This historic building was built in 1917 and named The Bowling and Billard’s Building. Since that time, the Santa Monica Pier has worked its way up to hosting 12+ Million visitors each and every year. As reported by the Santa Monica Pier Corporation, 4.5 Million people visit in the summer and 65 thousand visitors on average are weekend visitors. The data also suggest that 54% of visitors are from California, 25% are from elsewhere in the United States and 21% of visitors are international visitors as follows: - UK/Ireland - Western Europe - Asia - South America - Mexico/ Central America -Western Canada -Scandinavia