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Venice Beach will get a zip line by July 1.
The Venice Neighborhood Council voted in favor of the ride yesterday, according to Venice-Mar Vista Patch.
The 720-foot zip line ride will be strung between a 50-foot tower near the skate park and a 24-foot tower near the basketball courts. Greenheart Conservation Company was granted a three-month permit to operate the attraction.
Plans to erect a 175-foot ferris wheel at Winward Plaza were halted by the city in April, and then a zip line was proposed instead.
Los Angeles Councilman Bill Rosendahl was on scene at the Westminster Ave. Elementary School auditorium, where the neighborhood council meeting took place, to address Skid Rose and yesterday's announcement about Google taking over Gold's Gym.
