Fun Finale: The last days of the Redondo Beach Fun Factory
Horse race announcer James Shafer announced Redondo Fun Factory horse races for 35 years. Photo Casey Chang (Instagram:@my_opp) It’s about 8:40 on Sunday night — well after when the Redondo Fun Factory was scheduled to close its barn doors to the public for the last time. Bob McCann was exhausted. He’d been running the horse race game (think Del Mar by way of skee-ball) for much of the evening, and you could see the exhaustion, owing to playing race-track emcee/gaming referee. But just as he was about to walk away from his post, a family of five walked up, the three kids asking for a go. McCann hesitated for a moment, looked around, then gave in. “Okay, one more game,” he said to them as he settled back over to the microphone, held to its stand with fraying duct tape. “Last game.” The Redondo Fun Factory shuttered for good on Sunday, following a sudden announcement made by owner Steve Shoemaker two days earlier. Redondo Fun Factory owner Steve Shoemaker on Sunday, the Fun Factory’s final day. Shoemaker built the horse track and horses shortly after the opening the Fun Factory in 1974. Photo “I’ve been fighting with the City of Redondo for almost 50 years, and I’m just tired. It’s…
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