{"id":313333,"date":"2026-05-13T08:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T08:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/313333\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T08:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T08:00:06","slug":"grand-opening-of-snoop-doggs-store-postponed-due-to-safety-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/313333\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Opening Of Snoop Dogg&#8217;s Store Postponed Due To Safety Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONG BEACH, CA \u2014 The much-anticipated grand opening of Snoop Dogg\u2019s new cannabis dispensary in Long Beach was postponed \u2014 with the announcement of the delay coming just a day before the planned event \u2014 due to safety concerns, according to the store.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith expected attendance exceeding safe capacity, we&#8217;ve decided to postpone to ensure we deliver the experience the community deserves: safely, and in the right way,\u201d the business, called S.W.E.D., said Friday in a statement posted on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>Snoop Dogg\u2019s team <a href=\"https:\/\/ktla.com\/entertainment\/grand-opening-of-snoop-doggs-1st-long-beach-storefront-postponed-over-safety-concerns\/?email=1ccf16867533e559074f1fd8eb8b574b537394b1&amp;emaila=83da5dcca5302a5b1d9c9cb5ce14ebb6&amp;emailb=bebb2a621f9b0671369e08490bd3d7e2431efee5276cc83e53425969f3e38287&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Curated%20Entertainment%20News%202026-05-08&amp;utm_content=ktla%205%20entertainment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">cited to KTLA<\/a> a shooting at the March 1 grand opening of Marathon Burger, which left one dead and two injured, the outlet reported, noting the burger franchise is connected to late rapper Nipsey Hussle.<\/p>\n<p>Snoop Dogg is from Long Beach and already has a dispensary near Los Angeles International Airport.<\/p>\n<p>While Saturday&#8217;s Long Beach grand opening event did not occur as planned, the new store was open on Saturday to customers.<\/p>\n<p>The event had promised concert tickets, food and drinks, and hundreds of goodie bags.<\/p>\n<p>The business still plans to work with the city to host an event, Friday\u2019s statement said. A new date had yet to be announced as of Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Long Beach store is located at 2115 E. 10th St.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONG BEACH, CA \u2014 The much-anticipated grand opening of Snoop Dogg\u2019s new cannabis dispensary in Long Beach was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":313334,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-313333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313333","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=313333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}