Pacific Park Papers

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Right now, if you want to visit a theme park, your options are supremely limited. But after you’ve watched all of the roller coaster POV videos and walked around your favorite parks on Google Maps, there’s not much more you can do in order to scratch the theme park itch. This got us thinking about […]

The Santa Monica Pier will be red, green, and white on the evening of May 5th to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. Cinco de Mayo is an annual celebration held on May 5. The date is observed to commemorate the Mexican Army’s victory over the French Empire at the Battle of Puebla, on May 5, 1862, […]

Pacific Park To Display 90-Foot Tall Globe On Its Ferris Wheel For Earth Day The water surrounding the Santa Monica Pier will be illuminated by bright green and blue lights this upcoming Earth Day (Wednesday, April 22nd), as Pacific Park’s iconic Pacific Wheel spins a globe emoji around with its dazzling 174K LED lights. The […]

The Santa Monica Pier is one of the most-filmed locations in Los Angeles and has starred in hundreds of movies, music videos, commercials, and TV shows. The Pier offers storytellers a unique landscape with sweeping ocean views, wide, sandy beaches, plus an amusement park and classic boardwalk midway. Pacific Park’s bright blue and pink walls […]