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The Los Angeles Convention Center opened in 1971, designed by architect Charles Luckman. It was originally built as a rectangular building on Figueroa Street between Pico Boulevard and 11th Street.
The Los Angeles Convention Center will host fencing, taekwondo, table tennis, judo, and wrestling during the 2028 Summer Olympics. The following month it will also host wheelchair fencing, table tennis, taekwondo, judo, and boccia during the Paralympics.
The expansion and renovation of the Los Angeles Convention Center will cost approximately $2.2 billion. It will add 190,000 square feet of exhibition hall space, 55,000 square feet of meeting rooms, and 95,000 square feet of multi-purpose space, with a target completion in 2029.
The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) was held at the Los Angeles Convention Center between 1995 and 2019, with the exceptions of 1997, 1998, and 2007. The event was eventually discontinued in 2023.
The MusiCares Person of the Year tribute is an event during Grammy Week held two days before the Grammy Awards. Since 2005, it has taken place at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
Gilbert Lindsay Plaza is named for Gilbert Lindsay, a city councilman who represented the Downtown area of Los Angeles for several years. A 10-foot-high monument honoring him as "The Emperor of the Great 9th District" was unveiled in 1995.