Meeting News - July 21, 2008 - (Page 44)

new & renovated showcase LA INC. The Los Angeles Convention & Visitors Bureau Los Angeles, California with views of Westside, ocean, and downtown. 3,400-squarefoot Club Lounge, adjacent to a small boardroom for business meetings. Combined Lobby Lounge and restaurant on the 24th floor offers panoramic views of downtown. Outdoor rooftop swimming pool and terrace MEETINGS BLUEPRINT •1 million square feet of hightech, expansive exhibit and meeting space •Exhibition halls, towers, and lobbies linked by a meeting room concourse in a unified center •Pre-installation and onsite support for telephone, Internet, and data networking services •Internet broadcasting capabilities •Cell phone and pager rentals •Full-service, on- or offsite catering services •Full-service business center ATTRACTIONS •33,400-square-foot, interactive GRAMMY Museum, opens early December 2008 with a 200-seat theater, 13,000 square feet of rooftop space for up to 450 •235,000-square-foot NOKIA Theatre for premier concerts, award shows, corporate showcases, product launches, speaker series, general sessions, and corporate meetings •40,000-square-foot, open-air NOKIA Plaza for pre-show entertainment and press events •Club NOKIA, a 59,000-squarefoot, 2,300-capacity venue for emerging music acts, cultural shows, and corporate events. Exclusive catering by Wolfgang Puck •STAPLES Center, a world-class sports and entertainment venue. Home to five professional sports franchises, including the Los Angeles Lakers •Conga Room, a two-story facility showcasing Latin music and culture. 6,500-square-foot ground floor restaurant and radio broadcast facilities, with a 9,200-square-foot live entertainment and nightclub upstairs •Regal Cineplex, 140,000square-foot West Coast flagship for Regal Cinemas, will boast 14 screens and 3,800 seats. 800-seat house for premieres, presentations, and breakout space •Lucky Strike Lanes, offering a café and bar, billiards, darts, private function rooms, and 18 bowling lanes DINING DELIGHTS •Fleming's Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar •Wolfgang Puck •The Farm of Beverly Hills •Yard House •New York-based Rosa Mexicano •ESPN Zone multilevel restaurant and sports bar •Starbucks •New Zealand Natural Ice Cream ON THE MAP LA LIVE is located 17 miles from Los Angeles International Airport. CONTACT Michael Krouse Senior VP, Sales & Client Services (213) 236-2359 Fax: (213) 452-1459 E-mail: mkrouse@lainc.us www.discoverlosangeles.com L.A. LIVE brings luxury hotels and a high-tech convention center to the nation's entertainment capital NEW The Big Day: 2nd phase, October 2008; 3rd phase, March 2010 The Bottom Line: $2.5 billion mixed-use development WHAT’S NEW L.A. LIVE is downtown's brandnew, 4 million-square-foot entertainment, sports, hospitality, dining, and nightlife epicenter, featuring the new NOKIA Theatre and GRAMMY Museum. The project’s third phase will be complete in early 2010 with the opening of the JW Marriott, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, and The Ritz-Carlton Residences, plus spacious meeting rooms, ballrooms, and the Regal Cineplex. Adjacent to the STAPLES Center and the high-tech Los Angeles Convention Center (LACC), L.A. LIVE has helped build LA's reputation as the premier first-tier destination for meetings and conventions. THE FLOOR PLAN •JW Marriott Hotel features 878 guest rooms, including 35 luxury suites with skyline views. 77,000 square feet of indoor meeting space consists of a 25,000-square-foot Main Ballroom, 20,000-square-foot Junior Ballroom, 17,000 square feet of flexible exhibit/meeting space, and 14,000 square feet of meeting space •Ritz-Carlton is a 123-room “all club” hotel, with all guest rooms on the upper floors of a 54-story metal-and-glass tower SPOTLIGHT Designed by renowned architect Gensler, the 1,001-guest room, 1.1 million-square-foot JW Marriott & Ritz-Carlton Hotel soars 54 stories above downtown Los Angeles. Operated as two separate entities under the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton Hotel brands, the hotel will serve both the convention/group meeting and tourist markets on its competitively priced main floors, as well as offer five-star accommodations on its upper levels for headline performers, visiting sports teams, and executives. SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION 44 July 21, 2008 http://www.discoverlosangeles.com

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