Staples Center Renovations On Hold For Likely At Least A Year

AEG Sports COO Kelly Cheeseman said that expected renovations to Staples Center "have been put on pause for 'probably at least a year,'" according to Jack Harris of the L.A. TIMES. Plans to update the 20-year-old building were "supposed to be unveiled in late 2019." However, nothing official had been released "before the COVID-19 pandemic forced the building to close in March." Cheeseman said, "Unfortunately, because of the timelines being completely uncertain and the accessibility to workers and based on the phases we're at, all that had to get put on pause for now. You need a number of months to complete these renovations and you can already see the rollover effect. If seasons aren't starting until December of next year, the offseasons (in the summer of 2021) are even shorter and more compressed. So we're going to have to wait it out before we're able to relaunch it" (L.A. TIMES, 5/15).