MonthMarch 2013

Introducing the LA Weekender: 5 Events to Check Out

March 28, 2013

Welcome to the first L.A. Weekender post on Fairplex Insider! Check back on Thursdays for our round-up of weekend fun. Spring is in the air which means you have no excuse to be hiding indoors! There are plenty of happenings this weekend. So many options, so little time. Luckily for you, we threw together a…

Event Industry News: St. Patrick’s Day in LA, Samsung Galaxy S4, Facebook hashtags

March 18, 2013

Photo from Huffington Post St. Patrick’s Day LA: Marathons and St. Patrick’s Day = polar opposites but the two paired remarkably well in Los Angeles. St. Patrick’s Day festivities began on Friday night and went strong until Sunday evening, but in between the green beer and shamrock shenanigans, the L.A. Marathon began bright and early…

Film and Your Venue Part 1: 5 Steps to Utilizing Your Venue as a Film Location

March 12, 2013

What does a famous race horse, exploding freeways and Tom Hanks have in common? Fairplex. Film and Fairplex share a fun history together. A number of commercials and feature films have been shot on campus, including Tom Hanks’ “That Thing You Do!” “Seabiscuit,” “Live Hard, Die Hard,” and “The Fast & The Furious: Tokyo Drift.”…

Event Industry News: Facebook gets a facelift, SXSW, pop-up virtual stores

March 11, 2013

Photo taken from Mashable SXSW: The annual South by Southwest (SXSW) conference and festival kicked off on Friday and continues to go strong this week (March 8-17). SXSW focuses on creative and professional growth, offering the unique convergence of original music, films and emerging technologies. A new addition to the conference? Pop-up hotels made from…

Fairplex at the moment

March 6, 2013

So Cal College Fair is happening over at the Sheraton Fairplex Conference Center right now. Hundreds of high school students piled out of school buses this morning and into the conference center, welcomed by dozens of colleges, trade schools and other career representatives. After talking to college representatives, students went into college preparatory seminars including…

Cabernet Sauvignon just got salty

March 4, 2013

Photo taken from latimes.com Mira Winery, based in Napa, California has begun experimental wine aging techniques by means of the Atlantic Ocean. The inspiration came from the unique flavoring found in bottles of wine gathered from shipwrecks. The idea is to replicate the flavor with Mira’s own wine. Bottles of cabernet sauvignon were placed in…