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Olympic Venues: Abandonment, Decay and Renewed Life

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The pandemic-postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympic games are just a few days away and perhaps you’re thinking, “How will these venues be used post-event?”. For this reason, many of its venues predate this year’s Olympics, and had been in frequent use prior to this year. This will be Tokyo’s second time as host city.

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Los Angeles Sports Venues Deliver Immersive Experiences

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Offering everything from team-building exercises to meet-and-greet with legendary athletes, sports venues provide exciting, unique settings for meetings, special events and tours. Arguably the leading sports city in the United States, Los Angeles provides planners with an unparalleled variety of venue options. We interviewed Kathryn S.

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A City Within a City to Launch in SoCal

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BE will not only be an adult playground of concert venues, modern restaurants and luxury hotels, but a residential and pedestrian-friendly development for both locals and travelers to enjoy. The $4 billion-dollar, 95-acre development will be a hub of entertainment venues, world class hotels, modern food spots and residences.

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LA Tourism President: ‘Host an Event to Support the City’

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Read More: Los Angeles Turns on ‘Open for Business” Sign While its still too early to have a full picture of the impact of hotel occupancy and transient visits, apart from the Getty Villa in the Pacific Palisades, all of our convention venues, meeting spaces, 259+ member hotels and supporting infrastructure remain open and unaffected.

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What’s New in Omaha for 2025

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The museum’s refresh means new off-site venue options with space to accommodate up to 1,000 attendees. Rent a private room or the entire venue to create a memorable experience for up to 1,000 guests. Steelhouse Omaha A trendy, new music venue for your guests is Steelhouse Omaha.

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Vegas-to-L.A. High-Speed Train Coming by 2028

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Days after announcing that its high-speed electric rail service connecting Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach with Orlando will debut in September, Brightline has made public its next intercity project: Las Vegas and Los Angeles will be connected via fast electric rail in time for the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

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Preview Las Vegas 2025: A Capital of Multitudes

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Today, Las Vegas is seeing the development of yet more projects that will only add to its appeal, such as Brightlines Southern California-Las Vegas connection in 2028, and Warner Bros. For some, Sphere is the greatest live music venue in the world, Walshe said. and Sonys move to Las Vegas as the next movie-making hub.

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