Orange County will be removed from the official name of the Great Park in Irvine, a move that city leaders contend will better highlight Irvine’s operation and development of the 1,300-acre park ...

IRVINE — If you haven’t visited the Orange County Great Park – where you see that big orange balloon from Interstate 5 – in the past few years, you may be surprised by the amount of ...

The sports complex at the Orange County Great Park photographed from the park’s signature balloon in Irvine, CA, on Friday, Feb. 14, 2020. (File photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG) ...

IRVINE, Calif. (KABC) -- The Irvine City Council has voted to drop reference to Orange County in the name of Great Park. The 1,300 acre park lies within Irvine and is funded and operated by the city.

Irvine officials say they have grand plans for turning the Great Park into something beyond a large regional sports park, ...

A split Irvine council last week voted to make the Orange County Great Park Corp. an advisory body reporting to the council. The city created the corporation in 2003 to build and operate a 1,300 ...

In Irvine, CA, Orange County's Great Park (OCGP, www.ocgp.org) is moving forward even in a down economy. The Great Park is being developed on the former Marine Corp Air Station El Toro, constructed in ...

The iconic balloon – bearing the color of its home county – soars 400 feet above the Great Park and in pre-pandemic times serves as a public observation deck.

State officials say the proposed Orange County Great Park cannot use nearly $1.5 billion in state tax revenues to fund the project. The decision means Irvine’s plan for a 1,300-acre park at the ...

The results of an initial audit raised questions about decision-making, especially regarding how contracts were awarded. Concern about how money has been spent developing Orange County Great Park ...

Irvine has historically functioned as Orange County's ideal, a suburb free from problems. But two lawsuits are trying to threaten that stereotype. One, filed by former mayor and councilmember Larry ...