Santa Monica Pier 1970s 2025. Experience a free and live reenactment of the events that followed when two groups of passionate citizens in the 1970s worked to save the pier from the santa monica city. The landmark santa monica pier debuted on september 9, 1909, and pacific park opened on may 26, 1996, becoming the first amusement park on the pier since 1930.
The “save the pier” play will recount this 1972 grassroots fight to stop the demolition of the santa monica pier, which ultimately led to voters passing “proposition i” in. Santa monica city council approved an environmental quality act report unanimously, advancing the anticipated pier bridge replacement project.