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Axios
3 days ago
- Automotive
- Axios
Detroit Grand Prix guide: Free events, parking and more
The Detroit Grand Prix will dominate downtown this weekend, starting with Friday's Free Prix Day and ending with Sunday's final race. Why it matters: The annual event transforms Jefferson Avenue and other downtown streets into a 1.7-mile racetrack for world-class drivers such as last week's Indy 500 winner, Alex Palou, who also won in Detroit two years ago. The race is expected to generate an economic impact of more than $100 million, Crain's reports. 🏁 Here's our grand prix primer: Free events: Friday's Free Prix Day allows free admission to grandstands 1 and 9. Free, wheelchair-accessible viewing platforms will be located along Jefferson all weekend. Hart Plaza, Spirit Plaza and Woodward Avenue will also host free fan activation areas all three days. Downtown race footprint: Road closures will affect parts of Jefferson (between the Lodge Freeway and Rivard Street) and Woodward Avenue (between the Campus Martius area and Jefferson). Transportation/parking: Parking garages inside the footprint will be closed except for the Franklin Garage, which requires pre-purchased tickets starting at $75. You can park along the People Mover's route and take it to the Renaissance Center inside the Grand Prix footprint. Another option is parking north of Campus Martius and taking the QLine to the race area. Both services are free. Learn the lingo: Motor sports tend to have a niche following. Luckily our Axios Indianapolis colleagues compiled a handy glossary of racing terms and other basic info for casual fans. Penske's cheating scandal: Off the track, local businessman and racing icon Roger Penske has been dealing with the fallout of a cheating scandal that resulted in the firing of three Team Penske executives just days before the Indy 500. The team's drivers did not fare well at Indy. One wrecked his car before it even started and another exited after 135 laps with a mechanical issue.
Yahoo
24-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
LA Metro sets opening date for new LAX transit center
LA Metro has released the opening date for its new massive transit hub near LAX. The LAX/Metro Transit Center located at 96th Street and Airport Boulevard in Westchester will officially open to the public on June 6, Metro officials announced. When opened, the new station, the largest in Metro's network, will be located along the K and C lines and will have a light rail station, bus plaza, bike share and bike parking, as well as other amenities. It will also provide direct connection to LAX via the Los Angeles World Airport's Automated People Mover, which is tentatively scheduled to open early next year after a series of delays. An LAX bus shuttle will service the station in the meantime. 'When the People Mover finally opens, then truly we will be an international airport that will connect people from literally inside the terminals to the world beyond through Metro,' said County Supervisor and Metro Board Chair Janice Hahn. The opening of the LAX/Metro Transit Center is a major milestone for Los Angeles' transportation future. When the Automated People Mover officially begins service, LAX will be serviced with direct train service for the first time in its history, just in time for the L.A. region to begin hosting a slew of high-profile sporting events, including the 2028 Olympics, the 2026 FIFA World Cup and Super Bowl LXI in 2027. After people mover falls through, Inglewood reworks transit connector plan The South Bay area Metro station is also expected to be the southern terminus for the eventual Sepulveda Transit Corridor, a planned rail line that will connect the San Fernando Valley south to major population centers in the greater Los Angeles basin through the Sepulveda Pass. The LAX/Metro Transit Center is another piece of the puzzle for LAX as it continues plans to modernize the aging airport's infrastructure, improve the traveler experience and reduce traffic in and around the terminals with better connectivity to local transit and rideshare services. The Automated People Mover will pass above Century Boulevard and will connect airport travelers to a ground transportation hub, a facility with all local car rental companies under one roof, and the new Metro station. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CBS News
24-04-2025
- CBS News
LAX Metro Transit Center station set to open June 6
The long-awaited LAX/ Metro Transit Center station is set to open on June 6, Metro Board Chair Janice Hahn announced on Thursday, finally connecting Metro riders to the airport. "The wait is nearly over, Los Angeles," Hahn said. The station is a multi-modal transportation hub, located at Aviation Boulevard and 96th Street, just northeast-adjacent to the airport. "And when the LAX People Mover finally opens, we will truly have an international airport that connects people from inside the terminals to the world beyond through Metro," Hahn said. The station will offer access to the Metro K and C Lines. The K Line has been operating only between Westchester and the E Line station at Crenshaw. With the new station opening, the K Line will extend south of Westchester to the Redondo Beach station. The Metro C (Green) Line, which currently runs between Redondo Beach and Norwalk, will run instead between Norwalk and a new Aviation/Century Station south of the airport, where riders can connect to the K Line. The new station will also offer a multilevel bicycle hub with secured parking, a pedestrian plaza, as well as an area for passenger vehicle pick-up and drop-off, according to Metro. The facility will also have a 16-bay bus plaza with electric bus infrastructure, a customer service center, and a passenger pick-up/drop-off area. Buses will shuttle travelers between the transit center and the airport until the Automated People Mover opens, as construction is ongoing. Airport officials announced in August 2024 that the system's four final train cars arrived, keeping on pace with the scheduled completion date of Dec. 8, 2025. It's expected to be up and running by January 2026, ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup and 2028 Summer Olympics.
