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Article: City again banks on cruises to assure fleet commercial gains. (Spotlight on Long Beach).
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
- Article date:
- February 3, 2003
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LONG Beach is again looking for ocean liners to give it an economic boost.
The city is pinning its hopes on the April 3 opening of a Carnival Cruise Lines terminal adjacent to the venerable Queen Mary -- itself a tourist attraction whose surroundings having seen better days.
The $40 million project built by the cruise line includes a 1,000-foot-long pier where ships will dock, a 50,000-square-foot terminal inside the former Spruce Goose Dome and a 1,450-space parking garage. Carnival's new boarding area, which will replace its current San Pedro docking facility, includes a waiting area and customs and immigration station.
Two 2,052-passenger ...