Pacific Park
The original look of the Pacific Park entrance.
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"The Family Amusement Park on the Santa Monica Pier" "LA's only admission-free amusement park" |
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| Location | Santa Monica, California, United States |
| Coordinates | 34°00′30″N 118°29′53″W / 34.00833°N 118.49806°WCoordinates: 34°00′30″N 118°29′53″W / 34.00833°N 118.49806°W |
| Owner | CNL Lifestyle Properties |
| Operated by | Santa Monica Amusements |
| Opened | May 25, 1996 |
| Operating season | Year-round Limited operation in off season |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Rides | |
| Total | 12 |
| Roller coasters | 1 |
| Website | Pacific Park |
Pacific Park is an oceanfront amusement park located in Santa Monica, California. The park, located on the Santa Monica Pier, looks directly out on the Pacific Ocean, in the direction of Catalina Island. It is the only amusement park on the West Coast of the United States located on a pier and LA's only admission-free park. There are a total of twelve rides in Pacific Park, including the world's first and only solar powered Ferris wheel that provides a view of the Pacific Ocean and a roller coaster that circles the majority of the park. It has appeared in over 500 movies and television shows such as Fat Albert, Hannah Montana, Hannah Montana: The Movie, 90210, Bean, and The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, as well as the popular video game Grand Theft Auto V. It is owned by CNL Lifestyle Properties and operated by Santa Monica Amusements.
Santa Monica Municipal Pier opened in 1909; it was primarily to carry sewer pipes out beyond the breakers and had no amenities. In 1916 Charles I. D. Looff, who built Coney Island's first carousel, started construction on an adjacent pier known as the Pleasure Pier, also called Newcomb Pier, for use as an amusement park. The two piers are now both considered to be part of Santa Monica Pier. Attractions on the Pleasure Pier eventually included the Santa Monica Looff Hippodrome building (which now houses the current carousel and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places), the Blue Streak Racer wooden roller coaster (which was purchased from the defunct Wonderland amusement park in San Diego), the Whip, merry-go-rounds, Wurlitzer organs, and a funhouse. The Pleasure Pier thrived during the 1920s but faded during the Great Depression. During the 1930s the pier was mainly used as a ferry landing, while most of the pier was closed down and its attractions sold off.
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