Cost: $295,000,000

 Completion: 1993

The Los Angeles Convention Center Expansion added more than twice the space, over 2 million square feet, of the existing facility.  The result is a facility with over 3 million square feet.  The new exhibit hall is more than 345,000 square feet with only 14 columns and a 40 foot clear height.  Over 86,000 square feet of meeting rooms were added.  The project spans a major downtown thoroughfare, Pico Boulevard, to tie to the existing building.  The central plant was expanded by 3,000 tons.  Two levels of parking were constructed beneath the exhibit hall.  About 180,000 square feet of that space was designed to be converted at a later date to an additional exhibit hall.  In addition, a separate parking structure for 1200 more cars was built.

Cost: $10,000,000

Completion: 1997

The success of the Expansion project enabled the City to proceed with the expansion of the Convertible Hall. Originally intended to be converted from parking to exhibit hall, the 180,000 square foot project called for the hall to be able to be converted back and forth on a daily basis. Columns that support the main exhibit floor are spaced 30 feet on-centers. The same exhibitor utilities are available to clients on either level.