Can A New Hotel Save LA's Convention Center?

A deal with the city for a new 1200-room hotel is expected to make LA's convention center more competetive.

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March 8, 2005, 9:00 AM PST

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.

Thanks to Evan Lincove

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Monday, February 28, 2005 in The Planning Report

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