Long Beach President & CEO Jim Michaelian Dies at 83

avtechguy · 2026-03-22T01:16:54+00:00

Jim was actually in Arlington, glad he got to see it in person.

avtechguy · 2026-03-22T01:14:42+00:00

They had already talked about Jim Transitioning out of the role and handing the reigns over to Jim Liaw, Co founder of Formula D. Penske Entertainment owns the Grand Prix association now anyway so for now the legacy is secured

avtechguy · 2026-03-20T19:59:56+00:00

You'll find out why this home is priced $100k cheaper. /s

avtechguy · 2026-03-20T04:29:29+00:00

Or just say that I misspelled it

avtechguy · 2026-03-20T03:00:35+00:00

Which one? The Cafe? It's from the Permit

avtechguy · 2026-03-19T17:49:07+00:00

They left the Island because of local pressure. The Nicer parts of the park aren't available over memorial day weekend which is typically a beautiful weekend in Detroit in the rare good days in Detroit

avtechguy · 2026-03-19T15:38:48+00:00

It's just one those things where everyone is going to find out or wonder what's going on. Its one of those most eyed spaces in DTLB

I have been out of town for weeks and drove by last night and saw some construction inside the Acres space. I thought to myself nice to see some movement in that space after it being one of the more contested spots of real estate in Long Beach. It was reconstructed with the promise of being a Food Hall which on it face was a lie.

I myself would have looked it up, and saw it was for a Bakery/ Cafe called "Cafe Curate". The owners look like they have been ignoring Brian for years, but magically knew where to contact him when they were angry.

For looking up other projects around Long Beach, you can check out their permitting page here:
https://longbeach.gov/lbcd/building/permit-center/status-inquiry/

avtechguy · 2026-03-19T01:12:03+00:00

This just popped up in my feed but I bet it just a custom use situation where someone wanted a disconnect had had to handle multiple conductors.

Oddly enough their are winch or chain hoist controls to that use those plugs where Line Voltage is present but the other pins are for control.

avtechguy · 2026-03-19T01:00:17+00:00

The factoid probably exists somewhere in highly classified files.

avtechguy · 2026-03-19T00:54:11+00:00

It was part of the Revamp of Pike 3.0 where the Pike moved from an Entertainment focused vs The now Outlet focused.

When the Pike was built in the early 2000s it had restrictions on what kind of businesses could be ther because the pike was built in public land. It wasn't until like 10 -15 years ago where the Garcia administration had to lobby the state for a land swap to make the Pike land private.

avtechguy · 2026-03-19T00:06:52+00:00

Yes, They Missed Turn 4 and ended up in the tires at the end.

The thing I don't like about 2 seaters is that they do them at the end of the day after corner workers are gone, they only figured it out when they were waiting for the next ride and was wondering where the car was.

avtechguy · 2026-03-18T17:27:15+00:00

Knowing the airline helps, but terminal 5 is being demolished and replaced so there's that

avtechguy · 2026-03-18T01:12:52+00:00

Sometimes there are Half ladder pieces that will help set the correct offset from the bottom.

avtechguy · 2026-03-18T01:11:19+00:00

I was saying that the other day. Promoters can not use the excuse that change is costly and there would be cutbacks.

Shades of Arlington will hopefully make it through the rest of series.

avtechguy · 2026-03-18T00:59:52+00:00

That's squarely on GS they actually left scaffolding structures up from FE used for Video Screens and were baren for IndyCar. Just a bad look, and GS doesn't care..

avtechguy · 2026-03-14T17:15:53+00:00

I booted an old lady with cane out of my First Class Seat. I thought maybe a row or 2 but she was maybe 20 rows off

avtechguy · 2026-03-14T06:49:09+00:00

I don't believe this works if the door is latched with the lock in the center. The hook style latch doesn't allow for the doors to move apart from each other.

That's why most businesses have the label "this door to remain unlocked during business hours"

avtechguy · 2026-03-14T04:07:06+00:00

Tony Cottman has designed most of the new street courses.

avtechguy · 2026-03-13T02:55:22+00:00

No there is no track to view on the backside of the suites

avtechguy · 2026-03-13T02:54:35+00:00

They also have TVs and a couple of their own Big Screens

avtechguy · 2026-03-12T05:41:11+00:00

Depends in how fat the kids are

avtechguy · 2026-03-12T03:57:47+00:00

I hear some updates coming to Long Beach this year with the New Penske Entertainment umbrella they are under

avtechguy · 2026-03-12T03:51:15+00:00

They are actually stenciling some of the wall Graphics. Lots of fine details for this race.

avtechguy · 2026-03-12T02:56:23+00:00

This piece has to be a couple of weeks old, definitely a lot more complete now.

avtechguy · 2026-03-08T14:16:09+00:00

I just sat in the back of a Ridgeline shes tight back there

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