Blackpool Pleasure Beach hotel "The Big Blue Hotel" with a four star AA rating, situated adjacent to Blackpool Pleasure Beach railway station towards the south end of Ocean Boulevard opened in Spring 2003. In 2019 a second hotel will open on Ocean Boulevard. Featuring 120 rooms, 10 suites and function rooms, the hotel has been named The Boulevard Hotel and is expected to open in the Spring. The hotel replaces the former Starr Pub and Coasters Restaurant and sits adjacent to The Big Blue Hotel on the south end of the promenade. Pleasure Beach is alleged to be haunted by several ghosts and
Pleasure Beach Bridge concerns over Pleasure Beach's fate. The Connecticut Audubon Society seeks to create Connecticut's largest, undisturbed protected salt match. The area has been designated an "Important Bird Area" and the purchase of surrounding land is underway. A local firm, Stantec, has been retained for a study for revitalizing Pleasure Beach; the accessibility to Pleasure Beach is a key issue. In 2009, the city of Bridgeport received a $1.9 million grant for a water taxi service that was delayed repeatedly into 2013. Pleasure Beach Bridge The Pleasure Beach Bridge is a movable Warren through-truss bridge in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Completed in 1927, it