OCEAN CITY — With a nod to the future, resort officials this week approved a plan to eliminate nearly all fireworks shows this summer and replace them with elaborate, state-of-the-art drone shows.
TEAM Productions’ Bob Rothermel last month presented his proposed lineup of value-added special events for the coming summer season, including, among other things, the giant American flag on the beach on Memorial Day weekend, a couple of big ticketed concerts, a summer concert series on the beach, drive-in movies and drive-in concerts at the Inlet, the OCtoberfest events in the fall and, of course, the weekly fireworks shows downtown and at Sundaes in the Park at Northside Park.
Rothermel and TEAM Productions each year produces a wide variety of special events with a budget of around $300,000 from the town. It’s important to note, the annual allocation comes from the tourism budget, which is funded through the room tax, and not the general fund.
When Rothermel presented the proposed lineup of events last month, some on the council questioned whether the weekly fireworks shows downtown and at Northside Park for Sundaes in the Park still resonated with the public, or if some other option should be explored. Rothermel already had a tentative plan for elaborate drone shows synchronized to music over the ocean and at Northside Park up his sleeve, and the Mayor and Council directed him to go back to the drawing board and come back with some estimates on the drone shows after watching a show in Milwaukee online.
Do they explode? It’s no good if they don’t explode.
I guess antifa and bam used up all the commercial fireworks in the riots and bought out this years; supply as well?
Spend spend spend.
Nov 2022 cant get here fast enough
Well if they are trying to discourage visitors to OC this is perfect. I wouldn’t walk out on my back step to watch a drone show. Idiots.
Discouragement started many years ago. Tues and Wed all summer is like the off season. They downtown can figure that out at all, whereas others north and south have.
Keep the same mindset, get the same results. We know what describes….insanity.
Stop the insanity!