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Inside the $2.6B plan to boost LA Convention Center with luxe new additions

California Post·Bianca Zalben·24 days ago
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Los Angeles is going all in on its Olympic glow-up , with city leaders pushing a staggering $2.6 billion makeover of the aging LA Convention Center (LACC) in a desperate bid to revive a struggling downtown before the 2028 Games. While full construction job won’t be completed until 2029, about 80% will be done by the time the Olympic and Paralympic Games begin, according to Kimberly Weedmark, general manager at the LACC. The flashy overhaul will transform the decades-old complex into a futuristic mega-campus complete with rooftop terraces, giant digital displays, sleek new events halls and a massive glass atrium hovering over Pico Boulevard. Under the ambitious plan, the convention center’s South and West halls would finally be stitched together with a brand new structure spanning Pico, creating more than 750,000 square feet of uninterrupted convention space, and increasing the total space to more than 1 million square feet.…

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