Archinect - Features2024-12-22T04:22:40-05:00https://archinect.com/features/article/37135555/farmers-field-bringing-football-back-on-a-need-to-know-basis
Farmers Field: Bringing Football Back on a Need-to-Know Basis A C2012-02-06T16:08:00-05:00>2024-01-23T19:16:08-05:00
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<em>By Anthony Carfello with Orhan Ayyüce as curating editor</em></p>
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Over the past year, Los Angeles’ local news media and blogosphere have provided up-to-the-minute coverage of a new plan by Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG), the professional sports and concert conglomerate behind several of the world’s entertainment venues, like The O2 arena in London, the Home Depot Center in Carson, Califonia, and Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai(1). CEO of AEG Tim Leiweke has proposed construction of a 68,000-seat(2) football stadium on the site of one existing wing of the Los Angeles Convention Center, adjacent to the campus of AEG’s already built and operating Staples Center, Nokia Theater, Grammy Museum, and ESPN Zone (as part of their L.A. Live complex), along Figueroa Street in the southwestern part of downtown.</p>