Asbury Park
He turned Asbury Park’s Stone Pony into a tourist attraction. Thanks to Bruce, the Stone Pony in Asbury Park in New Jersey became one of the most famous music venues in the world. The place is so closely associated with Springsteen that you would think he got his start there, but the club opened in 1974 when Springsteen already had two albums.
Bruce Springsteen at Stone Pony. Source: brooklynvegan.com
Fun fact: the fortune teller in “4th of July, Asbury Park is real. Madam Marie, who is the fortune-teller in “4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy),” is just as real as E Street is. Marie Castello would tell fortunes on the Asbury Park boardwalk from 1932 until she passed away in 2008 at the age of 93. The fortune-telling booth is still there, too, and is now run by Madam Marie’s family.