Last year, the Los Angeles City Council approved the Los Angeles Convention Center Expansion and Modernization Project plan, with Mayor Karen Bass and stakeholders coming together to break ground on the $2.6 billion effort. The project is designed to help LA compete with cities like Las Vegas, San Diego and Orlando to earn major national conventions.<\/p>\n
The efforts appear to be paying off \u2014 13 major organizations have selected the LA Convention Center to host their annual conferences, the city announced last week. The conferences will bring more than 103,000 people to Los Angeles and deliver more than $242 million in economic impact. Notable organizations holding their conferences at the convention center include the American Heart Association and the National Association for College Admission Counseling.<\/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.<\/p>\n
\u201cThirteen additional major organizations have chosen LA because we\u2019re delivering a state-of-the-art facility \u2014 and they\u2019re ready to bring more than 103,000 convention-goers with them, delivering a more than $242 million economic impact for Los Angeles. I am grateful to the City Tourism Department and our partners for their success in driving business to the city,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n
The newly announced conferences and the year they are coming to Los Angeles include:<\/p>\n
\u2022 National Association for College Admission Counseling in 2029<\/p>\n
\u2022 American Chemical Society in 2029<\/p>\n
\u2022 Specialty Coffee Association in 2030<\/p>\n
\u2022 American Heart Association Scientific Session in 2031<\/p>\n
\u2022 American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology in 2031<\/p>\n
\u2022 American Immigration Lawyers Association in 2031<\/p>\n
\u2022 Association for Financial Professionals in 2032<\/p>\n
\u2022 Educause in 2033<\/p>\n
\u2022 American Heart Association International Stroke Conference in 2033<\/p>\n
\u2022 Health and Fitness Association in 2034<\/p>\n
\u2022 American Society for Human Genetics in 2035<\/p>\n
\u2022 Health and Fitness Association in 2036<\/p>\n
\u2022 LeadingAge in 2036<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are seeing an incredible uptick in convention bookings directly tied to the expansion announcement,\u201d said Doane Liu, chief tourism officer and executive director of the City Tourism Department. \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
The commitments join three additional organizations that committed to the Los Angeles Convention Center in January: 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
\u201cMeetings and conventions are a powerful driver of Los Angeles\u2019 visitor economy, generating billions in economic activity, supporting jobs and local businesses and delivering critical tax revenues that benefit communities across the City of Angels,\u201d said Adam Burke, president and CEO of the Los Angeles Tourism and Convention Board. \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. We\u2019re not just securing conventions. We\u2019re strengthening Los Angeles\u2019 economy and creating lasting benefits for all Angelenos.\u201d<\/p>\n
Construction on the Los Angeles Convention Center will occur in phases to account for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, with full construction wrap-up and final commissioning scheduled for spring 2029.<\/p>\n
The improvements as part of the project include adding up to 55,000 square feet of new meeting rooms, 95,000 square feet of multipurpose space, a 98,000-square-foot rooftop ballroom and 190,000 square feet of exhibit space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last year, the Los Angeles City Council approved the Los Angeles Convention Center Expansion and Modernization Project plan,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413677,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[387,48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":["post-413676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-business","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413676","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=413676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}