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We Are Genuinely Afraid for Downtown Los Angeles Tomorrow
In recent years, Downtown Los Angeles has made some serious efforts to make their area a place where Angelenos can live, work and play with varying degrees of success. However, it wasn't until the entertainment complex LA Live started to come together that we began to think downtown had a real shot at "making it."
But with at least a 100,000 people expected to flood the area surrounding the Staples Center and the Nokia Theater tomorrow, we're simply afraid of the one-gloved, fedora-wearing, Thriller-album holding masses that will descend on downtown. Not to mention the celebrity performers and their entourages.
And despite the new storefronts and restaurant that can be found in downtown these days as opposed to a decade ago, we're not sure they can handle the crowds. Blogdowntown Twittered earlier today:
The L.A. Live Starbucks is basically out of food at 10am. I'm guessing they've had a busy morning already.
The blog also reports that logistics for the memorial tomorrow have been published but a lot remains uncertain, specifically road closures. Several main streets will be closed starting at midnight tonight and a few more may close tomorrow. May we suggest that if you plan on being in Los Angeles tomorrow, do not attempt to drive anywhere tomorrow morning. The town and the traffic will be crazy.
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Trader Vics Now Open For Lunch, Downtown Financing To Become A Lot More Drunk
Los Angelenos were bereft when Trader Vics closed its original Beverly Hills outpost, fearing that the establishment's four page cocktail menu was lost for good. There was obviously much rejoicing when it was announced that the restaurant was moving to the new LA Live complex, downtown LA's miniature Times Square.
Trader Vics made some changes during the transition, some cosmetic and a few less so. Of course the cocktail menu stayed largely stable. But the interior was changed from the old kitchy maritime Polynesian theme to the new very, very kitchy Tiki Room Polynesian theme. Hula dancers are involved.
Another change for the restaurant - at least as far as its LA Live location goes - is the introduction of a lunch menu. The menu will be available Monday-Friday 11am-3pm.
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LA Live Gets Percolating But Watch What You're Wearing
LA Live is the newest attraction to open in L.A. Essentially, it's a $$2.5 billion lure, designed to get more folks to downtown Los Angeles. (Sidenote: You know you have run out of room in LA when you are building something in downtown.) While the Ritz-Carlton and JW Marriott hotels are still under construction as are some residential and office spaces, much of LA Live is now open including the Nokia Theater which anchors the new complex and offers up the Nokia Plaza, a sort of miniscule Times Square with scrolling LED screens and pretty much anything you can light up, including trees.
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The LA Live Development
Construction on a mammoth new sports and entertainment center in LA began yesterday. The LA Live Development will be a $1.7 billion project adjacent to the Staples Center that will include a West Coast headquarters for ESPN, Grammy museum, hotel and restaurants.
The project mgrs. are, as usual, overly confident about its success and hope to make it even more ostentatious and annoying then Times Square:
"This will not be known as the Times Square of the West," said City Council President Alex Padilla. "Times Square will be known as the l.a. live of the East."
Good luck with that. We hope you enjoy the smells, neverending noise, confused tourists, chain store conquering and overpriced trinkets LA. Really, it's all yours...
Related Stories:
· Ground broken on huge downtown LA sports, entertainment project [USA Today]
· LA Live complex taking shape [Long Beach Press Telegram]
