Pacific Park Papers

Stay up to date with all things Pacific Park, the West Side & the Santa Monica Pier.


As part of a chain of visitor information centers, carts, and kiosks located throughout Santa Monica, the main Santa Monica Pier Shop and Visitor’s Center location is staffed with friendly guides and experts knowledgeable about all the local highlights. They are ready and trained to help answer all the questions that you might have about […]

October 4th is National Taco Day and Los Angeles celebrates with the Pacific Park World Taco Eating Championship at the Santa Monica Pier. Each year, the world’s top competitive eaters meet outside Pacific Park’s Whac-a-mole Tacos to eat hundreds of LA street-style carnitas tacos in just 8 minutes. Watch the 2019 World Taco Championship Results [...]

Nike’s new running shoe Joyride is debuted with a 5K run along the beach in Santa Monica followed by an exclusive after party for the runners at Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier. **Update: We had a blast hosting the Nike Joyride 5K after party in Pacific Park! Watch some first hand footage of […]