As work continues to modernize and expand the downtown Los Angeles Convention Center, city officials said Monday they have lined up 13 organizations to hold their annual conferences in the city.<\/p>\n
According to Mayor Karen Bass, 13 organizations have chosen LA directly because of the center\u2019s expansion project. The conferences are expected to bring more than 103,000 people to the city, and deliver a more than $242 million boost to the local economy, according to the mayor\u2019s office.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur expansion and modernization of the LA Convention Center is driving new economic growth and increased tourism to Los Angeles, bolstering our ongoing investment to revitalize Downtown LA,\u201d Bass said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am grateful to the city Tourism Department and our partners for their success in driving business to the city,\u201d Bass added.<\/p>\n
The following conferences are scheduled to be held:<\/p>\n
\u2014 2029: National Association for College Admission Counseling;<\/p>\n
\u2014 2029: American Chemical Society;<\/p>\n
\u2014 2030: Specialty Coffee Association;<\/p>\n
\u2014 2031: American Heart Association Scientific Session;<\/p>\n
\u2014 2031: American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology;<\/p>\n
\u2014 2031: American Immigration Lawyers Association;<\/p>\n
\u2014 2032: Association for Financial Professionals;<\/p>\n
\u2014 2033: Educause;<\/p>\n
\u2014 2033: American Heart Association International Stroke Conference;<\/p>\n
\u2014 2034: Health and Fitness Association;<\/p>\n
\u2014 2035: American Society for Human Genetics;<\/p>\n
\u2014 2036: Health and Fitness Association; and<\/p>\n
\u2014 2036: Leading Age.<\/p>\n
The 13 groups join other organizations that selected the downtown convention center for their conferences, such as the American Speech-Language Hearing Association in 2031; American Geophysical Union in 2032; and the International Association of Chiefs of Police Annual Conference in 2037.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are seeing an incredible uptick in convention bookings directly tied to the expansion announcement,\u201d Chief Tourism Officer and Executive Director of the City Tourism Department Doane Liu said in a statement. \u201cMajor organizations are signing long-term commitments, ensuring Los Angeles remains a premier global destination. We look forward to welcoming these groups to our expanded and modernized facility that will match the world-class status of our city.\u201d<\/p>\n
Adam Burke, president and CEO of the Los Angeles Tourism and Convention Board, added that meetings and conventions are a driver of the city\u2019s visitor economy.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese commitments demonstrate that investments in the Los Angeles Convention Center are already strengthening our ability to compete for the world\u2019s largest events. As organizations make decisions years in advance, their confidence in Los Angeles reflects the strong partnership among the City, the Convention Center, and our visitor industry,\u201d Burke said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As work continues to modernize and expand the downtown Los Angeles Convention Center, city officials said Monday they…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28494,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[8010,162602,8009,48,52,51,4180,47,50,49,13035,162603],"class_list":["post-405588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-center","tag-conferences","tag-convention","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-lines","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-major","tag-modernized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}