already on sale<\/a>, with general admission tickets for the first day starting at $58, and three-day general admission tickets starting at $151.<\/p>\nBut readers can get their hands on a free general admission ticket for the first day of the Grand Prix, on Friday, April 17,\u00a0by grabbing a copy of one of the Southern California News Group\u2019s 11 daily newspapers on select days.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Southern California News Group is pleased each year to partner with Grand Prix officials to help present the Free Friday promotion,\u201d Tom Bray, SCNG\u2019s senior editor for Los Angeles County, said in a statement. \u201cWe hope everyone gets a chance to get a taste of Long Beach\u2019s defining annual event.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Free Friday promotion, which has a $58 value, will run inside SCNG\u2019s daily papers every Friday and Sunday until April 17, with some exceptions. The next opportunity to get a free ticket is Friday, March 27.<\/p>\n
You\u2019ll be able to find the Free Friday promotion in any of SCNG\u2019s 11 daily newspapers, including:<\/p>\n
Long Beach Press-Telegram
\nDaily Breeze
\nLos Angeles Daily News
\nPasadena Star-News
\nWhittier Daily News
\nSan Gabriel Valley Tribune
\nOrange County Register
\nInland Valley Daily Bulletin
\nSan Bernardino Sun
\nRiverside Press-Enterprise
\nRedlands Daily Facts<\/p>\n
You can find Free Friday tickets on these dates:<\/p>\n
Friday, March 27 (sports section)
\nSaturday, March 28 (sports section)
\nFriday, April 3 (main news section)
\nThursday, April 9 (sports section)
\nSaturday, April 11 (main news section)
\nWednesday, April 15 (sports section)
\nFriday, April 17 (main news section)<\/p>\n
While the event\u2019s main event \u2014 the IndyCar Series\u2019 Grand Prix of Long Beach \u2014 is on Sunday, April 19, first-day attendees can still watch practice runs for all racing series and qualifying for some others. General admission ticket holders can also check out the Lifestyle Expo, enjoy plenty of food and make their way around the concourse.<\/p>\n
For ticket packages for the entire Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach or other information, visit gplb.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 Grand Prix of Long Beach is around the corner, and our readers have the chance to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238542,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[7,131,28942,133,132,137,100],"class_list":{"0":"post-239446","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-long-beach","8":"tag-california","9":"tag-long-beach","10":"tag-long-beach-grand-prix","11":"tag-long-beach-headlines","12":"tag-long-beach-news","13":"tag-los-angeles-county","14":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}