Celebrities, CEOs and inner-city shredders will convene today at a Beverly Hills estate.
The event will be the Stand Up For Skateparks benefit, sponsored by the Tony Hawk Foundation, and the beneficiaries will be the new skatepark to be installed at Long Beach McBride Park and the kids who use it.
The star-studded event could raise $70,000 to $80,000 or more for the park at 1550 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave.
Since 2002 through his foundation, Hawk has raised more than $3 million for hundreds of parks throughout the U.S.
This year's fund-raiser, billed as an "exclusive, family-centric, action-sports carnival" will feature a live performance by Jane's Addiction, a Vert Demo with Tony Hawk and other skateboarding and BMX stars on Hawk's personal ramp. There will also be a preview of a new video game, food and live and silent auctions.
Celebrity guests are expected to include Olympian Shaun White, Andre Agassi, Lance Armstrong and numerous celebrities and action sports stars.
Information on tickets is available at http://www.standupforskateparks.org/ The website also includes some of the auction items, signed memorabilia and other items.
The nonprofit announced the choice of the Long Beach site in August.
Although $400,000 to $450,000 of Redevelopment Agency money had already been earmarked for the project, the Hawk money will provide improvements that will make it a first-class facility.
As designed, the footprint for the facility is about 14,000 square feet, 12,000 of which will be skating area.
"I don't even know how to explain it, I am so excited," 6th District Councilman Dee Andrews said at the time of the announcement.
Former Councilman Mike Donelon, who has been at the forefront of promoting skate parks in Long Beach, said when the award was announced that with the funding and the Tony Hawk connection, "I have no doubt it will be one of the premier skateparks in Southern California."
The event will be the Stand Up For Skateparks benefit, sponsored by the Tony Hawk Foundation, and the beneficiaries will be the new skatepark to be installed at Long Beach McBride Park and the kids who use it.
The star-studded event could raise $70,000 to $80,000 or more for the park at 1550 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave.
Since 2002 through his foundation, Hawk has raised more than $3 million for hundreds of parks throughout the U.S.
This year's fund-raiser, billed as an "exclusive, family-centric, action-sports carnival" will feature a live performance by Jane's Addiction, a Vert Demo with Tony Hawk and other skateboarding and BMX stars on Hawk's personal ramp. There will also be a preview of a new video game, food and live and silent auctions.
Celebrity guests are expected to include Olympian Shaun White, Andre Agassi, Lance Armstrong and numerous celebrities and action sports stars.
Information on tickets is available at http://www.standupforskateparks.org/ The website also includes some of the auction items, signed memorabilia and other items.
The nonprofit announced the choice of the Long Beach site in August.
Although $400,000 to $450,000 of Redevelopment Agency money had already been earmarked for the project, the Hawk money will provide improvements that will make it a first-class facility.
As designed, the footprint for the facility is about 14,000 square feet, 12,000 of which will be skating area.
"I don't even know how to explain it, I am so excited," 6th District Councilman Dee Andrews said at the time of the announcement.
Former Councilman Mike Donelon, who has been at the forefront of promoting skate parks in Long Beach, said when the award was announced that with the funding and the Tony Hawk connection, "I have no doubt it will be one of the premier skateparks in Southern California."
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