Asbury Park Convention Hall Gabriel, Elvis Costello, The Clash, No Doubt and The Goo Goo Dolls played the hall. Beginning in the late 1990s Convention Hall gained a strong association with Bruce Springsteen. He held rehearsals for upcoming tours there (with fans standing outside to get early ideas of what the shows would bring), some ticketed public rehearsal shows, and several December holiday shows in conjunction with The Max Weinberg 7. The large lighted sign on the top of Convention Hall now reads "Greetings from Asbury Park", in reference to Springsteen's 1973 debut album "Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J." During the 2000s, acts have
SS Asbury Park in December 2008. The hull was raised and salvaged in the spring of 2009. SS Asbury Park Asbury Park was a high-speed coastal steamer built in Philadelphia, and intended to transport well-to-do persons from New York to summer homes on the New Jersey shore. This vessel was sold to West Coast interests in 1918, and later converted to an automobile ferry, serving on various routes San Francisco Bay, Puget Sound and British Columbia. This vessel was known by a number of other names, including City of Sacramento, Kahloke, Langdale Queen, and Lady Grace. "Asbury Park" had a number of owners