{"id":1976357,"date":"2025-08-23T16:59:46","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T16:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1976357"},"modified":"2025-08-23T16:59:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T16:59:46","slug":"its-here-santa-monicas-entertainment-zone-takes-over-the-third-street-promenade-on-weekends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/its-here-santa-monicas-entertainment-zone-takes-over-the-third-street-promenade-on-weekends\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Here\u2013 Santa Monica\u2019s \u2018Entertainment Zone\u2019 Takes Over the Third Street Promenade on Weekends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Santa Monica debuts SoCal\u2019s first outdoor Entertainment Zone with weekend open-container drinking on the Third Street Promenade.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone wp-image-1228\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em class=\"attribution\">Courtesy spiritofamerica via Adobe Stock<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Santa Monica is now home to SoCal\u2019s first \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/lamag.com\/news\/public-drinking-entertainment-zone-to-come-to-santa-monicas-third-street-promenade\">Entertainment Zone,<\/a>\u201d where tourists and residents can go on weekends to enjoy alcoholic drinks outdoors while walking around the Third Street Promenade. <\/p>\n<p>The event soft launches this weekend from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. and will be open every weekend thereafter. The Entertainment Zone will span from blocks 1200 to 1400, from Wilshire Boulevard to Broadway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSanta Monica is continuing to reimagine the experience on the Third Street Promenade,\u201d Mayor Lana Negrete said in a statement by the City of Santa Monica.<\/p>\n<p>As of right now, participating businesses include 1212, Barney\u2019s Beanery, Cabo Cantina, Casa Martin, Holey Moley and Pickle Pop.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re just opening right now,\u201d said Theresa Nguyen, a general manager at 1212, a New American restaurant on the promenade. \u201cBut, we\u2019re expecting it to be a lot of fun!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Participants will be required to wear city-approved wristbands given by the licensed businesses, which are only valid within the Entertainment Zone. Any outdoor drinking outside of the zone is prohibited. The city will increase security starting around 10 p.m. to promote safe and responsible drinking.<\/p>\n<p>The city <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/portal.laserfiche.com\/Portal\/DocView.aspx?id=3564105&amp;repo=r-70015e43&amp;searchid=d179cd87-a088-417b-9f43-34a8db25e04f\">approved the zone in May<\/a> to bring back business to the Third Street Promenade after a decline in customers following the COVID-19 lockdowns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-altfont has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-xs-font-size wp-elements-a392843e06eac12cec56e735f4f8219f has-lg-margin-top\" style=\"letter-spacing:1px;text-transform:uppercase\">Scroll to continue reading<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"320\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.beehiiv.com\/640ac268-a85a-41d9-b6d7-8b29040eca0f\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source lamag.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santa Monica debuts SoCal\u2019s first outdoor Entertainment Zone with weekend open-container drinking on the Third Street Promenade. Courtesy spiritofamerica via Adobe Stock Santa Monica is now home to SoCal\u2019s first \u201cEntertainment Zone,\u201d where tourists and residents can go on weekends to enjoy alcoholic drinks outdoors while walking around the Third Street Promenade. 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