Pete Davidson and Colin Jost reportedly have large plans for a decommissioned Staten Island Ferry after they bought the boat for $280,000.
The Saturday Evening Dwell stars, each of who’re from Staten Island, teamed up with actual property agent and comedy membership proprietor Paul Italia to buy the boat after it went up for public sale, based on The New York Submit.
Whereas chatting with The Submit, Italia, the co-owner of The Stand comedy membership in Manhattan, mentioned that the trio have “grand plans” for the retired ferry, which embrace turning the vessel right into a “stay leisure occasion house, with comedy, music, artwork, et cetera”.
“We’re within the early levels, however everyone concerned had the identical ambition – to not see this factor go to the scrapyard,” he mentioned of the boat, named the John F Kennedy.
The New York Metropolis Division of Citywide Administrative Companies put the boat up for public sale on 12 January – with bidding beginning at $125,000 – after it was decommissioned as a result of mechanical points, The Submit studies, with the boat bought to the comedic trio on Wednesday.
In keeping with New York 1, the vessel, which was inbuilt 1965, has the capability to hold greater than 3,000 passengers.
The acquisition doesn’t simply imply entry to a floating venue, nonetheless, as Jost, Davidson and Italia are first required to maneuver the 277-foot boat from its present location within the St George Ferry Terminal, based on the outlet, with NBC Information reporting the brand new homeowners have 10 days from Wednesday to take action.
In keeping with Italia, the tentative plan is to maneuver the ferry to a shipyard in the interim, with the comedy membership proprietor telling The Submit that they’ve been “speaking to quite a lot of shipyards within the space”.
Whereas the ferry buy could seem odd, Staten Island makes up a good portion of Davidson’s identification, because the comic beforehand starred within the movie The King of Staten Island, loosely based mostly on his upbringing, and owns a apartment within the borough. Jost additionally often references his childhood house on SNL.
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