Leaders in Ocean City will hold a vote Thursday night to determine the next steps in the redevelopment of the former Gillian's Wonderland Pier site on the boardwalk. The outcome will decide whether a contentious proposal to build a luxury hotel remains on the table at the former amusement park property.

Debate over the future of the site at Sixth Street has animated the Jersey Shore community since Wonderland Pier closed in October 2023, ending the park's decadeslong run as a fixture on the east end of the boardwalk.

Icona Resorts, the Jersey Shore hotel chain that bought the struggling amusement park in 2021, hopes to build a 252-room hotel that would preserve Wonderland's iconic Ferris wheel and other rides at the property. Opponents of the hotel plan, which is not permitted un

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