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This May 18, 2012 photo shows rocker Sammy Hagar visiting Sammy\'s Beach Bar, the oceanfront bar he ran with Caesars Entertainment in Atlantic City, N.J. The former Van Halen and current Chickenfoot singer was unable to agree on terms with the company to repair the bar, which was damaged by Superstorm Sandy, and is looking elsewhere this summer. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Rocker Sammy Hagar won’t rebuild Atlantic City beach bar damaged by Superstorm Sandy

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – He can’t drive 55, and he can’t reach a deal to rebuild a beach bar damaged by Superstorm Sandy, either.

Rocker Sammy Hagar won’t be back in Atlantic City this summer. He failed to reach a deal with the casino company that owns a bar that had been known as Sammy’s Beach Bar for the past three years.

The former Van Halen singer says on his website he couldn’t agree with Caesars Entertainment on a deal to operate the bar this summer. Hagar says he’s looking for a new partnership in the region.

A Caesars spokeswoman says the bar will be repaired and open by May under the name Bally’s Beach Bar. She says the disagreement with Hagar was purely financial.

Hagar now fronts the band Chickenfoot.

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