Pete Davidson says Staten Island Ferry purchase has him ‘in the hole’ and turning ship into entertainment venue ‘five years away’

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their $280,000 purchase but said that was all the more reason for them to push forward with their nostalgic grand scheme. The “Bupkis” star said he has seen detailed computer mock-ups of plans for the ferry’s interior during an appearance on Seth Meyers’ “Family Trips with the Meyers Brothers” podcast. “We just got all the plans built, and we had them do one of those computer-generated, show-you-what-it-could-be type things, and now we’re out to a few people,” he told Meyers. “And it seems like it’s all going well, but it’s definitely like five years away.”Davidson and Jost, who both were born and raised on Staten Island, purchased the decommissioned ferry for $280,000 last year with plans to turn it into a comedy and entertainment venue.“There’ll be a restaurant, there’ll be a concert venue, there’ll be a movie theater… and then there’s hotels in it, so we’ll have a couple of those,” Davidson said.

The inside will be completely gutted to take out the former passenger bench-style seating that New Yorkers once sat on during their seaside commute but Davidson said the outside will remain largely to stay true to the iconic orange vessel. “It’s all going to stay the same — the same outside,” he said. “We’re gonna keep what we can and just repurpose, make sure it’s nice, but it’ll be the Staten Island Ferry.”Like many New Yorkers, the former SNL castmates are hoping to do a “snowbird”-style arrangement for their ferry boat.

They want to dock their ferry-turned-venue in New York from April through September or October and then bring it down to Miami for the winter, Davidson said on the podcast.The “King of Staten Island” actor’s detailed updates about the plans for the ship are a dramatic shift from his remarks on the ferry.