Los Angeles Convention Center

Downtown Los Angeles To Get New High Rise -- Yet Another Marriott-Related Hotel

The local economy isn't exactly rockin.' But you wouldn't be able to tell by looking at downtown's skyline, which is starting to resemble an instant city in China. The latest high rise planned for downtown Los Angeles will break ground early next year and take the form of a Renaissance Hotel, devel ... More >>

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5 Reasons Why This Is the Best $519 Vacuum Cleaner We Saw at Dwell on Design

A friend of mine who designed her home in Malibu laughed when the men on her design team said they'd put the laundry room in the basement. "If I'm going to be folding laundry" the working mother of two said, "I'm going to do it with an ocean view." Her adage emphasizing utility over aesthetics is ... More >>

Top 5 Anime Series You Need to Watch Before Anime Expo

See also: Coverage from Anime Expo 2011 Anime Expo will take over downtown Los Angeles once again beginning on June 29. For four days, anime fans, often dressed in elaborate costumes, will gather at the Los Angeles Convention Center to check out the latest shows from Japan, take in a few concerts a ... More >>

Put Down Your Comic Book, There's a New Convention in Town

Anime and Music Convention AM2 Announces 2012 Dates at Anaheim Convention Center

Dianne GarciaAM2, 2011​AM2, the fan convention dedicated to "animation, music and manga," has announced that it will return for a second event at Anaheim Convention Center on June 15-17, 2012. The convention follows an unusual model in that general admission is free. Fans, however, have the ... More >>

Industrial Dancer Tank9 Releases Anime Expo 2011 Video 'Dance to Space Electro'

Shannon CottrellFilming Tank9's new Anime Expo video​For the past three years, Tank9 has been filming himself dancing with cosplayers at Anime Expo. The popular videos are filmed in some of the busiest portions of the Los Angeles Convention Center-- including the food court and the South Hall ... More >>

Tank9 of 'Angry Industrial Dancer in Little Saigon' Shoots New Dance Video at Anime Expo

Shannon CottrellTank9 and a breakdancer at Anime Expo​Search "industrial dance" on YouTube and you'll find a lot of videos of people busting out the dance floor stomp that's become associated with clubs that play industrial, EBM and other associated styles of music. Near the top of your search ... More >>

Anime Expo 2011: South Hall Evacuated Temporarily on Saturday

Shannon Cottrell​We've just received word that the South Hall of the Los Angeles Convention Center has been evacuated in the middle of Anime Expo 2011. Rumors are swirling of a suspicious package or a bomb threat, as they generally do in these situations. We'll update with more concrete detail ... More >>

Go to Anaheim Instead

Activision Pumps Up Call of Duty Elite, Modern Warfare 3 and Prototype 2 at E3

Shannon Cottrell​ If there was one spot in the Los Angeles Convention Center's South Hall that drew constant crowds on the first day of E3, it was Activision. The game company's temporary headquarters were unadorned in comparison to some of the whimsical booths that surround it, but they had w ... More >>

Virtual Singer Hatsune Miku to Appear in 3D Concert at Anime Expo

Hatsune Miku, the wildly popular character from the Vocaloid family of synthetic voice programs, will appear in concert Los Angeles on July 2 at Nokia Theater in connection with this year's Anime Expo, according to the Miku-Fes 2011 website. Much like her sold-out show in Tokyo (see the above vide ... More >>

Rave Ban at Convention Center Proposed by Los Angeles City Councilwoman Janice Hahn

Caesar SebastianRavers get up at EDC.​The city of L.A. is considering a ban on raves at the downtown Convention Center, which it runs. Interesting, because the Convention Center doesn't host raves. And it could come under the control of Anschutz Entertainment Group, the LA Live-owning company ... More >>

L.A. Stadium Plans Jeopardized by Break Down of NFL Labor Talks

Not yet, L.A.​If you've been waiting expectantly, nachos in-hand, for the NFL's much-teased return to L.A., you might want to get comfortable, because this could take a while. Contract talks between the players and team owners broke down Friday, possibly imperiling the 2011 season. What does ... More >>

Dream of Downtown L.A. NFL Stadium Takes First Solid Step as Environmental Review Process to Begin This Week

Dennis RomeroWoo-hoo: EIRs rock.​Despite the cheerleaders, free food and fancy sketches, the plan to build a stadium downtown has been mostly just talk. Until now. The first concrete step toward building this thing at the Los Angeles Convention Center will happen this week, according to a let ... More >>

Mother Of Sasha Rodriguez, Girl Who Died Of Ecstasy Overdose Following A Night At Electric Daisy Carnival Rave, Says Teen Didn't Know She Was Taking E

