SiriusXM app<\/a>.<\/p>\nNot just a joke purchase<\/p>\n
Jost and Davidson\u2019s purchase of the decommissioned ferry for about $280,000 has been widely covered since it was first announced. At the time, Jost framed it as a kind of unconventional real estate play, pointing to the boat\u2019s size (roughly 70,000 square feet) and potential as a waterfront destination.<\/p>\n
On \u201cSmartLess,\u201d he reiterated that thinking:<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought in a real estate way\u2026 if you put that on a dock in Manhattan, you\u2019ve suddenly got basically a building on the waterfront.\u201d<\/p>\n
But he pushed back on the narrative that the ferry has been a money pit.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s very misreported that it is some sort of crazy money pit,\u201d Jost said, adding that they\u2019ve already hosted events on the vessel and recouped much of what they\u2019ve invested so far.<\/p>\n
A clearer vision for what\u2019s next<\/p>\n
While earlier reports floated broad ideas like turning the ferry into a hotel or entertainment space, Jost offered more concrete and varied concepts this time around.<\/p>\n
He said the long-term goal is to secure a permanent dock, something he suggested they may be getting close to.<\/p>\n
From there, he envisions a dual-purpose destination:a full-time entertainment venue that can host events and parties, plus a more casual, community-style space inspired by the kind of swim clubs he grew up with on Staten Island<\/p>\n
\u201cI could imagine creating a place like that that\u2019s not like a weird fancy members club, but it\u2019s actually more middle class in Manhattan,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Jost also joked that the concept could evolve into something like \u201ca cruise ship that doesn\u2019t leave.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Colin Jost is offering more updates on the Staten Island ferry he bought with Pete Davidson. On a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211614,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,83657,134,136,135],"class_list":["post-211613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-smartless","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}