Pacific Park Papers

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


Popular workout program, The Class, is putting on a series of free workout classes this summer. You can workout for free on the first Saturday of the month this summer on the Santa Monica Pier. The Class will be set up on the very West end of the Pier from 8:30A-9:30A on Saturday June 5th, […]

The Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel will be lit teal on Tuesday, June 1 in recognition of MG Awareness. The Pacific Wheel at the Santa Monica Pier will join other landmarks across the country by being lit teal in the month of June. The coordinated effort is to increase awareness of myasthenia gravis (MG), an […]

The Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel will be lit red, white, and blue on Friday, May 28 to Monday, May 31 in recognition of Memorial Day. Memorial Day is celebrated on the last Monday each May in the United States as an opportunity to recognize military personnel who died in service. The national holiday is […]

On May 26th, 1996, Santa Monicans took their first rides at Pacific Park. Following an unprecedented year for amusement parks and entertainment destinations, Pacific Park is reflecting on a quarter-century of operation on the Santa Monica Pier. After an unprecedented 13-month closure, the Pacific Wheel is once again turning over the crashing waves of the […]