Facebook.Sasha Rodriguez didn't know she was taking E?​Sasha Rodriguez is the young raver who might have changed everything, but not before losing her life to ecstasy. After attending L.A.'s Electric Daisy Carnival in June the 15-year-old died of an apparent ecstasy overdose. Her mother, Grac ... More >>

Teen Girl Fatally Shot At 4th Of July Celebration Near Downtown Los Angeles

​A 14-year-old girl was fatally shot as she celebrated the 4th of July near downtown Los Angeles Sunday night, police said. She was hit as gang members fired on rivals about 10:30 p.m. in the 1300 block of South Toberman St. in the Pico-Union neighborhood, according to authorities. "The girl ... More >>

'Trigun: Badlands Rumble' to Screen Saturday at Anime Expo

Check out photos from Anime Expo in Shannon Cottrell's slideshows "Anime Expo 2010: Thursday, Day One" and "Anime Expo 2010: Friday, Day Two." Trigun: Badlands Rumble will make its English subtitled premiere Saturday at Anime Expo, Funimation representatives announced Friday at the convention. The ... More >>

Antonio Villaraigosa Visits Anime Expo, Fans Ask Why

Early Thursday afternoon, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa appeared at Anime Expo to announce that the annual mega-event will return to Los Angeles Convention Center through 2013. Shannon Cottrell​

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Badgeless at E3 (Video)

Tuesday morning, we headed downtown for E3 prepared to check out the video game industry's newest offerings. There was one problem, though. We couldn't get badges. ​

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Industry Titans To Discuss Fossil Fuel Alternatives For Auto Industry

Ahead of this week's Los Angeles International Auto Show, a select group of industry titans is gathering at the Hammer Museum in Westwood Tuesday to discuss alternative fuels and new technologies for the auto industry. Scheduled attendees include Henrik Fisker, CEO of Fisker Automotive, John Krafci ... More >>

Has L.A.'s Auto Show Overshadowed Detroit and Tokyo?

In the wake of the bankruptcies of General Motors and Chrysler, a downsized Detroit auto show that saw the likes of Nissan, Porsche and Mitsubishi pull out, and a Tokyo auto show subsequently passed up by the Detroit three automakers, is L.A.'s own annual showcase next the place to be for the auto w ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Kick Out the Clots Benefit, Texas Heat at Crewest Gallery, Anime Expo 2009

Between not buying illegal fireworks in Chinatown and enjoying the fact that we could sleep in Friday, our Fourth of July Weekend was pretty packed, with Pool party/BBQ after Pool party/BBQ to attend. In between nursing our sunburn and our hangover, we got to hit up some of the most happening event ... More >>

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Over the Weekend: RIP J.G. Ballard, Three Days of Coachella Madness, Plus Zombie Invasion at Fangoria Convention

We don't know about you but we are the very definition of exhausted. Three days of music, parties and the desert heat at the 10th annual Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio has left us completely wiped. But damn if we didn't get some great coverage while we were there. Randall Roberts put tog ... More >>

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At Tomorrow Night's Tribute to Neil Diamond Downtown, An Unlikely Tejano Band Gets Tapped by the Man Himself

Tomorrow night at the Los Angeles Convention Center downtown, the MusiCares Foundation will honor Neil Diamond with its Person of the Year award, and a bunch of superstar bands will take the stage to celebrate The Action Man and his music. Among them will be the Foo Fighters (of course -- is there ... More >>

Los Angeles Convention Center Before and After

Last week, the Los Angeles City Council approved a deal that could lead to dozens of monster-size billboards and video displays to be mounted on the outer walls of the Los Angeles Convention Center – aimed at tens of thousands of motorists driving by one of the most congested intersections in Amer ... More >>

City Council Will Consider Selling Rights for Electronic Billboards

The Los Angeles City Council will consider a proposal today to allow massive electronic signs along the 10 and 110 freeways next to the Los Angeles Convention Center. The proposal by Anschutz Entertainment Group reportedly calls for 50,000 square feet of advertising signs. Last week, the Trade, Co ... More >>

Brewer's Back-to-School Speech

According to the Daily News, LA Unified Superintendent David Brewer gave one of his rousing speeches at the Los Angeles Convention Center yesterday, as he welcomed administrators back to school. The event didn't get too much press coverage, unfortunately, and maybe that's why the former Navy admiral ... More >>

At L.A.'s E3 Summit: The Business of Beautiful Killing Games

Faster, Dracula! Kill! Kill! Bloodthirsty peeks at the latest versions of Flock, BioShock, Borderlands, WolfQuest and Castlevania, plus Konami designer Koji Igarashi

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Paint It Black

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Feel the Glow

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