![]() ![]() One of the key attractions for more modern tastes will be the amphitheater, a 6,200-seat venue operated by Los Angeles music promoter Nederlander Concerts. “It was locals on weekdays and locals and tourists on the weekends,” said Johnson, who was partial to the joke shop, glassblower and game arcade. Johnson, whose San Pedro company Jerico Development is building West Harbor with Los Angeles developer Ratkovich Co., rode his bicycle to Ports O’ Call as a boy and hopes to recapture the enthusiasm the attraction generated in its heyday, when crowds were constant. One proposed attraction that would combine alcohol with a sense of danger is what developer Eric Johnson calls an “ aerobar.” It would be a tall open cylinder, reminiscent of the Skytower, where riders would sit in a circle with their feet dangling and be hoisted high enough to see to Catalina Island while being served cocktails by a bartender perched in the middle. One of the recreational proposals being considered would bring a skate park, a wave machine for surfing and an artificial ski slope. West Harbor is projected to open in 2022 but will continue to be developed in the years to follow and is intended to include a hotel after the travel business recovers from the pandemic. “We think this project lends itself to bigger, funner events and we’re excited to be a part of that.” Sangmeister broke three ribs attempting to fly his own entry, but said he is game for more antics in San Pedro, where he plans another Gladstone’s. One of the first restaurateurs to sign a lease was John Sangmeister, owner of Gladstone’s seafood restaurant in Long Beach, a competitive sailor who is also known for arranging public parties and stunts including a 2010 contest in which entrants made human-powered flying machines and piloted them off a 30-foot-high deck into the local harbor. The project recently got a name change, from San Pedro Public Market, as it previously was known. West HarborĪ 2020 groundbreaking was delayed by the pandemic, but next year construction is set to begin on the $150-million first phase of West Harbor, the dining, shopping and entertainment complex that will replace Ports O’ Call. ![]() His research vessel the Nautilus docks there, as does Boeing’s prototype unmanned research submarine Echo Voyager.īefore the pandemic, about 3 million people came to the waterfront each year for recreation, a tally port leaders hope to double after people begin to venture out again. ![]() Rising nearby will be a solar-powered “lighthouse” as tall as the Statue of Liberty, towering over a cluster of century-old warehouses containing new-economy businesses such as the headquarters of undersea explorer Robert Ballard, who located the wreck of the Titanic and the German battleship Bismarck. At the Ports O’ Call site, expect to find a seaside brewery and beer garden among the spread of stores and restaurants in a 42-acre retail center called West Harbor that will have five times as much outdoor space as the Grove mall in Los Angeles. ![]()
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