Cable Beach, Bahamas

2009 map

Cable Beach is a beach, resort destination, and populated place on the northern coast of New Providence Island in the Bahamas west of Nassau. It spans two and a half miles.[1] It is home to Pompey Market.[2]

History

It is said Cable Beach owes its name to an 1892 submarine telegraph cable linking Jupiter, Florida to Goodman's Bay.[3]

Tourism in the area dates back as early as the 1940s, and by the 1950s, it had become a centre for hotel development. It was called the Bahamian Riviera.[citation needed]

The Emerald Beach Hotel, opened in 1954, was the first air conditioned hotel and opened the largest casino in the Bahamas. Although the hotel is defunct and has been replaced more than once, the casino is still in use to this day.[4]

Howard Deering Johnson's first venture outside of the United States opened in 1958 in Cable Beach.[5]

Cable Beach experienced a period of instability in the wake of Bahamian independence and liberation as well as the rise of the newer Paradise Island and other tourism competitors. The PLP government headed by Lynden Pindling began buying failing hotels.[6] A number of these were re-privatised in the 1990s when the FNM came into power.

  • Skyline in 1988
    Skyline in 1988
  • Skyline in 2015
    Skyline in 2015

Resorts and hotels

Defunct

  • Ambassador Beach Hotel
  • The Balmoral
  • Crystal Palace Resort (replaced by Baha Mar)
  • Hyatt Emerald Beach Hotel (replaced by Crystal Palace)
  • Nassau Beach Lodge (replaced by Baha Mar)
  • Sheraton Nassau Beach Resort (replaced by Meliá)
  • Sonesta Beach Hotel[7]

References

  1. ^ "Why Cable Beach Nassau is one of the best beaches on New Providence". Bahamas Air Tours. 7 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Cable Beach". GeoNames. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
  3. ^ "BAHAMAS INFORMATION SERVICES UPDATES". www.thebahamasweekly.com. 23 July 2012. Archived from the original on 2020-02-28. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
  4. ^ "The Drama at Baha Mar - Part 2". Bahama Pundit. October 2010. Archived from the original on October 15, 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ "Nassau Howard Johnson's". Highway Host. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Pindling Buys Three Hotels to Stop Closures 1974". Bahamianology. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  7. ^ "The Balmoral Beach Hotel, a Sonesta Hotel on Cable Beach". Digital Commonwealth. 4 September 2021.

25°04′40″N 77°24′42″W / 25.07789°N 77.41171°W / 25.07789; -77.41171 (Cable Beach)