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Committee reviews Convention Center update; removes Gil Lindsay Plaza from debt-financed scope
Summary
City staff reported a value-engineering process for the Los Angeles Convention Center expansion that removed the Gil Lindsay Plaza from the debt-funded project scope, and the committee voted to note-and-file the report while instructing staff to pursue separate planning for the plaza and to clarify use of the arts development fee.
City administrative staff presented an update to the Economic Development and Jobs Committee on the proposed expansion and modernization of the Los Angeles Convention Center and a value-engineering process intended to reduce project cost and annual debt service. Committee members voted to note and file the report and instructed staff to prepare follow-up analyses on using arts-fee funds and a stand-alone renovation for Gil Lindsay Plaza.
The City Administrative Officer, Matt Sabo, told the committee the council had instructed staff to pursue a phased delivery approach and deliver a project agreement and timeline that would allow construction to begin by September 2025 so that the work could be completed after the 2028 Olympics. Ben Sehaw, assistant CAO, said consultants and city bureaus had produced more than 300 engineering ideas, winnowed to 56 proposals valued at about $124 million in potential cost reductions and about $10…
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