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# Performances score choice beach parking spot
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/performances-score-choice-beach-parking-spot/
- Published: 2004-09-16T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T05:04:57.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Events, Pier, #archive-import

*By GENEVA WHITMARSH Daily Press Staff Writer*

COUNCIL CHAMBERS — One of the largest beach parking lots in Santa Monica will be converted into an outdoor theater for various events in the upcoming year.

The Santa Monica City Council voted on Tuesday to allow long-term theatrical performances to take place at the 1550 parking lot, just north of the pier.

The first performance to be held at the lot will be Cavalia, a theatrical performance that bills itself as a “magical encounter between man and horse.”

The community events program approved by the council allows for short-term events for the purposes of artistic expression but does not address long-term

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Production trucks set up camp Wednesday at the 1550 beach parking lot for the filming of a JC Penny commercial. (Photo: Carolyn Sackariason/Daily Press)

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 16, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/091604.pdf?ref=smdp.com)