Bruce Springsteen has inspired a hotel suite.
The 76-year-old rocker’s decades-long link to Asbury Park has been immortalised in a grand room complete with photographs, records and even his favourite late-night snack.
Bruce, who grew up near the Jersey Shore and has referenced it throughout his career in songs such as Born to Run and his debut album Greetings from Asbury Park, New Jersey, is now the namesake of ‘The Boss Suite’ at The Asbury Hotel.
The project is a collaboration with the rocker’s longtime photographer Danny Clinch, who has curated the space with rare images and memorabilia.
Simon Little, area director of sales and marketing for The Asbury Hotel, told People: “People in New Jersey, they love their Bruce Springsteen.
“We’ve always wanted to do this suite. This year seems to be a perfect storm for it.”
The opening of the suite coincides with renewed attention on Bruce, who returned to Asbury Park last September to headline the Sea.Hear.Now festival with the E Street Band.
He is also the subject of a forthcoming biopic, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, which will be released on October 24 and stars Jeremy Allen White as the singer.
The Asbury Ocean Club, the hotel’s sister property, hosted members of the cast and crew during filming.
Danny Clinch, who has worked with Bruce for decades, said he wanted to create a “mini gallery” in the room fans could experience as if they were stepping into the musician’s world.
He said: “You’re going to be able to show up in the room, unpack your stuff, throw a Springsteen record on, and there you are in Asbury Park. You can look out the window and you can see the boardwalk.”
Each room at The Asbury Hotel already contains a record player and vinyl, but the Boss Suite features a curated collection of Bruce’s own albums.
Murals and framed photographs line the walls, including a large image taken at Sea.Hear.Now showing the crowd as the singer performed.
Another photograph captures Bruce writing the setlist for that event, while a separate frame displays his guitar alongside the saxophone once played by Clarence Clemons.
