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"This is a monumental task but there is nothing about this project that scares me."-- Icon Venue Group President & CEO Tim Romani, AEG’s proposed downtown L.A. event center's project manager, on the number of obstacles in front of the project (ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, 12/16).
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AEG yesterday "revealed architectural renderings" from three design firms of the company's proposed events center in downtown L.A., according to Arash Markazi of ESPN L.A. AEG will "choose a design and work on the entitlement process with the City of Los Angeles within 30 days." Tim Romani, President & CEO of Icon Venue Group, the event center's project manager, said yesterday that the development "would be built within" AEG's $1B and on the proposed site near Staples Center. The plan is to "first tear down the West Hall, build a $350 million replacement and then begin construction" on a 72,000-seat retractable roof stadium. If all "goes as planned, construction on the new stadium would begin by 2012 with the stadium ready to be op ...
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