Editing Costa Mesa, California (section)

==Arts and culture==
===Annual cultural events===

The [[Orange County Fair (California)|Orange County Fair]] takes place at the fairgrounds in Costa Mesa each July. The Fair receives more than one million visitors each year.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Money |first=Luke |date=August 24, 2018 |title=Record 1.47 million visitors pack 2018 O.C. Fair |work=Daily Pilot |url=https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-me-oc-fair-numbers-20180814-story.html |access-date=March 17, 2022 |archive-date=March 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220317155114/https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-me-oc-fair-numbers-20180814-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Annual Scarecrow & Pumpkin Festival was first held in 1938, went on hiatus for seven decades, and then was restarted in 2013.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Graham|first1=Jordan|title=Scarecrows face off in Costa Mesa competition|url=https://www.ocregister.com/2015/10/19/scarecrows-face-off-in-costa-mesa-competition|newspaper=[[The Orange County Register]]|date=October 18, 2015|access-date=July 12, 2020|archive-date=July 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715033218/https://www.ocregister.com/2015/10/19/scarecrows-face-off-in-costa-mesa-competition/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Facilities===
[[File:Costa-mesa-ca.jpg|alt=|thumb|Fairgrounds, Costa Mesa, in 2020]]Adjacent to the [[OC Fair & Event Center|Fairgrounds]] is the [[Pacific Amphitheatre]], which has hosted acts such as [[Madonna]], [[Jessica Simpson]], [[Steppenwolf (band)|Steppenwolf]], and [[Kelly Clarkson]].

The [[Segerstrom Center for the Arts]] and [[South Coast Repertory]] Theater are based in the city.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SCFTA - Directions |url=https://www.scfta.org/Plan-Your-Visit/Directions-Parking.aspx |access-date=March 18, 2022 |website=www.scfta.org |archive-date=March 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309132013/https://www.scfta.org/Plan-Your-Visit/Directions-Parking.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>

===National Football League===
Costa Mesa has been home to the [[National Football League|NFL]]'s [[Las Vegas Raiders]] training camp since 2024. Previously it was home to the training center, training camp and corporate headquarters of the [[Los Angeles Chargers ]] from 2017 to 2024. The team agreed to a lease of the facility they moved into prior to their relocation from San Diego.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Money |first=Luke |date=January 27, 2017 |title=Chargers have 10-year lease for Costa Mesa HQ and training facility |work=Daily Pilot |url=https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/tn-dpt-me-costa-mesa-chargers-20170127-story.html |access-date=June 22, 2022 |archive-date=June 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622171938/https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/tn-dpt-me-costa-mesa-chargers-20170127-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The building, called the Jack Hammett Sports Complex is a former office space, but Chargers players and coaches said it was an upgrade from what the team had in San Diego.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2017/07/26/a-look-at-the-los-angeles-chargers-training-camp-in-costa-mesa/ |title=A look at the LA Chargers training camp |date=2017 |website=The Orange County Register|last1=Snibbe|first1=Kurt|access-date=October 21, 2019 |archive-date=May 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511145715/https://www.ocregister.com/2017/07/26/a-look-at-the-los-angeles-chargers-training-camp-in-costa-mesa/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The Chargers occupied the facility until 2024 when they left for a purpose-built practice facility in [[El Segundo, California|El Segundo]]. The team gutted the first floor of the building to make room for team rooms. Construction cost more than $3.8 million. After the Chargers departed for El Segundo, the facility became the training camp home of the [[Las Vegas Raiders]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Snel |first=Alan |date=May 13, 2024 |title=Raiders Fans In SoCal Rejoice: Silver and Black Will Hold Summer Training Camp In Costa Mesa |url=https://lvsportsbiz.com/2024/05/13/raiders-fans-in-socal-rejoice-silver-and-black-will-hold-summer-training-camp-in-costa-mesa/ |access-date=May 13, 2024 |website=LVSportsBiz |language=en-US}}</ref>

Decades prior, the facility was a lima bean farm owned by a Swedish immigrant family who became prominent developers in Orange County.<ref>{{cite web |author=Jack Wang |url=https://www.dailynews.com/2017/06/30/chargers-settling-into-costa-mesa-after-months-of-relocation/ |title=Chargers settling into Costa Mesa after months of relocation – Daily News |date=June 30, 2017 |publisher=Dailynews.com |access-date=October 21, 2019 |archive-date=May 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511214616/https://www.dailynews.com/2017/06/30/chargers-settling-into-costa-mesa-after-months-of-relocation/ |url-status=live }}</ref>