Amazon announces Prime Air, a drone delivery service Amazon drones: You know the feeling you get when you order something cool from Amazon, then impatiently wait 3-5 business days for its arrival? That could be changing. Last night Amazon introduced the possibility of packages delivered via drones. Drone delivery will deliver packages right at your…
L.A. Weekender: Dinosaurs, ice castles, fire, art and graffiti
November 22, 2013
The view is beautiful at the Fairplex offices this morning. A glance towards the north gives us a spectacular view of snow-capped mountains and thick clouds covering the hillsides. While we are tempted to just advise everyone to hit the slopes, we realize that might not be ideal for you. We came up with a…
Dinosaurs stomp into Fairplex
November 21, 2013
It’s just your typical rainy day at Fairplex. Hot tea and coffee sitting on office desks, warm soup being made in the break room, dinosaurs rolling into Expo Hall 7… Just a few of the dinosaurs invading Fairplex campus Wonder of Dinosaurs opens tomorrow for dino-lovers of all ages. Life-size dinosaurs are quickly filling one…
A sneak peek at Fairplex in December
November 18, 2013
Our creative team has started decorating for the holidays at Fairplex! A quick walk through Tapestry revealed rows of Christmas trees, bags of “snow”, stacks of presents and tables upon tables of cheery winter decor. We’ll be posting a more in-depth look at how we prepare for the holidays around our campus, but for now…
“You’re waiting for a train…”
November 14, 2013
Big Boy moved for the first time in 51 years today! Train fans, media crews and Fairplex employees witnessed the largest steam engine in the world move 1,200 feet across the Fairgrounds, marking her first steps on the journey to Wyoming. Big Boy rolls steadily along the newly built train tracks A spokesperson from the…
“Steady as she goes!” An update on Big Boy
November 12, 2013
The NHRA finals have wrapped up, and that means Big Boy is ready to continue her journey across the Fairgrounds. The largest steam engine in the world continues her mile-long trek from Fairplex to the MetroLink station and we want you to join us for part of the move. We would like to invite all…
Fairplex Snapshot: Auto Club NHRA Finals
November 8, 2013
You can hear it before you smell it. You can smell it before you see it. It’s the 49th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals. Each year the Mello Yello Drag Racing Series brings the best of the best to the Auto Club Raceway at Fairplex for the world championship series. It’s fast. It’s loud. It’s…
Big Boy makes tracks from Fairplex to Wyoming
November 6, 2013
Big Boy No. 4014 The Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 is one of the largest steam engines in the world, and she is embarking on a journey from Fairplex, CA to Cheyenne, WY. In order to accomplish this, a railroad is literally being built into the L.A. County Fairgrounds, connecting Big Boy from her home…
Behind the scenes of the 49th Auto Club NHRA Finals
November 6, 2013
Auto Club Raceway The 49th annual NHRA Finals starts tomorrow and runs through Sunday. It’s going to be loud, wild and tons of fun as thousands of drag racing fans come out to join the action and see who the world champions will be. We stopped by the Auto Club Raceway today to see how…
Drag racing, dinosaurs and graffiti at Fairplex
November 1, 2013
Wow October has zoomed by! It seems like only last week that we were shutting down the L.A. County Fair and starting preparations for Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare and Oktoberfest. Throw in the Bubble Run, myriad extreme sporting events and expos and it’s no wonder that October is truly the busiest month of our…
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