship]] at Boardwalk Hall.  The 2013 tournament was held at the [[Barclays Center]] in [[Brooklyn, New York]].

The [[Brooklyn Nets]] and the [[Philadelphia 76ers]] played a preseason game at the arena on October 13, 2012.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.netsdaily.com/2012/8/20/3256310/nets-open-pre-season-in-a-c | title=Nets Open Pre-season in Atlantic City | date=August 20, 2012 | access-date=August 21, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.nj.com/atlantic-city-entertainment/index.ssf/2012/08/its_the_sixers_against_brookly.html | title=The Sixers to play a preseason game in Atlantic City | date=August 20, 2012 | access-date=August 21, 2012}}</ref>{{update after|2012|11}}

In 2018, the [[Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference]] announced its [[MAAC men's basketball tournament|men's]] and [[MAAC women's basketball tournament|women's]] basketball tournaments will be held at Boardwalk Hall from 2020 through 2022.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://maacsports.com/news/2018/5/31/womens-basketball-atlantic-citys-jim-whelan-boardwalk-hall-selected-to-host-2020-22-maac-basketball-championships.aspx | title=Atlantic City's Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall Selected to Host 2020-22 MAAC Basketball Championships | date=May 31, 2018 | access-date=February 22, 2019}}</ref>

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! style="{{NBA color cell|Golden State Warriors}}"|Date
! style="{{NBA color cell|Golden State Warriors}}"|Opponent
! style="{{NBA color cell|Golden State Warriors}}"|Score
! style="{{NBA color cell|Philadelphia 76ers}}"|Home 
! style="{{NBA color cell|Philadelphia 76ers}}"|Game type 
! style="{{NBA color cell|Philadelphia 76ers}}"|Attendance
|-align="center"
| style="{{NBA color cell2|Golden State Warriors}}"|December 29, 1949 || '''[[1949–50 Syracuse Nationals season|Syracuse Nationals]]''' || 64–62 || [[1949–50 Philadelphia Warriors season|Philadelphia Warriors]] || [[Regular season|RS]] || 1,229
|-align="center"
| style="{{NBA color cell2|Philadelphia 76ers}}"|October 13, 2012 || '''[[2012–13 Brooklyn Nets season|Brooklyn Nets]]''' || 108–105 || [[2012–13 Philadelphia 76ers season|Philadelphia 76ers]] || [[Preseason|PS]] || 6,887
|}

===Ice hockey===
It played host to the [[Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies]], an ice-hockey team, from 2001 to 2005. From 2011 to 2013, [[ECAC Hockey]] held its men's ice hockey championship at Boardwalk Hall.

During the 2010–2011 season, Boardwalk Hall hosted four home games for the [[Albany Devils]] and one home game for the [[Trenton Devils]] both affiliated with the [[New Jersey Devils]]. The Albany Devils returned to play four home games during the 2012–13 and 2013–14 seasons.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/albany-devils-returning-to-boardwalk-hall-for-four-games-in/article_3041c4a8-0c3f-11e3-a2bb-0019bb2963f4.html | title=Albany Devils returning to Boardwalk Hall for four games in 2014 | date=August 23, 2013 | access-date=December 6, 2013}}</ref>

Despite not having a team in Atlantic City, the [[American Hockey League]] hosted the 2012 All-Star Classic at Boardwalk Hall.

On November 24, 2012, Boardwalk Hall hosted "Operation Hat Trick", a charity hockey game to raise money for [[Hurricane Sandy]] victims. Among the NHL players who particated were [[Martin Brodeur]], [[Andy Greene]], [[Henrik Lundqvist]], [[Bobby Ryan]], and [[James van Riemsdyk]].<ref>{{cite news|title=[[The Newark Star Ledger]] section 5 pg. 2. November 25, 2012}}</ref>

===Other sporting events===
[[File:AC Boardwalk Hall and Ocean.jpg|thumb|150px|View of Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall and ocean, 2011]]

In 1995, the Hall was used for [[Monica Seles]]'s return to tennis after she had been stabbed in 1993. It was a straight-sets victory over [[Martina Navratilova]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/30/sports/tennis-seles-conquers-a-pair-of-foes-nervousness-and-navratilova.html |title=Seles Conquers a Pair of Foes: Nervousness and Navratilova |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=July 30, 1995}}</ref>

The Hall was used in 1996 for the women's [[tennis]] [[Fed Cup]] during which the U.S. beat [[Spain]] 5–0 in the [[Fed Cup]] women's tennis.

