L.A. Live is an entertainment complex in Downtown Los Angeles, California adjacent to the Staples Center. L.A. Live cost approximately $2.5 billion USD and was developed by Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG), Wachovia Corp, Azteca Corp and investment firm MacFarlane Partners with help from Los Angeles taxpayers. It has of apartments, ballrooms, bars, concert theatres, restaurants, movie theaters and a 54-story hotel and condominium tower, on a site. The complex become home to AEG and Herbalife headquarters in December 2008.

Features

Nokia Plaza

Nokia is a open-air plaza that serves as the central meeting place for L.A. Live. The plaza provides a broadcast venue featuring giant LED screens as well as a red carpet site for special events. Nokia Plaza hosted the first WWE SummerSlam Axxess event on the weekend beginning August 22, 2009, leading up to the 2009 SummerSlam event on August 23 at Staples Center. On June 24, 2010, the plaza was the location for the official red carpet premiere of ''The Twilight Saga: Eclipse''.

Nokia Theatre and Club Nokia

Nokia Theatre is a music and theatre venue seating 7,100, while Club Nokia is a club venue with a seating capacity of 2,300 for live music and cultural events. The theatre has hosted the ESPY Awards since 2008. The first scheduled event held at Nokia Theatre was a concert featuring The Eagles and The Dixie Chicks on October 18, 2007. National events hosted since have included the American Music Awards on November 18, 2007. The venue has also hosted the finale of the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth seasons of ''American Idol'' on May 21, 2008; May 20, 2009, May 26, 2010 and May 25, 2011 respectively. Recording artist John Mayer's live album Where the Light Is: John Mayer Live in Los Angeles was recorded at the Nokia Theatre. On March 11, 2008, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced with AEG that the venue would be the home to the Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony from 2008 until at least 2018. The 2010 MTV Video Music Awards were held at Nokia Theatre on September 12, 2010. The theatre has hosted a number of events of the Anime Expo since 2008. Again in August 28 The 2011 MTV Video Music Awards was held at Nokia Theatre.

Grammy Museum

On May 8, 2007, it was announced that the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences would establish a museum dedicated to the history of the Grammy Awards. The museum opened on December 2008 for the Grammy Awards 50th anniversary. It consists of four floors with historical music artifacts. It has featured a number of exhibits, including the John Lennon, Songwriter exhibit, October 4, 2010–March 31, 2011. Embedded on the sidewalks at the LA Live streets are bronze disks, similar to the Hollywood Walk of Fame, honoring each year's top winners, Record of the Year, Best New Artist, Album of the Year, and Song of the Year.

Hotels and residences

The centerpiece of the district is a 54-story, 1,001 room two-hotel hybrid tower, constructed above the parking lot directly north of the Staples Center. Built by Webcor Builders, the skyscraper contains both an 879-room JW Marriott hotel on floors four through 21 and a 123-room Ritz-Carlton hotel on floors 22 through 26. Floors 27 through 52 hold 224 ''Residences at the Ritz Carlton'' condominiums. Groundbreaking for the structure took place in June 2007. The project was completed in the first quarter of 2010.

ESPN Zone and broadcasting studios

The second phase of development included a ESPN broadcasting studio, as well as an ESPN Zone restaurant built on the corner of Figueroa Street and Chick Hearn Court. In an effort to expand coverage of West Coast sports, ESPN began broadcasting the 1 AM ET (10 PM PT) edition of SportsCenter from the studio on April 6, 2009. The state-of-the-art studio, designed by Lexington, is the first studio capable of broadcasting High Definition video at 1080p resolution and 60 frame/s.

Regal Entertainment Group

The $100 million Regal Entertainment Group movie complex includes 14 screens and 3,772 seats. It includes a three-story art-deco-style atrium and an 806-seat theater called the "Regal Premiere House" intended for "lucrative" premieres. The theater complex became the West Coast flagship location for Regal, the largest theater chain in the United States. The Michael Jackson film ''This Is It'' was the opening film at the theater.

Restaurants

L.A. Live is also host to a set of mid to high scale dining including Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar, Katsuya, Lawry's, Rock'N Fish, Rosa Mexicano, The Farm of Beverly Hills, Trader Vic's, Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grill, and Yard House.

