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VOL. 35, N0. 10
MARCH 5, 2021
SAN Midway group MARCOS -NEWS contests losing County Fair bid
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No final decisions regarding drive-thru THE VISTA options for fairgoers
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By Bill Slane
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DEL MAR — While the 22nd District Agricultural Association remains hopeful that the San Diego County Fair will be held in some capacity in 2021, one more roadblock was thrown in their way prior to their meeting to award a contract to a midway carnival operRANCHO ator. SFNEWS The fair board was prepared to award a winning bid to Ray Cammack Shows, who was awarded last year's bid before the fair was canceled due to COVID-19. However, the losing bidder, Talley Amusements of Fort Worth, Texas, filed a protest the day before a Feb. 23 special board meeting. “Now that a bid protest has been filed, the board can not take any action in awarding a contract at this time,” said Josh Caplan, legal counsel for the state board. “We simply need to wait until [the Department of General Services] has resolved the bid protest and that process has been completed.” In the past, the San Diego County Fair has hosted an independent midway with rides from various operators including Wood Entertainment, Ray Cammack Shows, Helm & Sons, Talley Amusements, S&J Entertainment, and many others, according to a release. However, the 22nd DAA board issued a letter of intent seeking a single midway operator in October 2020. Caplan said that they do not know the timing of when DGS will be able to resolve the bid, noting that
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ENCINITAS FIREFIGHTERS helped extinguish a vehicle fire on Friday, Feb. 26, in a parking lot near Moonlight Beach in Encinitas. Photo by Jim Babwe
Oceanside’s new coastal resort to open in May By Samantha Nelson
OCEANSIDE — Construction is almost complete for the new Seabird Resort and Mission Pacific Hotel, both of which are set to open in late May. The new resort and hotel are part of the project originally referred to as the Oceanside Beachfront Resort. The resort has been in the works for the last decade and has been under construction since 2019. Developer S.D. Malkin Properties say the resort located in front of the Oceanside Pier will be the “newest and largest oceanfront resort” in San Diego County in more than 50 years. The Coast News recently took an exclusive hard-hat tour of both Mission Pacific and the Seabird
Resort. Though both hotels are part of the same resort, they are distinctively different from each other in design and atmosphere. Located on the north side of the resort, Mission Pacific Hotel features more trendy, bohemian, contemporary designs. The hotel will focus its programming as a “couples sanctuary” versus the grand coastal estate feel that the Seabird Resort will have, according to Brandon Hendricks of Hyatt Hotels. Hendricks is the area director of sales and marketing for Hyatt, which is the management company for both hotels. The Seabird Resort’s design has a classic, coastal THE CITY’S historic Graves House rests as the courtyard centerpiece for the new Mission TURN TO RESORT ON A11
Pacific Hotel, set to open in May. The Graves House is currently undergoing renovations both on the inside and outside and is almost complete. Photo by Samantha Nelson
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