The Hall hosted the [[World Wrestling Federation]]'s [[WrestleMania IV]] and [[WrestleMania V|V]] in 1988 and 1989, respectively, although on the television coverage it was referred to as "[[Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino|Trump Plaza]]" because the adjacent [[casino]] [[hotel]] was the primary sponsor. During the opening to WrestleMania IV, celebrity guest [[Bob Uecker]] does refer to the building as the 'convention center'. WrestleMania IV was attended by 18,165 fans while WrestleMania V had an attendance of 18,946. It is the only venue to host the annual [[pay-per-view]] event in consecutive years.

In addition to the two WrestleMania events, many other WWE shows have been held with both ''[[WWE Raw]]'' and ''[[WWE SmackDown]]'' taking place.

The [[Professional Bull Riders|PBR]] hosted a [[Built Ford Tough Series]] [[bull riding]] event at Boardwalk Hall during the 2003 and 2018 seasons.

The [[New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association]] uses the hall to host the annual individual state wrestling tournament.

The [[Ultimate Fighting Championship]] has held four events in the hall, UFC 41: Onslaught in 2003, UFC 50: The War of '04 in 2004, UFC 53: Heavy Hitters in 2005, and most recently [[UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee]] in 2018.

The [[2005 Skate America|2005 edition]] of the [[Skate America]] [[figure skating]] competition was held at Boardwalk Hall.

[[Midget car racing]] events have been held at the Boardwalk Hall since 1938. Since 2003 it hosts the Atlantic City Indoor Races, a round of the Indoor Auto Racing Championship Series.

The Hall hosted [[All Elite Wrestling]] on February 9, 2022, with an episode of ''[[AEW Dynamite]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.f4wonline.com/news/aew/results/aew-dynamite-live-results-world-title-match-huge-announcement|title=AEW Dynamite live results: World title match, 'huge announcement'|work=[[F4wonline.com]]|first=Parker|last=Klyn|date=February 8, 2022|accessdate=February 9, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.f4wonline.com/aew-news/aew-make-atlantic-city-debut-former-wrestlemania-venue-361921|title=AEW to make Atlantic City debut at former WrestleMania venue|work=[[F4wonline.com]]|first=Joseph|last=Currier|date=December 7, 2021|access-date=December 8, 2021}}</ref> It also hosted the February 11, 2022 episode of ''[[AEW Rampage]]'', which was taped on the same night as ''Dynamite''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2022/02/09/aew-dynamite-in-atlantic-city-reports-needed-aew-rampage-and-dynamite-poll-results-madusa-shelly-martinez-daisuke-sekimoto-alexis-smirnoff/|first=Jason|last=Powell|title=AEW Dynamite in Atlantic City (Reports needed), AEW Rampage and Dynamite poll results, Madusa, Shelly Martinez, Daisuke Sekimoto, Alexis Smirnoff |publisher=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|date=February 9, 2022|accessdate=February 12, 2022}}</ref>

== 2001 restoration ==
A $90-million restoration designed by EwingCole was completed in 2001<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boardwalkhall.com/pastevents.asp |title=History of Past Events |access-date=2014-07-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140730085045/http://www.boardwalkhall.com/pastevents.asp |archive-date=2014-07-30 }}</ref> and received several awards, including the 2003 National Preservation Award{{Clarify|date=October 2009}}<!--bestowed by whom?--> and ''[[Building (magazine)|Building]]'' magazine's 2002 Modernization Award. The organ in the hall, which is the world's biggest, was severely damaged in the process.

