PLAYSTATION LONDON STUDIO IS CLOSING ENTIRELY. >>> IT WAS SUCH A HIT THEY ARE DOING IT AGAIN. CHINATOWN NIGHT MARKETS ARE BACK STARTING NEXT FRIDAY. THIS WAS IN NOVEMBER. OVER TWO NIGHTS, THOUSANDS SHOWED UP IN CHINATOWN FOR FOOD, DANCING, LOTS OF FUN AND ONE OF THE CITY'S ICONIC NEIGHBORHOODS AS NBC BAY AREA TELLS US ORGANIZERS ARE REPEATING THAT MAGIC AND GETTING SOME HELP FROM AN UNEXPECTED PARTNER. >> US ON MUSIC, CHILDREN, COMMUNITY BEING CREATED. >> SOLVE BUSINESS OWNER AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY ORGANIZER WAS ONE OF THE THOUSANDS WHO VENTURED TO CHINATOWN NIGHT MARKETS. >> I WAS EXCITED. I DANCED IN THE STREETS. I WALKED AWAY FROM THAT THINKING WE NEED TO HELP MAKE THIS HAPPEN CONSISTENTLY. >> SOMETHING FUN FOR EVERYONE. >> LILY IS THE FOUNDER OF A NONPROFIT THAT SUPPORTS THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. SHE ORGANIZED THE NIGHT MARKET. THE PAIR MADE A CONNECTION AND ARE NOW WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE THE NIGHT MARKET A MONTHLY EVENT. THE NONPROFIT AWARDED B CHINATOWN A GRANT. >> IT'S REALLY HELPFUL. >> WHAT'S IT LIKE HANGING AROUND MANNY? >> HE'S FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CITY SO I APPRECIATE THAT HE CARES ABOUT CHINATOWN. >> I'M NOT ORGANIZING THIS. THIS IS SOMETHING LILY AND THE CHINATOWN COMMUNITY MADE HAPPEN. DOING ANY EVENT IS NOT CHEAP. IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE. I'M HAPPY TO SAY OUR GRANT IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO FACILITATE THE BASE OPERATING COST FOR A YEARS WORTH OF NIGHT MARKETS IN CHINATOWN. >> THOSE COSTS INCLUDE PERMITS, HIRING PEOPLE TO SET UP, ENTERTAINMENT AND CLEANUP. PARTICIPATING MEMBERS SOLD OUT. SOME MADE MORE MONEY IN TWO NIGHTS THAN THEY USUALLY MAKE IN A WEEK. >> THEY'LL MAKE MORE THAN 10,000. I THINK THAT IS WHAT WE -- >> WOW. A LOT OF PEOPLE. >> IT'S REALLY EXCITING. EVERYBODY COMES BACK TO CHINATOWN. LIKE BACK IN THE OLD DAY. >> PHILIP HAS RUN GOLDEN KING VIETNAMESE RESTAURANT FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES. HE SAYS HE SOLD 300 FOOD BOXES IN LESS THAN THREE HOURS ON BOTH NIGHTS. HE IS JUST ONE OF THE VENDORS LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NIGHT MARKET TO CONTINUE. >> THANK YOU FOR THE IDEA TO HELP THE COMMUNITY AND BRING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND HELP THE COMMUNITY AND BRING BACK A LOT OF PEOPLE IN CHINATOWN. THAT'S THE MAIN THING. >> THE STREET MARKET WAS TWO BLOCKS. >> I'M LOOKING THREE BLOCKS. 900, 800 AND 700. >> IT WON'T JUST BE STREET VENDORS. >> I'M GOING TO HAVE A MARCH, KIND OF A GAME AND I'M GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE FORTUNETELLERS. >> IN THAT SPIRIT, LILY AND MANNY ARE NOW ON A MISSION. >> YEAH. WELL. ISN'T THAT WHAT MAKES SAN FRANCISCO SO AMAZING? A CHINESE GRANDMOTHER AND A YOUNG CAN WORK TOGETHER ON HELPING SMALL BUSINESSES THRIVE? CHINATOWN IS IN THE MIDDLE OF DOWNTOWN. THE NARRATIVE OF DOWNTOWN IS IT IS EMPTY BUT CHINATOWN IS A BEATING HEART. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT WE SUPPORTED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. >> THE FIRST MARKET OF THE YEAR IS FRIDAY MARCH 8th. WE HOPE TO CONTINUE EVERY SECOND FRIDAY OF THE MONTH OR AT THE YEAR. >>> GREAT SPONSORSHIP. THE NEXT CHINATOWN MARKET IS FRIDAY, MARCH 8th FROM 530 P.M. TO 9 P.M. IT'LL TAKE PLACE ON 700, 800 AND 900 TALK. NIGHT MARKETS WILL BE HELD
