The Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel will be lit blue and gold on Sunday, September 12 for the LA Rams regular season home opener. The LA Rams host the Chicago Bears for their home opener at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. The match-up will be broadcast on NBC’s Sunday Night Football. The Pacific Wheel will shine blue and gold for the […]
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The Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel will be lit purple and gold on Tuesday, August 24 in recognition of Kobe Bryant Day. Kobe Bryant Day (also known as Black Mamba Day or Mamba Day) is being celebrated on August 24 in Los Angele to commemorate the life of Laker legend, Kobe Bryant. The date was chosen as the holiday because […]
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The Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel will be lit red, white, and blue and feature a waving US flag on Friday, September 3 to Monday, September 6 to celebrate Labor Day. Labor Day is observed the first Monday in September as an annual celebration of the economic and social accomplishments of the American workforce. The holiday developed in the mid-1800s […]
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The Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel will salute the 613 members of Team USA on Friday, July 23 to Sunday, August 8. In celebration of the 23rd Games of the Olympiad in Tokyo, Japan, otherwise known as “The Olympics”, Pacific Park is lighting the Pacific Wheel with colors and images of the 2020 Summer Olympics. The nightly light program will […]
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Firefighters representing departments in California, Colorado and Washington State will travel across the country in remembrance of those who lost their lives on that fateful morning almost 20 years ago. The Santa Monica Fire Department is hosting a ceremony for the 2021 Ride for America send off under the world-famous Santa Monica Pier sign at Ocean Avenue and Colorado. Fifteen […]
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The Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel will be lit red, white, and blue on Thursday, July 1 to Tuesday, July 6 in recognition of Independence Day. Independence Day in the United States is celebrated annually on July the 4th and commemorates the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. The Continental Congress declared that the thirteen American colonies were […]
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The Pacific Wheel is lit on Juneteenth with a brilliant light program of red, white, blue, green, red, and gold. Juneteenth (short for “June Nineteenth”) is an annual observance celebrating the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. The Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, had established that all enslaved people “shall be then, thenceforward, and forever […]
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Pacific Park and the Santa Monica Pier, in accordance with the State of California, Los Angeles County, and City of Santa Monica guidelines, fully reopened to guests on Tuesday, June 15th 2021. For the first time since mid-March 2020, everyone is welcome back on the Santa Monica Pier rides, can play games with family and friends, and enjoy the view […]
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The Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel will be lit red, white, and blue on Monday, June 14 in recognition of Flag Day. Flag Day is celebrated on June 14th each year in the United States to commemorate the First Flag Resolution passed by the Continental Congress on June 14, 1777. The anniversary of the resolution has been celebrated for hundreds […]
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