Yacht Haven already open
No grumbling about development, okay? It’s on St. Thomas and it’ll be great for the economy. And we can’t wait for this place to get done. The new Yacht Haven Grande is still under construction, but a restaurant and a couple of shops are already open. And this is going to be a way cool place. Someplace to see how the other half lives. Some of the biggest, most-expensive private yachts in the world will be using this marina, and that’ll make it a great place to watch rich people and spot celebrities. We love celebrity/rich people-watching (mostly because they generally look miserable and that makes us feel better about not being rich.) Anyway, high end shops, probably great outdoor cafes, pools, fountains, boardwalks. It’ll be kind of Disneyland-ish, but it’s “over there”, so if you’re curious, take a day trip. If you’re not, ignore it.
For years, the old Yacht Haven sat on this site, all boarded up and overgrown. It always looked like a Don’t Stop the Carnival place just waiting for somebody to buy it and re-open it. But, $160 million later, and it’s a whole lot more than any Norman Paperman could have done.
Anyway…read more about it, and see some sneak peak pics from the Virgin Islands Daily News here.
January 19th, 2007 07:21
It always looked like a Don’t Stop the Carnival place just waiting for somebody to buy it and re-open it.
Great reference. Have they seen any crazy looking dude wandering around with a machete and whetting stone?
January 19th, 2007 13:23
You can see this sometimes on the webcam here - http://www.earthcam.com/usa/virginislands/stthomas/
I was curious what all that activity that was going on for the last year or so.