{"id":371472,"date":"2026-06-23T13:43:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T13:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/371472\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T13:43:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T13:43:12","slug":"how-downtown-la-went-from-best-avoided-to-accessible-sports-hub-as-world-cup-fans-descend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/371472\/","title":{"rendered":"How Downtown LA went from best avoided to accessible sports hub as World Cup fans descend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Los Angeles is a shimmering dream factory of Hollywood boulevards and palm trees silhouetted against powder-pink sunsets. The American city is also famous for its wonderfully wacky culture that has given the planet everything from space-age architecture to US$21 smoothies at organic supermarket Erewhon.<\/p>\n<p>But for the slew of sports fans who will descend upon the city for the Fifa World Cup and <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/los-angeles-2028-olympic-games?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2028 Summer Olympics<\/a>, the question remains: is Downtown Los Angeles (DTLA) safe?For decades, DTLA carried baggage. To many travellers, it conjured images of the devastating 1992 riots and Skid Row, long the United States\u2019 epicentre of homelessness. For international visitors accustomed to <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/hollywood?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hollywood<\/a>\u2019s gloss, DTLA felt like a place you avoided.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">But a remarkable transformation is under way. And according to Steve Choe, the dual general manager of the Moxy Downtown Los Angeles and the AC Hotel Downtown Los Angeles hotels, the narrative has flipped. It is now one of the most walkable parts of Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Steve Choe, the dual general manager of the Moxy Downtown Los Angeles and the AC Hotel Downtown Los Angeles, says DTLA has been transforming in recent years.\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2a2684ce-0c3d-4b4f-969c-dee639644122_ab9905e8.jpg\" title=\"Steve Choe, the dual general manager of the Moxy Downtown Los Angeles and the AC Hotel Downtown Los Angeles, says DTLA has been transforming in recent years.\"\/>Steve Choe, the dual general manager of the Moxy Downtown Los Angeles and the AC Hotel Downtown Los Angeles, says DTLA has been transforming in recent years.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">He argues that beneath the clich\u00e9s, the real LA has quietly built a side that most tourists never see. And for the growing wave of international sports fans arriving for the World Cup and the 2028 Summer Olympics, they say this hidden Downtown is one of the city\u2019s great charms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles is a shimmering dream factory of Hollywood boulevards and palm trees silhouetted against powder-pink sunsets. 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