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Article: L.A. gets a live one: new destination perks up downtown.(Los Angeles, California)
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
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- December 1, 2008
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L.A. Live passes a milestone this week as five businesses open at the $2.5-billion downtown real estate project, with more coming online before the end of the year.
As such, L.A. Live, which stretches along the east side of the Harbor (110) Freeway between Olympic and Venice boulevards, is now less of a construction site and more of a destination for residents.
AEG, which owns and operates L.A. Live, sees it as a place where offices, restaurants, Condos and a bowling alley exist in an environment with lots of sports--as played in Staples Center--and live shows--as staged in the Nokia Theatre and smaller venues in L.A. ...