{"id":271526,"date":"2025-10-02T09:28:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T09:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/271526\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T09:28:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T09:28:16","slug":"los-angeles-city-breaks-ground-on-2-6-billion-convention-center-expansion-san-gabriel-valley-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/271526\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles City breaks ground on $2.6 billion Convention Center expansion \u2013 San Gabriel Valley Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Construction officially kicked off Wednesday on the expansion and modernization of the Los Angeles Convention Center, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/2025\/09\/19\/la-city-council-backs-2-62b-convention-center-expansion-project-for-olympics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a $2.6 billion investment<\/a> city leaders said will boost Downtown\u2019s economy, attract global events and help prepare for the 2028 Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>At a groundbreaking ceremony attended by Mayor Karen Bass, City Council members, state lawmakers and project developers, officials celebrated the start of the project, which is expected to add 190,000 square feet of new exhibit space connecting the existing South and West halls and a 98,000-square-foot rooftop ballroom.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"mng-gallery-initialized mng-gallery-slider\">\n<li data-index=\"1\" class=\"mng-ge mng-gallery-active\" id=\"mng-ge-0\" aria-hidden=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"LA City Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson speaks during groundbreaking ceremonies...\" class=\"size-article_inline\"  \/>\n<p>LA City Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson speaks during groundbreaking ceremonies for the Los Angeles Convention Center Expansion and Modernization on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-index=\"2\" class=\"mng-ge\" id=\"mng-ge-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Paramedics come to the aid of LA City Councilman Curren...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/LDN-L-CONVENTION-CENTER-1002-13.jpg\" \/>\n<p>Paramedics come to the aid of LA City Councilman Curren Price, who experienced a spell of weakness during groundbreaking ceremonies for the Los Angeles Convention Center expansion and modernization, on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-index=\"3\" class=\"mng-ge\" id=\"mng-ge-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"LA City Councilmember Tim McOsker speaks during groundbreaking ceremonies for...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/LDN-L-CONVENTION-CENTER-1002-3.jpg\" \/>\n<p>LA City Councilmember Tim McOsker speaks during groundbreaking ceremonies for the Los Angeles Convention Center Expansion and Modernization on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Show Caption<\/p>\n<p>1 of 3<\/p>\n<p>LA City Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson speaks during groundbreaking ceremonies for the Los Angeles Convention Center Expansion and Modernization on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-enlarge mng-gallery-fullscreen-expand\" aria-label=\"Expand fullscreen slideshow\">Expand<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe expansion of the L.A. Convention Center is critical to our effort to revitalize the Downtown area, create new economic opportunities and send a message to the world that L.A. is ready to compete and win on the global stage,\u201d Bass said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>City officials <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/2025\/09\/24\/karen-bass-oks-2-6b-la-convention-center-expansion-ahead-of-2028-olympics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">project<\/a> the expansion will support more than 15,000 jobs and generate an estimated $652 million in General Fund tax revenue over the next 30 years, while drawing an additional $150 million in visitor spending each year.<\/p>\n<p>The Convention Center will remain open throughout construction, which is expected to be mostly completed by spring 2028, with final completion slated for spring 2029.<\/p>\n<p>The city has tapped Plenary Americas as its development partner on the project, with construction led by a joint venture between PCL Construction and Webcor. The design team is led by architecture firm Populous, supported by a broad network of subcontractors and suppliers.<\/p>\n<p>L.A. Councilmember Curren Price, 74, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/2025\/10\/01\/la-councilman-curren-price-taken-to-hospital-from-convention-center-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was taken to a hospital after experiencing an unspecified health issue<\/a> during Wednesday\u2019s groundbreaking ceremony. His spokesperson, Angelina Valencia-Dumarot, said he will undergo evaluation to determine what may have caused the incident. Price appeared to be alert as he was taken to the ambulance.<\/p>\n<p>Originally Published: October 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM PDT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Construction officially kicked off Wednesday on the expansion and modernization of the Los Angeles Convention Center, a $2.6&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":271527,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,5413,2961,224,13252,6080,5337,50,44831,3777,52],"class_list":{"0":"post-271526","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-karen-bass","11":"tag-la","12":"tag-los-angeles","13":"tag-los-angeles-city-council","14":"tag-los-angeles-county","15":"tag-losangeles","16":"tag-news","17":"tag-olympic-games","18":"tag-olympics","19":"tag-top-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115303868525444177","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}