The Promenade Is Becoming a Place to Play Again: What's Open on the Lower Level This Fall

When the Promenade on the Peninsula opened in 1981, it was the Courtyard Mall, a $40 million enclosed center anchored by Bullock's Wilshire and the May Company, according to a Hoodline history of the property. It also opened with an ice rink. Forty-five years later, the rink is the part of that first plan the new tenants are building around. A bowling alley, a gaming lounge, golf simulators, a claw-machine arcade and a basketball academy have opened along the same 100-series suites. A 35,000-square-foot adventure park is next in line.

The mall is going back to recreation as its anchor. Read the directory with that in mind and it makes more sense than a list of new tenants.

The rink was the first proof

The rink opened in 1981. Dorothy Hamill and Michelle Kwan, both Olympic medalists, have skated there, according to American Sports Entertainment Centers, which now runs it as LA Kings Ice at Promenade on the Peninsula. It reopened in September 2021 under the Kings. The Daily Breeze reported at the time that the Kings and their operating partner had signed a five-year lease with the Promenade, plus two more five-year options.

The rink still offers figure skating, youth and adult hockey, public skating, parties and events. All of those activities bring people back week after week, and that kind of regular schedule is what the newer tenants are now trying to build.

What changed after 2022

The property changed hands at the end of 2022. Hoodline describes the new ownership as having moved the mall away from traditional apparel retail and toward experiential entertainment. A March 2026 piece in the Palos Verdes Source put the goal in local terms. The owners want to bring back the feeling of the mall as they knew it growing up, when families came to play in the fountain and visit Adventure Land, the toy store and the bookstore. The same article mentions a new green play area for kids.

ZenesisX, a 9,000-square-foot gaming lounge, opened in summer 2025. The biggest tenant so far built on that idea opened December 22, 2025. Level Up Bowl & Bistro has 14 lanes, four of them reserved for VIP bowlers, along with a bar, a restaurant, private party rooms and a large arcade, The Pen reported. The Pen is the student newspaper at Palos Verdes Peninsula High School. A Level Up staff member told The Pen why the venue chose the Promenade:

"Over the years, the Promenade has been less populated so we wanted families to come back and bring something to Palos Verdes that it hasn't had in a while."

Level Up's own site also lists LED-screen bowling, a VIP lounge, Krazy Darts, billiards and arcade games. The pitch is a bowling alley, a bar and a party venue under one roof, and that mix is why it fits the plan.

The play venues, suite by suite

The Promenade's current directory puts most of the recreation tenants within a few suite numbers of each other.

ZenesisX held its grand opening the weekend before the Daily Breeze covered it on August 21, 2025. Golf Theory posts public hours of 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. The Palos Verdes Source also lists LAB Basketball Academy among the new attractions.

Mega Looma comes from an operator who already knows the Peninsula

The next big opening will be run by someone who already does business on the Peninsula. What Now Los Angeles reported in August 2026 that Gloria Lee is behind Mega Looma. She also runs Looma Space, an indoor children's playground in Lomita, and owns Sugo Social, the New American restaurant that opened at the Promenade in 2025. Looma Space is at 2065 Palos Verdes Drive North and served as the small-scale model for the larger park, according to Hoodline.

Mega Looma will fill 35,000 square feet between Level Up and The Sports Complex. Plans include arcade games, bumper cars, trampolines, karaoke, a photobooth and private party rooms. Its own website still says "Coming Soon 2026," and no firm opening date has been announced. Once it opens, the stretch from Suite 116 to Suite 139 will hold four separate activities for kids and families, all within a short walk.

Where people eat between sessions

New restaurants tend to follow foot traffic, and the food tenants have moved into the same blocks of suites. Sugo Social, which blends Korean and Latin cooking, took over Suite 265 after the longtime tenant Luna Rossa, per Hoodline. Most of the rest sit in the 100s, close to the play venues:

• Fika Fika Creamery, Suite 100
• Terra Mia Woodfire Kitchen, Suite 141A
• Asian Bites, Suite 147
• Fuego Cravings, Suite 155
• Kickin' Kolaches, Suite 159
• Dilly D's Delicious Burgers, Suite 163
• Nara Boba, Suite 169
• Riiya Noodle House, Suite 171, coming soon
• Mochinut, Suite 179

El Pollo Inka is in Suite 201, and Soup 'N Fresh is listed as coming soon in Suite 359. Boba, mochi donuts, ice cream and burgers make sense next to a bowling alley and a claw-machine arcade. The tenant mix matches the visitors the recreation tenants bring in.

Back on the ice in November

The rink canceled public skating October 1 through 31 for ice maintenance. LA Kings Ice posts a weekly public-skate schedule, and it's worth checking that page before your first visit back. The posted weekly times are:

• Monday and Tuesday, 2:15 to 5 p.m.
• Wednesday, 2:15 to 4:15 p.m.
• Thursday, 10 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. and 2:15 to 5 p.m.
• Friday, 10 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., 12:30 to 2 p.m., 2:15 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.
• Saturday, 1:45 to 3:45 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.
• Sunday, 1:45 to 3:45 p.m.

Posted admission is $17 for adults. It's $13 for children 6 and under, for seniors, military and college students, and for the early-morning and last-hour sessions. Skate rental is $9, and you don't need a reservation. Themed skate nights cost $15 with rental included, but the rink lists those dates as "coming soon."

For school breaks, the rink's Camp Chillin runs 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. It costs $385 a week or $90 a day, and the rink says its dates are tentative.

The calendar from now through winter break

The busiest stretch of the holiday season runs through the Promenade, both inside and along Deep Valley Drive.

1. November 5 to 12: Regal Promenade has showtimes posted for Godzilla Minus Zero and The Cat in the Hat.
2. November 14: a Sun & Sea Collective Holiday Market at Promenade PV.
3. November 23 to 25: Camp Chillin's Thanksgiving week session at the rink.
4. December 5: a second Sun & Sea Collective Holiday Market at the Promenade.
5. December 12: the Peninsula Parade of Lights, with floats, marching bands and Santa. The city calendar lists it from 6 to 8 p.m., and road closures start at 4 p.m. The route runs along Deep Valley Drive, through the Promenade and on to Norris Center Drive. The city lists Peninsula Shopping Center as free parade parking.
6. December 21 to 23 and 28 to 30: Camp Chillin returns for winter break.

On parade day, Peninsula Center has one more event. Code Ninjas at 60 Peninsula Center is hosting a Young Entrepreneur Holiday Maker Market from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and shoppers get in free. You can spend the afternoon at Peninsula Center and the evening on the parade route.

Juanita has been selling homes on the Peninsula since 1983, and we pay close attention to every new tenant on Deep Valley Drive. If you're wondering how a busier Promenade nearby might show up in your home's value, The Stucker Group can walk you through it. Request your free home valuation, and we'll explain what we're seeing in the sales near the Promenade.