Pacific Park Papers

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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 […]

Hundreds of drones flew in a controlled pattern to create outlines of Baby Yoda, the Handmaid, and Captain America’s Shield over the Santa Monica Pier On Thursday, May 20th, the online streaming service, Disney+, released a video showing a stunning light show over the beaches of Santa Monica. The 8-minute choreographed light show was part […]