Sheraton Fairplex Conference Center Variety is the spice of venue life: Venues are focusing on more than just size and practicality. They are also honing their visually unique qualities. BizBash released an article commenting on how conference planners are looking for ways to break out of the mundane in venue choice. Rather than hosting business…
From books to brews
October 11, 2013
Fairplex is the master of transformation. Sure the Staples Center might be able to switch from an ice rink to a basketball court on the fly, but have you ever seen our moves? In 10 days we have transformed the Latin themed Plaza de las Americas into a Bavarian wonderland and the Living Library of…
Oktoberfest Giveaway Winner!
October 9, 2013
Congratulations to Carol for winning our Oktoberfest Opening Weekend giveaway! Carol will receive 2 Oktoberfest admission tickets, $20 in food bucks, 2 sixteen oz. beer coupons and an Oktoberfest hat. Thank you to everyone who participated! We will be hosting another Oktoberfest giveaway in the upcoming weeks so check back often. Prost! (P.S. Carol said…
Oktoberfest Giveaway
October 7, 2013
Fairplex is an extremely diverse campus that transforms from a full-blown Fair to an off-road expo to a blacklight obstacle course… and that was just one weekend. Our next major event is Oktoberfest, opening this Thursday, Oct. 10th and running every Thurs-Sun until Oct. 27th. Oktoberfest 2012 What was once the building that housed the…
Event Industry News: SnapChat 2.0, iHeartRadio gets own theater, government shutdown affects event industry
October 7, 2013
Snapchat 2.0: If you’re a “snapper” you might have noticed a slight change in the app. While not adapting to a Facebook model per se, Snapchat now allows for a news feed of sorts, collecting your snaps within a 24-hour period and giving users the option to send this collection to their friends. The biggest…
L.A. Weekender: First Fridays, blacklights and soccer
October 4, 2013
Since every weekend consisted of the L.A. County Fair for us, we took a break from giving you the L.A. Weekender. Now that we’re back to a semi-normal schedule we thought it was time to re-launch our weekly Los Angeles event listings. Here you go… happy Friday! Photo courtesy of Idea go from freedigitalphotos.net First…
Well that’s a new one…
October 3, 2013
Having just ended the L.A. County Fair, we’re no strangers to food novelties–things like the Krispy Kreme double cheeseburger or the bacon-flavored cotton candy. Still, we had to blink twice when we read on LAist that Umami Burger is hopping on the fusion-food train with the debut of their doughnut ice cream sandwiches. So far…
Craft Beer Experience comes to Oktoberfest
October 3, 2013
Oktoberfest is all about the beer. But you knew that. What you might not know is that we are bringing the beer drinking experience to a whole new level at this year’s event. In addition to our enormous steins of beer we will also have the iPourIt Craft Beer Experience available at Oktoberfest. If you…
Fall at the Farm
October 2, 2013
The week following the L.A. County Fair always trips me out. During September a walk to the farm means encountering thousands of Fair guests and smelling deep-fried temptations at every corner. Once the Fair is over it feels like a ghost town (albeit a beautiful, peaceful one.) The farm is no longer hidden by food…
Hello, October
October 1, 2013
Photo courtesy of Dan from freedigitalphotos.net We just wrapped up production of the 91st L.A. County Fair. It was crazy. It was fun. We had a blast. But now as the carnival rides are taken down and the scent of deep-fried food drifts away our attention turns towards Fall: crisp blue skies, changing leaves…
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