==Pipe organs==
{{main|Boardwalk Hall Auditorium Organ}}
Constructed between May 1929 and December 1932, the [[Boardwalk Hall Auditorium Organ|Main Auditorium Organ]] is the "Poseidon" [[Midmer-Losh Organ Company|Midmer-Losh]] [[pipe organ]], the world's-largest, as listed in ''[[Guinness World Records|The Guinness Book of World Records]]''. The instrument has an estimated 33,113 pipes and requires approximately {{convert|600|hp|lk=in}} of blowers to operate. The organ was badly damaged by the [[1944 Great Atlantic Hurricane]] and has not been fully functional since. It was rendered completely inoperable by carelessness during hall renovation in 2001, and remained unplayable until 2007, when a restoration program began. As of 2024, about 60% of the organ's functionality has been restored.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boardwalkhall.com/arena-information/midmer-losh |title=Arena information |website=www.boardwalkhall.com |access-date=2015-05-07}}</ref>

Boardwalk Hall's attached ballroom contains a 55-[[Organ stop|rank]] Kimball concert/theater pipe organ&nbsp;— originally installed to accompany silent movies&nbsp;— that was severely damaged during the hall's renovation. Compared to the Main Auditorium organ, this organ looks tiny. The Ballroom organ is actually one of the largest theater organs by rank count, second to [[Radio City Music Hall|Radio City Music Hall's]] WurliTzer theater organ (58 ranks).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nycago.org/organs/nyc/html/radiocity.html|title=Radio City Music Hall at Rockefeller Center - New York City|website=www.nycago.org}}</ref>

Restoration efforts have been underway, originally overseen by the [[Atlantic City Convention Hall Organ Society]], now renamed [[Boardwalk Pipes]], initially funded by private donations and federal [[Save America's Treasures]] grants. The organ restoration is overseen by the [https://www.boardwalkorgans.org/ Historic Organ Restoration Committee], a 501(c)3 nonprofit chartered by the state of New Jersey for the restoration and preservation of the two pipe organs of Historic Boardwalk Hall. As of January 2024, the committee forecast that at current rates of funding restoration should be completed by 2030. <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.boardwalkorgans.org/midmerlosh|title=Boardwalk Organs, About the Midmer-Losh|website=www.boardwalkorgans.org}}</ref>

==Awards==
The convention center is one of the few buildings surviving from Atlantic City's heyday as a seaside resort in the 1920s.  It was an architectural and engineering triumph, its convention space providing the largest interior space with an unobstructed view at the time.<ref name="nrhpinv2"/>  It was recognized for its engineering as a [[Historic Civil Engineering Landmark]] in 1983, and as a U.S. [[National Historic Landmark]] in 1987.

''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine recognized Boardwalk Hall as the top-grossing mid-sized arena in the U.S. in 2003 and 2004.
In 2003, [[The Ring magazine Fight of the Year]] was Gatti vs Ward which was hosted at the Hall.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.proboxing-fans.com/fighter-profiles/arturo-gatti-remembering-ultimate-blood-and-guts-warrior/|title=Arturo Gatti|accessdate=4 April 2023}}</ref>

==See also==
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* [[List of music venues#New Jersey|List of New Jersey music venues by capacity]]
* [[Atlantic City Armory]]
* [[Atlantic City Convention Center]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Atlantic County, New Jersey]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{Cite magazine |last=Witcher |first=T. R. |title=Big Span, Big Fun: The Atlantic City Convention Hall |magazine=Civil Engineering |date=February 2019 |pages=38–41 |url=https://www.asce.org/uploadedFiles/CE_Magazine/Home_Page/Content_Pieces/HL_0219.pdf}}

==External links and sources==
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* {{Official website|http://www.boardwalkhall.com/}}
* {{HABS |survey=NJ-1130 |id=nj1427 |title=Atlantic City Convention Hall, On Boardwalk, West of Mississippi Avenue, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, NJ}}
* [http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/423544/IMG00015-20100824-1101.jpg Image of Boardwalk Hall Auditorium Interior]

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