Yahoo
11-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Nearly half of Magic Kingdom's attractions shut down Monday night, reports say
The same night that the Philadelphia Eagles were celebrating their Super Bowl win at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, nearly all the rides shut down at the park, according to reports by local outlets WKMG News 6 and WOFL. There were also some social media posts about the issue. "My brother is at Disney World right now & everything just stopped," @MelissaElrod20 wrote in the post on X. "People are stuck in rides everywhere [and] all the lights inside the rides are on. He said it's pandemonium in the streets at the Magic Kingdom." "This is crazy," wrote a Reddit user in the Walt Disney World subreddit. "Several ride queues emptied out in front of me. [I] go to the next ride, and it's being emptied." Hours before the park was set to close at 10 p.m. local time, the My Disney Experience app listed 18 out of the park's 40 attractions as "temporarily closed," reported local news outlet News 6. Guests use the My Disney Experience app to view the wait times of rides and the app also shows which rides are out of service. At 8 p.m. on Monday, only five rides were available to ride, according to News 6. Attractions guests were able to ride included the following, according to the news outlet: The Haunted Mansion in Liberty Square Jungle Cruise in Adventureland Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover in Tomorrow Land Tron Lightcycle / Run in Tomorrowland As of Tuesday morning, at 8:45 a.m. ET, some of the rides that were listed as "temporarily unavailable" on Monday have wait times and seem to be available on the My Disney Experience app. Rides without wait times listed on the rides will not open until 9 a.m. ET. USA TODAY has reached out to Walt Disney World for comment. Although there were claims online that the shutdown was due to a power outage, what actually caused the park's attractions to be shut down remains unclear. While the rides shut down before the park closed, Magic Kingdom was scheduled to host a "Disney After Hours" ticketed event, according to Walt Disney World's website. The event allows guests who purchased a separate ticket, priced from $175 to $185 plus tax, to stay from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m., after the park closes for regular ticket or annual pass holders. However, by 10 p.m., the time the event was set to start, only three rides were shut down, reported WOFL. On the list were the following: Space Mountain in Tomorrowland Tiana's Bayou Adventure in Frontierland "It's a Small World" in Fantasyland It is unclear if the event was affected by the ride closures. On Monday, the Philadelphia Eagles, the winners of the big game that happened the night before, also made the traditional visit to the Magic Kingdom. In a video posted to Walt Disney World's Instagram, Jalen Hurts, the Eagle's quarterback, can be seen on a parade float with Mickey and Minnie Mouse driving down Main Street USA. It is not known if the Philadelphia Eagles were affected by the ride shutdown. As of Tuesday, at 8:45 a.m. ET, the only rides that were listed on the theme park app as unavailable were previously closed for refurbishment before Monday night's shutdown. The rides "closed for refurbishment" are: Astro Orbitor in Tomorrowland Big Thunder Mountain Railroad in Frontierland The Hall of Presidents in Liberty Square Julia is a trending reporter for USA TODAY. You can connect with her on LinkedIn, follow her on X, formerly known as Twitter, Instagram and TikTok: @juliamariegz, or email her at jgomez@ This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Magic Kingdom rides were temporarily shut down Monday night: Reports
