-- ADVISORY -- LAX GATEWAY PYLONS TO BE LIT PURPLE AND GOLD TONIGHT TO ACKNOWLEDGE LAKERS KOBE BRYANT'S FINAL NBA GAME TONIGHT
-- ADVISORY --
LAX GATEWAY PYLONS TO BE LIT PURPLE AND GOLD TONIGHT TO ACKNOWLEDGE LAKERS KOBE BRYANT'S FINAL NBA GAME TONIGHT
WHAT: The LAX Gateway Pylons that illuminate the Century Boulevard entrance to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) will be lit in gold and purple tonight to acknowledge basketball star Kobe Bryant’s career with the Los Angeles Lakers. After 20 seasons and five championships, Bryant is scheduled to play his last National Basketball Association (NBA) game tonight.
The 1.5-mile lineup of 11 translucent, tempered-glass columns of increasing height from 25-feet to 60-feet tall run along Century Boulevard and culminate 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. The pylons, oriented skyward and designed to mimic an aircraft takeoff pattern, are visible to airline passengers from 3,000 feet.
The pylons are illuminated in a variety of colors – 16 million color possibilities – and sequences as designed and programmed by lighting artists and airport staff.
WHEN: From dusk on Wednesday, April 13, 2016, to dawn on Thursday, April 14, 2016
WHERE: Century Boulevard between Aviation and Sepulveda boulevards
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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