Can A New Hotel Save LA's Convention Center?

Beginning in 2000, business for the Los Angeles Convention Center suffered as competitors opened the doors to new and newly renovated convention centers and related hotels. Now, as a deal with the City of Los Angeles for a new 1200-room hotel is crafted, the LA Convention Center is poised to enter a new era. In this interview, Michael Collins, executive director of LA Inc., the Los Angeles Convention Center and Visitors Bureau, discusses why convention centers make sense, why a hotel was so long in coming and what the future could look like for part of downtown Los Angeles.