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SPECIAL HOURS:

  • Thursday, May 2, Pacific Park will be CLOSED to the public at 4 PM.
  • Thursday, May 9, Pacific Park will be CLOSED to the public at 3:30 PM.
  • Wednesday, May 15, Pacific Park will be CLOSED to the public at 4 PM.
  • Thursday, May 19, Pacific Park will be CLOSED to the public at 6 PM.
  • Thursday, May 23, Pacific Park will be CLOSED to the public at 6 PM.
  • Friday, July 12, Pacific Park will be CLOSED to the public ALL DAY.

🕐 For a full schedule of hours, please check our operating calendar before planning your visit.

Santa Monica Restaurant Week on the Santa Monica Pier Celebrates the Persimmon With a Unique Funnel Cake

Persimmion funnel cake Pacific Park
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Santa Monica Restaurant Week is a Santa Monica-based dining campaign crafted by Santa Monica Travel & Tourism (SMTT). Held in conjunction with California Restaurant Month, the week-long program highlights participating restaurants throughout Santa Monica that will each craft a healthy, custom dish, centered around a special restaurant week ingredient. This year, Santa Monica will celebrate the persimmon, and for a […]

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Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel Lights Up for the Dodgers World Series

Pacific Wheel lights change color blue Dodgers
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As the LA Dodgers go to the World Series, Los Angeles rallies behind the home team. Pacific Park programmed their world-famous Ferris wheel to shine blue and display the message, “Go Dodgers”. The special light program created for the Dodgers’ World Series run also featured an animated baseball, World Series pennant, and the Dodger’s iconic “LA” insignia. Standing high out […]

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Discovery’s Shark Week at the Santa Monica Pier

Shark Week at the Santa Monica Pier
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The Santa Monica Pier is all in a frenzy for Shark Week. All weekend long, leading up to Discovery’s annual programming on Sunday, the Pier will feature a Shark Park, beach cleanup, and a thrilling Shark Week light program on the Pacific Wheel. The activities begin Friday night where guests can look to the skies and see hammer heads and […]

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Ferris Wheel 125th Anniversary

Original Ferris Wheel Chicago World Fair
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More than 2,000 miles may separate them, but Chicago’s Navy Pier and Santa Monica Pier came together on 6/21/18 to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the iconic invention that connects them: The Ferris wheel. Designed and constructed by George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. for the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, the Ferris wheel rolled onto the scene with a grand […]

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20 Favorite Pacific Park Moments

Pacific Park entrance at night
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Pacific Park will celebrate 20 years of operation and fun in the sun on May 26th, 2016. In light of its 20th Birthday celebration, Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier will introduce a new Ferris wheel lighting package. Standing 130 feet above the Pacific Ocean, the nearly $1 million new Ferris wheel lighting package will increase colors displayed from […]

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