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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 01:11:00

A tornado tore off a third of the West Hall roof in 1983 - in Los Angeles - and the building did not cancel a single event. The Los Angeles Convention Center, at 1201 South Figueroa Street in downtown LA, has been the city's mega-event engine since 11 July 1971 and is now heading into a 2.6-billion-dollar expansion for the 2028 Olympics. The original hall was designed by Charles Luckman - architect of Madison Square Garden - on 35 acres of cleared land at the southwest corner of downtown, openi...