L.A. Live

L.A. Live, the $2.5 billion entertainment complex rising next to Staples Center, is home to the Nokia Theatre, the GRAMMY Museum, Club Nokia, Conga Room, Lucky Strike, ESPN Zone, New Zealand Natural Ice Cream, The Farm of Beverly Hills, Fleming's Prime Steakhouse, Lawry's Carvery, Yard House and Rock'N Fish.

Coming in 2009 are Katsuya, Rosa Mexicana, Trader Vic's, Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grill and Regal Cinemas.

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AEG Proposes Nighttime DASH Route

By Eric Richardson — September 02, 2008
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LADOT is working with AEG to develop a nighttime DASH route that would connect LA Live and the Music Center, providing service until midnight on Friday and Saturday evenings. DOT would provide the DASH buses, but private companies would be expected to provide for all operating costs. Councilmembers Jan Perry and Wendy Greuel submitted a motion asking DOT to...

Clippers Draft Party Shows Nokia as a Large Living Room

By Eric Richardson — June 27, 2008

|Photo Gallery| On Thursday afternoon roughly 700 Clipper fans made their way over to LA Live, but their destination wasn't the Staples Center. The Clippers held their 2008 Draft Party at the next door Nokia Theatre, and for a day the 7,100 seat venue turned into Downtown's biggest living room.

Cherry Picker Install at LA Live

By Eric Richardson — June 24, 2008
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A trio of cherry pickers were kept busy yesterday, as workers installed a glassy facade on the building at the northeast corner of LA Live. That part of the massive development is scheduled to open in December, with grand opening festivities for the Grammy Museum slated for December 3rd. In a rarity for Downtown, yesterday's work didn't even require a sidewalk...

Finals Shows Potential of LA Live

By Ed Fuentes — June 11, 2008
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|Photo Gallery| Last night's gathering at the Redwood Bar & Grill was an enjoyable evening, with a Lakers win mixed with blog talk and discussion of all things Downtown. With additional HDTV screens newly installed and house speakers pumping in the game play-by-play, the Redwood is a definite place to put on your list of where to watch a game. Watching a game on TV, it...

Nokia Plaza a Bust or Just Not Ready Yet?

By Eric Richardson — January 24, 2008
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Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne writes about public squares in this week's Times Magazine, and finishes by declaring LA Live's Nokia Plaza a bust. "So much for South Park's new neighborhood gathering spot," he writes. After mentioning an email from a resident unhappy about the space's rules against dog walking — could this perhaps be Urban...

ESPN On Track for Downtown Broadcasts in 2009

By Eric Richardson — December 18, 2007
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The Times today takes a look at ESPN's plans for their space at LA Live. The sports broadcaster is building two studios in the complex, and will be moving the late Sportscenter out here when work is completed in Spring of 2009. The five-story ESPN building that is taking shape will house an ESPN Zone restaurant on the first two floors and two television production...

Using the Curve to Full Advantage

By Eric Richardson — October 23, 2007
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Standing in the plaza at LA Live the other night, Ed and I were both struck by how well the red light show on the side of Met Lofts integrates into the visual performance that LA Live creates. Though a block away, the building fits right into the visual canvas being created, and is framed by the curvature of 11th street as it connects into Figueroa. I'm sure...

A Fancy Model for Downtown's Ritz

By Ed Fuentes — October 15, 2007
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Word is that Downtown's fancy Ritz-Carlton Residences at L.A. Live have been reserving very well since going on the market just a few months ago. Word on the street is that reservations were so brisk that plans for a fancy sales center in the nearby Petroleum building were scaled back in the middle of build out. Why spend extra when you apparently don't need...

Checking In on LA Live

By Eric Richardson — August 31, 2007

If you haven't made it down to peer at the LA Live construction lately, it's worth a trip to see how work is progressing. The Nokia Theater opens in October, and that quick date is finally starting to look feasible from the exterior. Pictured is a crane that's being used to hoist advertising and lighting towers in the plaza space that'll run between the Staples...

Glam and Glitz for the Ritz

By Ed Fuentes — June 01, 2007
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|Photo Gallery| You can now add Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger as a future Downtown Los Angeles property owner. AEG President and CEO Timothy Leiweke confirmed to the crowd gathered at L.A. Live for the groundbreaking ceremony of the The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Ritz-Carlton Hotel and JW Marriot Hotel, that the Governor placed a deposit on a Ritz-Carlton condo. "From...

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