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Bachelor Parties

Atlantic City is a tremendously popular place to have a bachelor party. There aren't too many other places where you'll find gambling, the beach, golf, great dining and a wild nightlife all in the same area...more
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Jon Henderson
Jon Henderson is President and owner of Unsuited Entertainment LLC., an off the wall, high-energy event company that provides unique entertainment to the growing Atlantic City market. With the last few years as a casino host at Harrah's, Jon divides his time between creating and promoting large scale unique events for the Atlantic City crowd through Unsuited Entertainment, while catering to the sea of players bursting through the doors at Harrah's. An expert in the art of multitasking, and a 9 year veteran in the casino marketing industry, Jon considers himself the ultimate Atlantic City fan.

1) How long have you lived in Atlantic City?
9 years, I'm a convert from the Poconos. I think I'm just starting to fit in, I haven't been called a shoebie in about a year.

2) What do like most about Atlantic City?
The action, I have spend the last 7 years as a casino host in the city, the people I've met and some of the off the wall things I've seen and been dragged into are priceless, you can't get that in many places

3) Describe your perfect day in Atlantic City.
I wake up it's a perfect 75 degrees and sunny, my Harley roars on the first shot, I take an hour ride through AC to brain storm and make some event contacts, every one I talk to gets amped about the events Unsuited Entertainment is bringing to the Atlantic City line up. Now that's a perfect day!!

4) What originally brought you to AC?
I worked in a small radio station outside of Scranton PA and I was making no money at all. One Day some guys I worked with wanted to take a road trip to AC it was a Sunday. I don't think we even got passed Caesars when opportunity and ideas started jumping around in my head. I moved here two weeks later and slept on my aunt's couch in Cape May for a month until I could afford my own place. A guy by the name of Tim Stafford gave me my first Atlantic City marketing job and life gained momentum from there. "thanks Tim".

5) Where do you see the city in 10 years?
Wow, do you want the long or the short answer? How many pages does this magazine have? The next ten years are going to be monumental in the cities development. With new non-gaming entertainment venues springing up left and right, and the gaming world reconnecting with the need to truly entertain it patrons in a non gaming fashion, Atlantic City will offer whole new level of unique entertainment opportunities. Expect a nightlife that Steve Rubell would envy and make Mark G Etess proud. Atlantic City will return to the place that people truly consider Americas favorite playground, making them saying "Las where? Never heard of it..." Atlantic City is a sleeping giant that is just opening its eyes.

6) What is your part in getting there?
I have the alarm clock!

7) Tell us about your favorite AC memory.
These I have a lot of. I guess my most recent favorite Atlantic City memory would be last summer it was June 10th and opening day of the 2nd annual Drawin' the Wildcard Tattoo Extravaganza (plug, plug, plug) I was on the balcony of a suite at the Sheraton. On my left was the Atlantic City Convention Center with a ton of people pouring through the door to take part in this unique event, and on my right an amazing view of the city. I was smoking a cigar it was a Zino Platinum (my buddy Marc brings them for me every time he is in AC, he's good people). I remember taking everything in and having an almost euphoric sensation and realizing this is it, everything I imagined on my first ride into Atlantic City was coming true and it was just the beginning. Imagine that feeling 16 floors off the ground.

8) What's your favorite casino/bar?
a. Every property is really stepping up to the plate and offering great things to visitors, but I'm very pleased with the Showboat. The addition of the House of Blues is very exciting, they bring a new edge to the AC landscape and marketability (is that a word?).
b. Bar? This is a tough one, now that I am up to my eyes in making The Celebration of the Suds work, I find my self hopping from bar to bar trying to find the one bar with a good blend of micro brews and specialty beers. When I find it I'll E-mail you…

9) What three words describe Atlantic City best?
We don't close!!

11) Dealer shows 17 you've got a pair of 8s - how do you play them?
Ok, lets take it all in, how much was my bet? Whose to my right and left? Am I wearing pants? I'll split...

12) What would you most like to change about Atlantic City?
The stigma that it's your bus riding grand parents coming down for the free buffet and comp tickets to Al Martino Atlantic City. When in fact its, grab some sushi what beers on tap, hop in the limo lets pick some people for a frozen vodka and steak tar tar at the Quarter, then head to Worship to make some new friends this round is on me, its 3am holy sh*t I can't feel my legs, I'm all in! Who's going to Tru, did I pass out in the limo? Let's come back next weekend to do it again in Atlantic City!!!

13) What kind of events will Unsuited Entertainment be bringing to Atlantic City in the future?
This is my favorite question... The beauty of Unsuited is that we cater to the growing AC market our focus is to bring people a unique entertainment experience. Our drawing board consists of about 17 projects. 

One of our larger projects will touch down on St. Patrick's weekend. The Celebration of the Suds March 18th & 19th its Atlantic City's first ever beer festival, the event features 30 breweries from around the country and puts the spot light on some of our fines cities restaurants. Wrapped in an entertaining mix of live music, games, beer, food, a few playmates, a giveaway or two, and did I mention beer? It's crazy way to kick off spring.

In the early summer we bring back Drawin' the Wildcard Tattoo Extravaganza in its third year of just off the wall antics and entertainment, not to mention some damn fine tattooists. DTW has been labeled the largest and most entertaining tattoo festival in the country. With that in mind and a need to out do our selves, we have grown from 25,000 square feet of show space to 80,000 adding more and more exciting entertainment featuring B.O.W skateboard and BMX stunt show, appearances by the Philly Roller Girls, Hot Rods, more choppers and Celebrities to be announced. We also are bring back some of the attractions that shocked and amazed, Reverend Frankie Love and his traveling Tattooed Circus Sideshow, as well as giving the crowd a chance to do stupid stuff for cash. Drawin' the Wildcard and Atlantic City are meant for each other.

Our goal is to take a real hands on approach to create a new level of outstanding entrainment by working with some of the cities growing recourses such the crew at City Atlantic, the ACCVA, and a great deal of the business and locations that help make this growing city great. In the next year look forward to some insane, hair raising, tire squealing, bikini wearing, honey cover the kid's eyes good times from the gang at Unsuited. We are just getting started.

 

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