Bader Field juts like an arrowhead out into the Great Thorofare in Atlantic City, one of its decommissioned runways aimed at Ducktown and Bally’s on the boardwalk, the other at MGM Tower past the Expressway.

Mayor Marty Small Sr. explained that the city’s overall perception has improved. The city has received $30 million from the New Jersey Economic Development Authority in addition to other funding and has attracted the multibillion Renaissance at Bader Field project.