Big Crowds On Hand This Weekend For 40th Grand Prix Of Long Beach
Early attendance estimates for the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach weekend were "sitting close to 180,000" yesterday. Grand Prix Association of Long Beach President & CEO Jim Michaelian said that that is "the largest number the Grand Prix has seen in 10 years." Michaelian: "It was a spectacular weekend. Great weather. Huge crowds. … It all came together in an extremely well-executed fashion." In a front-page piece for the Long Beach PRESS-TELEGRAM, Christian Trevino writes under the header, "Fabulous At 40" Long Beach PRESS-TELEGRAM