AEG's proposed expansion would include expanding the parking garages at L.A. LiveL.A. LIVE
As L.A. Live celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, AEG along with its private and public partners, has proposed a $1.2B expansion of "some of the surrounding facilities," including the L.A. Convention Center and the JW Marriott, according to Kelli Skye Fadroski of the ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER. The proposed expansion includes an "additional, 40-story tower at the JW Marriott that will include" 850 hotel rooms, a 109,700-square-foot meeting space and a 51,300-square-foot ballroom and an expanded L.A. Live parking garage. Staples Center, Microsoft Theater and L.A. Live President Lee Zeidman said the proposal was in the final stages of "crossing the T’s and dotting the I’s." The expansion would also upgrade the Convention Center to "include a 90,000 to 100,000-square foot multi-purpose space, a 20,000-30,000-square foot meeting space and 180,000-200,000-square foot new exhibition hall." With the 20th anniversary of Staples Center rapidly approaching, Zeidman said that AEG and its partners are in the "midst of interviewing architectural firms for an update of the sports arena and live concert venue." Some of those upgrades include "adding premium clubs and opening up the upper concourse to give patrons a great view" of downtown L.A. or "premium seating with a view of players taking the ice or the basketball court." All of this would be done "without ever fully shutting down the venue" (ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, 7/9).
