The Jersey Shore enters 2016 with what amounts to the entertainment "spirits" of past, present and future.

Asbury Park is enjoying a new venue, Atlantic City promises a posh nightclub by spring and there's an uncertain fate for an LBI landmark.

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House of Independents is open for business in Asbury's vibrant Cookman Arts district. The 500-capacity venue has an eclectic mix of theater, dance, film, comedy and music already booked through the winter months.

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Borgata is promising that Atlantic City is in for its hottest spring ever, as the hotel, Casino & Spa opens Premier Nightclub. The $14 million, 18,000-square-foot venue is designed to rival the top clubs in New York, Miami and Las Vegas.  We're talking tiered booths, a pair of 35-foot-long bars with carved-stone faces and a giant chandelier of programmable light.

 

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The Surflight Theatre property in Beach Haven faces a murky future, after a shocking sale to TD Bank a week before Christmas.  The quiet auction sale still needs court approval. The venue that offered "Broadway at the Beach" for 65 seasons filed for bankruptcy last winter. Then, a $2 million auction bid by developer Greg Russo was rejected over the summer.  Here's to hoping the New Year will offer a more definitive plan for the storied site in Ocean County.

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