LAX GATEWAY PYLONS TO BE LIT GOLD IN CELEBRATION OF ACADEMY AWARDS® WEEKEND
LAX GATEWAY PYLONS TO BE LIT GOLD IN CELEBRATION OF ACADEMY AWARDS® WEEKEND
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WHAT:
The 100-foot-tall LAX Gateway pylons that illuminate the entrance to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) will light the night in gold in celebration of this year’s 87th Oscars ® ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Sunday, February 22. The annual awards ceremony will honor outstanding film achievements in 2014. The gold-lit pylons are in tribute to the Oscar statuettes given to the winners in each of the 24 categories during the awards ceremony.WHEN:
From dusk on Saturday Feb. 21, 2015, to dawn on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015;and from dusk on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015, to dawn on Monday, Feb. 23, 2015WHERE:
Century Boulevard entryway to Los Angeles International Airport.ABOUT LAX PYLONS:
The LAX Gateway pylons have become a symbolic gateway to Los Angeles since they were first lit in August 2000. In 2005, airport works installed a new system of light-emitting diode (LED) fixtures that were unavailable in 2005 .The 1.5-mile lineup of 11 translucent, tempered glass columns of increasing height from 25 to 60 feet along Century Boulevard culminates with a ring of 15 100-foot-tall columns at the intersection of Century and Sepulveda boulevards. Together, with 32-foot-high "L-A-X" letters facing eastward to welcome incoming motorists, the pylons create what is considered the world’s largest permanent public art light installation. Oriented skyward and designed to mimic an aircraft takeoff pattern, the pylons are visible to airline passengers from 3,000 feet.
The pylons can be illuminated in a variety of colors – 16 million color possibilities – and sequences as designed and programmed by lighting artists and airport staff.
CONTACT:
Marshall Lowe, LAX Public Relations, (424) 646-5260.LAX, the sixth-busiest airport in the world serving nearly 66 million guests in 2022, is owned and operated by Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), a proprietary, revenue-generating department of the City of Los Angeles that also governs Van Nuys Airport (VNY). As the international gateway to the Southern California region, LAX and its partners are dedicated to meeting global airport standards for customer satisfaction, safety, regional economic leadership, organizational performance and sustainability.
To better serve the millions of domestic and international guests that travel through LAX each year, the airport is undergoing a multi-billion-dollar capital improvement program to modernize its entire campus. Initiatives underway include an Automated People Mover, a Consolidated Rental Car Facility and two projects that will each add over one million square feet to the airport's existing property: Terminal 9 and Concourse 0. For more information about LAX, its transformation and its environmental, social and local workforce commitments, please visit flylax.com. Follow LAX on X (formally Twitter), Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook and YouTube.
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