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The Aquarium of the Pacific (formerly the Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific [3]) is a public aquarium on a 5-acre (20,000 m 2) site on Rainbow Harbor in Long Beach, California, United States. It is situated across the water from the Long Beach Convention Center, Shoreline Village, and the Queen Mary Hotel and Attraction. [6]
The Grand Prix of Long Beach in April is the single largest event in Long Beach. It started in 1975 as a Formula 5000 race on the streets of downtown, and became a Formula One race, the United States Grand Prix West, the following year. From 1984 to 2008 it was a Champ Car event, and is now an IndyCar race.
Lions Lighthouse (also known as the Lions Lighthouse for Sight) is a decorative lighthouse located in Shoreline Marina, Long Beach, California. [1] It was funded by the Downtown Long Beach Lions Clubs International to advertise their services to blind people and was first lit in 2000. Its focal height is 65.62 ft (20.00 m).
It was also a return to normalcy for the No. 1-ranked Rainbow Warriors, who were swept by No. 2 Long Beach State 25-22, 25-20, 30-28 at Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, Calif. ...
The City of Long Beach then removed the remaining structures. Various plans for development of the area took form over the next twenty years. In 1999, the California Coastal Commission approved a plan for the construction of The Pike at Rainbow Harbor commercial and entertainment complex in the downtown shoreline area. [5]
He jumped his Subaru rally car off the Pine Street Pier onto a floating barge anchored in Long Beach's Rainbow Harbor, breaking the existing mark of 171 feet (52 m) and establishing a new world distance record of 269 feet (82 m). To celebrate, after getting out of his car, he performed a gainer from the landing ramp into the harbor below. [52]
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Long Beach Harbor Light looks different from a traditional lighthouse. Labeled the "robot light" when established in 1949, it is completely automated and was the forerunner of the new version of 20th-century lighthouses on America's West Coast.