ADVISORY, Sept. 10, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
| WHAT: | The color lighting program of the iconic Theme Building at Los Angeles |
| International Airport (LAX) will be re-lit and programmed red, white and | |
| blue to commemorate the ninth anniversary of the tragedies of Sept. 11, | |
| 2001. The lights were turned off for three years during a major renovation | |
| and seismic retrofit of the building that began in 2007 and was completed | |
| last May. The LAX Gateway Pylons also will be programmed with the | |
| nation's colors. The terrorist attacks of 9/11 have significant meaning to | |
| LAX as three of the hijacked flights -- American Airlines Flights 11 and 77 | |
| and United Airlines Flight 175 -- were destined for LAX. | |
| WHEN: | Sunset on Friday, Sept. 10 to sunrise on Saturday, Sept. 11. |
| Repeated at sunset on Sept. 11 to sunrise on Sunday, Sept. 12. | |
| WHERE: | LAX Theme Building in the Central Terminal Area and LAX Pylons |
| located along 1.5 miles of Century Blvd. between Aviation and Sepulveda | |
| boulevards, as well as the ring of pylons at the intersection of Century | |
| and Sepulveda boulevards. | |
| LAX THEME BUILDING LIGHTING SYSTEM AND LAX PYLONS: | |
| The LAX Theme Building lighting system will be re-lit following a three- | |
| year, $12.3-million renovation and seismic retrofit that were completed | |
| May 2010. The exterior lighting system, designed by Disney I | |
| Imagineering in 1997, was over-hauled this summer. | |
| The LAX Gateway Pylons -- 11 translucent, tempered glass columns of | |
| increasing height from 25 to 60 feet along Century Blvd. and 15 columns | |
| of 100 feet in a circle at the entrance to the Central Terminal Area, have | |
| become a symbolic gateway to Los Angeles since they were first lit in | |
| August 2000. In 2005, airport workers upgraded the pylons with a new | |
| system of light-emitting diode (LED) fixtures that were unavailable in | |
| 2000. The new technology allows easy computer programming with a | |
| palette of millions of colors, 75 percent savings in energy use, and | |
| improved reliability and less maintenance. | |
| The pylons will be illuminated nightly from sunset to sunrise in a variety | |
| of colors and sequences as designed and programmed by lighting artists | |
| and airport staff. | |
| Contact: | Albert Rodriguez of LAX Public Relations at (424) 646-5260. |