Should Entertainment Complex Come To Liberty State Park? Join Next Meeting In Jersey City

HUDSON COUNTY, NJ — Liberty State Park has space, wildlife, educational programming, playgrounds, and even a beach in Hudson County - 1,212 acres of it, to be exact.

But should some of it be privatized, home to amusements and entertainment? And how should it change? Debate has raged.

The next meeting starts at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 9.

The Friends of Liberty State Park, a longtime nonprofit group to preserve the park, said, "Please critically continue to express your views in this crossroads planning process on evolving DEP consultants' proposals and to keep zealously opposing billionaire Fireman's Sports and Entertainment Complex."

The Zoom registration is: https://bit.ly/lsp-taskforce-april.

Background

Liberty State Park opened during the bicentennial year 1976. Over the years, activist groups have attempted to steer the park away from potential overdevelopment and commercialization.

The Friends of Liberty State Park have posted, on their website, more than a dozen recent news stories about ongoing controversies regarding development at the park, including the involvement of billionaire Paul Fireman. (Fireman has responded with an editorial.)

See a map of the park here.