{"id":8398,"date":"2017-09-01T16:02:05","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T22:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/?p=8398"},"modified":"2017-09-01T16:02:05","modified_gmt":"2017-09-01T22:02:05","slug":"were-officially-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/2017\/09\/01\/were-officially-open\/","title":{"rendered":"We&#039;re Officially Open!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2017 LA County Fair is officially open! We kicked things off with our traditional ribbon-cutting ceremony, held at the brand new Le Grande Ferris Wheel XL.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/CEO_Fair_ribboncutting.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8399\" title=\"CEO_Fair_ribboncutting\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/CEO_Fair_ribboncutting.jpg\" alt=\"la county fair opening \" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a><em>From left to right: Pomona City council members Robert Torres and Ginna Escobar, Mayor of Pomona Tim Sandoval, Los Angeles County Fair Association Chairman of the Board J. Michael Ortiz and Fairplex CEO &amp; president Miguel Santana\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Fairplex_CEO_openingceremonies1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-8401\" title=\"Fairplex_CEO_openingceremonies\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Fairplex_CEO_openingceremonies1-e1504302278245-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"467\" \/><\/a>Our CEO Miguel Santana, along with Pomona city officials, officially opened the Fair with a quick cut of the ribbon and an invitation to ride the Le Grande Wheel XL.<br \/>\nThe new Ferris wheel has 36 air-conditioned pods. Employees, guests and Fair officials alike all took a spin.<br \/>\nAfter the ride, we went to the Millard Sheets Art Center patio (now a venue called Mi POCO LA) for the rest of our opening ceremonies.<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re just a couple hours away from our Opening Day parade, and then it&#8217;s time to explore the rest of the Fairgrounds, once the weather cools down. Don&#8217;t forget to drink plenty of water, stay in the shade, and take advantage of our air-conditioned shopping halls and indoor exhibits.<br \/>\nThe carnival and outdoor attractions can wait until the sun goes down \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\nStay tuned for more Fair fun! We&#8217;re just getting started&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2017 LA County Fair is officially open! We kicked things off with our traditional ribbon-cutting ceremony, held at the brand new Le Grande Ferris Wheel XL. From left to right: Pomona City council members Robert Torres and Ginna Escobar, Mayor of Pomona Tim Sandoval, Los Angeles County Fair Association Chairman of the Board J.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,14],"tags":[264,614],"class_list":["post-8398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fairnews","category-funatthefair","tag-dare-to-fair","tag-la-county-fair"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8398\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}