Overview
- The ferry hosted the Snapple Island Ferry Comedy Show on Sept. 17, 2026, a one-night event that the pair opened for attendees.
- The free, Snapple-presented show at Pier 17 featured secret-lineup sets from comedians including Ronny Chieng, Jay Jurden and Sal Vulcano.
- Davidson and Jost bought the decommissioned Staten Island ferry at auction in 2022 for about $280,000 and had proposed larger redevelopment plans that stalled.
- Earlier reporting and videos from outlets showed the comedians onstage and confirmed this was the ferry’s first notable public use after roughly four years of limited activity.
- The activation illustrates a growing trend of short-term, sponsor-driven uses of stalled celebrity projects to offset costs and raises the question of whether the ferry’s long-term future will remain unresolved.