[3] Featured attractions included the Zip roller coaster, Dodge'em, Caterpillar and Captive Aeroplane rides,[4] and the Dome Theater, which was opened with a sneak preview of the film Trouble presented by child star Jackie Coogan.

[7] The Bon-Ton Ballroom, which opened first, was a social dance hall and the work of an East Coast businessman named Austin McFadden.

[9] The house band at the Bon-Ton Ballroom was led by Harry Baisden, and they often performed live for radio audiences on KFI[10] and KHJ.

Just how Contreras and his men were able to break through this barrier is not rtated, but it is known that it was after great difficulty and many weeks of careful manipulation".

[13] After the club had been raided four times, C. J. Lick announced that tenants of the "submarine garden" below the pier had always assured him that their operation was a legitimate pool hall,[14] but given the circumstances he would not be renewing their lease.

The great dome flamed like an inverted cauldron as the tongues of fire ate through the rooting, and after the flammable material was destroyed, the huge, cement hemisphere puffed smoke into the air through a vent.