Unique vendor exhibits in the popular vendor faire at the center stage.Kid’s entertainment including snap shots with Santa Clause, bouncy houses, bungee jumping, holiday characters, a petting zoo and more.Restaurant tastings and celebration parties.The popular Fireman’s Grill BBQ provided by the.Live Entertainment with over 12 signature bands in strategic locations.Corona del Mar merchant promotions throughout Corona del Mar’s Business District.The Corona del Mar Chamber of Commerce is proud to present the community’s most popular event of the year! This is an absolute can’t miss special event filled with holiday festivities for family, friends, residents and visitors looking for a spectacular way to ring in the holiday season.Įach year “The Walk” brings together thousands of fun-loving people into the Village of Corona del Mar for live entertainment, food, prizes and games in true holiday spirit!. Exhibits will focus on the region’s emergence as a leader in the craft beer industry, on the history of the San Diego County Fair and horse racing at the fairgrounds.Corona del Mar Christmas Walk – Sunday, / 11am-4pm Off-track wagering will continue in part of the renovated building, where the new live-music venue is expected to host 60 concerts annually. The indoor concert venue is expected to be a source of year-round revenue for the fairgrounds, which has always depended primarily on the monthlong San Diego County Fair followed by several weeks of annual horse-racing. The structure is 15 feet tall at the perimeter and 60 feet tall at the center. The original cone-shaped building is two stories tall with a partial third floor for mechanical equipment. Attendance has long been well below the facility’s capacity. However, since then new tribal casinos and online gaming have steadily siphoned much of its business. The Surfside Race Place off-track betting complex was built in the 1990s at the fairgrounds to serve a maximum capacity of 5,000 patrons per day. The lawsuit was settled a few months later when the fairgrounds agreed to closely monitor those concerns.
Also, the city of Solana Beach filed a lawsuit against the 22nd DAA in 2017, citing concerns about noise, traffic, air quality and other environmental issues. One reason for the delay was that the initial construction bids came in too high, at about $19 million, and the fair board decided to downsize the plans and rebid the project. At the time fairgrounds officials predicted an opening in the fall of 2019. The state commission, which oversees all coastal development, originally authorized the $13 million renovation project in October 2017. “Our staff is still in the process of running the various networking cabling for security cameras, Wi-Fi hot spots, locks on doors and things like that,” Chief Executive Officer Carlene Moore told the 22nd District Agricultural Association board of directors, which runs the fairgrounds. The fairgrounds expects to award a contract in April to a promoter and events manager for the facility, and shows could begin later this year. The work started late and then was suspended for months because of the pandemic and is only now nearing the finish. The commission’s after-the-fact approval comes more than two years after construction began. The California Coastal Commission authorized construction last week of the nearly completed 1,869-seat indoor concert venue and beer-tasting exhibit area in the off-track betting facility at the Del Mar Fairgrounds.