Main > Main Forum
Flash Backs : seaside heights NJ
clickybuttons:
Grew up there. Anyone know if ANY of the arcades are still standing after Sandy? Specifically Lucky Leo's?
sdweim85:
--- Quote from: clickybuttons on December 04, 2012, 01:26:14 am ---Grew up there. Anyone know if ANY of the arcades are still standing after Sandy? Specifically Lucky Leo's?
--- End quote ---
Yea I'd like to know this also. From the pictures it looked like Flashbacks and that whole section with the ferris wheel is gone. Lucky Leo's is probably still there, but I bet a ton of water and sand got into that entire place.
TOK:
Flashback was a total loss, and according to comments on another forum the owner recently stopped carrying flood insurance.
Really sad, because most of the old machines in these places have been there for years. Even if the arcades are rebuilt, its doubtful there will be any classics. Maybe one Ultracade type thing or something.
RoyalScam:
I grew up there as well. Graduated in `81 from Brick Township High School so I was one of the `lucky` ones ( or old, if you prefer) who saw the rise of video games and home computers from the start. My two favorite hang outs were Lucky Leo's in Seaside or Jenkinson's in Point Pleasant. Ok, so I haven't been home in decades, but it made my heart sick seeing the devastation that Sandy had wrought. Home isn't there anymore. I had hoped to bring my kids there in the next year and show them where I had grown up. Now I don't think there's anything left of my teenaged years for them to explore. I'd also like to point out that the Jersey Shore isn't the one on MTV. Friggin' Bennies, Guido's and Stella's...Just kidding here ;) We made our living catering to the tourists during the summer, but in the winter, the Boardwalk, Island Beach State park, and the few arcades that remained open during the off season, were our playground. I miss Winter the most, as I now live in Florida, and perhaps have been here long enough to have romanticized it in my mind. Lesson to be learned here. Don't hesitate, nothing lasts forever.
Regards,
Scam