Los Angeles Meeting & Travel Professionals Guide 2008/2009 - (Page 12) Perfect Place continued Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, home of the LA Opera with 3,189 seats, plus several private meeting rooms, the Grand Hall, lobby areas and the Oval Bar; and The Plaza, an outdoor area with fountains, measuring nearly 52,000 square feet. At the Muses Room in the historic Wallis Annenberg Building for Science, Learning and Innovation at the California Science Center, windows open to Exposition Park’s famed Rose Garden. The Muses Room was a former mess hall for soldiers in a building that’s been restored to its original 1912 glory. Los Angeles Center Studios is a full-service studio campus with a wide variety of event venues within a completely enclosed creative environment. Event venues include six 18,000-square-foot soundstages, outdoor decks with astonishing views of the Downtown LA skyline, a 400-seat state-of-the-art theater, Flix Café, executive boardrooms, private streets and 1,200 subterranean parking spaces. You don’t have to be a baseball fan to know that hosting an event in the home stadium of the Los Angeles Dodgers will set your group apart. Dodger Stadium can host gatherings of 10 to 56,000 with large parties, interactive baseball festivals, softball tournaments, team-building exercises, picnics and more. Meal functions can also be held in the Stadium Club, and guest speakers, including Tommy Lasorda, are available to make your event an unforgettable affair. One of LA’s most noteworthy recent developments is the continued progress of the L.A. LIVE complex. The 7,100-seat NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE opened in 2007 next door to the Los Angeles Convention Center and STAPLES Center. The theater is already extremely popular and hosts more than 150 annual events, including concerts, awards shows and other exciting performances. Additionally, the new GRAMMY® Museum offers four floors of attention-grabbing exhibits, a 200-seat soundstage and an event-friendly rooftop terrace. ensure your participants know they are experiencing an A-list affair. Hosting an event at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) gives your guests the unique opportunity to privately view art in any of its galleries. Whether it’s for a small group of 100 or a cocktail reception for 1,000 people, LACMA provides an elegant and sophisticated setting. LACMA’s spectacular new centerpiece is the Broad Contemporary Art Museum (BCAM). Designed by world-renowned architect Renzo Piano, it features an 8,000-squarefoot piazza that meeting professionals will want to consider for special events. UCLA practically defines the Westside. As an excellent source of art, culture, variety and activity, it’s no wonder students and visitors alike crowd the campus daily. The Hammer Museum houses an impressive collection of art ranging from Impressionist and PostImpressionist works by Monet, van Gogh and Cassatt to European old Master works by artists such as Rembrandt and Titian. The museum offers several stunning indoor and outdoor event spaces suitable for groups of 50 to 1,200. The Fowler Museum at UCLA westsIde LA’s Westside is famous for the lifestyle idealized in television and film. But for your meeting, it offers a lot more than just famous zip codes. From museums to ritzy backdrops, the Westside is the place to 12
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