The Ferris Wheel's New Lighting System To Brighten The Sky With A Red, White And Blue July 4th Spectacular At Pacific Park

Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier will highlight America’s Independence Day with the Ferris Wheel’s dazzling display of patriotic red, white and blue colors, patterns and transitions; and a waving American flag in honor of the Fourth of July from Friday to Monday, July 1-4. The Ferris wheel light show begins at sunset, about 8:09 p.m., to 12:30 a.m. Pacific Park is open from 10 a.m. to 12:30 a.m.

In May Pacific Park debuted a nearly $1 million new lighting system on the world-famous Ferris wheel to celebrate its 20th Birthday that features higher resolution, greater color depth and faster “frames per second” display speed.

Standing 130 feet above the Pacific Ocean, the Pacific Wheel’s new 174,000 LED lights are mounted on the Ferris wheel’s structure including the 40 spokes and two hubs. The world’s only solar-powered Ferris wheel’s new lighting system features 16.7 million color value combinations while the new programming and display software upgrades increase imaging to 24 frames per second to display dynamic, custom, computer-generated lighting entertainment. The eco-friendly, enhanced LED lighting provides 81 percent greater energy savings than most Ferris wheel’s traditional incandescent bulbs.

Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier, LA’s only admission free amusement park, offers 12 amusement rides, 14 midway games, an oceanfront food plaza and beachside retail shops. Prices and operating hours are subject to change. For more information and operating hours, please call 310-260-8744, visit pacpark.com, go to Facebook.com/pacificpark or follow on Twitter.com/pacpark.

Pacific Park is located at 380 Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica, CA 90401.