Timeline

Initial construction at L.A. Live began in September 2005. The first phase opened in October 2007 and contains the Nokia Theatre, the Nokia Plaza, a retail plaza, as well as an underground parking garage, holding a fraction of the project's expected total of 4,000 parking spaces.

! Phase	! Phase description	! Scheduled opening
Phase I	7,100-seat Nokia Theatre and Nokia Plaza	Completed
Phase II	ESPN studios and ESPN Zone restaurant/arcade complex, restaurants, Grammy Museum, Club Nokia, Lucky Strike bowling alley, and The Conga Room	Completed
Phase III	54-story Ritz-Carlton/JW Marriott hotel and the 14-screen West Coast flagship theatre multiplex operated by Regal Entertainment Group.	Completed

Future expansion

The Los Angeles Downtown News reported on November 11, 2009 that AEG plans to submit significant expansion plans to the Planning Department on November 12. It includes " of office space and a broadcasting studio that could accommodate a nationwide cable television network, a 275-room hotel and a 25-story residential building with 65 units adjacent to the L.A. Live campus." Plans are also being developed for the NFL to return to Los Angeles with a new stadium being planned on the campus, to be called Farmers Field. Scheduled to open by the 2016 NFL season. The LA City Council approved AEG's plan to build Farmers Field on August 9, 2011 in a 12-0 vote.

Construction gallery

In popular culture

L.A. Live is shown a various amount of times during ESPN's SportsCenter from Los Angeles.

L.A. Live is featured under construction in the 2008 video game ''Midnight Club: Los Angeles''.

L.A. Live is the filming location of the grand finals of American Idol.

L.A. Live was used as a filming location for Stark Expo 2010 in ''Iron Man 2''.

Summer X Games are held here.

See also

Farmers Field

Grand Avenue Project

Hollywood and Highland

Kodak Theatre

List of tallest buildings in Los Angeles

Park Fifth Towers

References

External links

NOKIA Theatre - L.A. Live

L.A. Live

RTKL L.A. Live

The Residences at The Ritz-Carlton, Los Angeles

Los Angeles Sports Council

Staples Center official web site

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name	Ivi Adamou Ήβη Αδάμου
background	solo_singer
birth name	Ivi Adamou
alias	Ivi
birth date	November 24, 1993
origin	Ayia Napa, Cyprus
instrument	Vocals, Piano
genre	Pop, dance
occupation	Singer
years active	2009–present
label	Sony Music Greece
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Ivi Adamou (; born 24 November 1993) is a Greek Cypriot singer who rose to recognition in Greece following her participation on series two of ''The X Factor'', where she was under the mentorship of Giorgos Theofanous. Adamou secured a recording contract with Sony and released her debut extended play ''Kalokairi Stin Kardia'', which was certified gold. In the same year she collaborated with the Spiros Lambrou Choir and released the holiday EP ''Christougenna Me Tin Ivi Adamou'', released as Christmas with Ivi Adamou abroad. It sold 50,000 units in Portugal. . Ivi Adamou will represent Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Early life

Ivi Adamou was born on 24 November 1993 in Ayia Napa, Famagusta, Cyprus. Theory, voice and piano gave the right skills to fill the walls of her room with many first prizes in song festivals. When she was 9 years old participate in a local competition in Larnaka, Cyprus and she won the first place with the song "Kaka Paidia" (by Anna Vissi). In 2009-2010, she took part in the second series of the Greek version of ''The X Factor'' ending in the 6th place. She lists Beyonce as her biggest influence, as well as Christina Aguilera and Whitney Houston.

Performances in The X Factor (Greece)

Adamou took part in season 2 of The Greek X Factor singing the following songs:

Week 1 (30 October 2009): "Just Dance" - Lady Gaga

Week 2 (6 November 2009): "Just Like a Pill" - Pink

Week 3 (13 November 2009): "Because of You" - Kelly Clarkson

Week 4 (20 November 2009): "Papa Don't Preach" - Madonna

Week 5 (27 November 2009): "When I Grow Up" - Pussycat Dolls

Week 6 (4 December 2009): "Hurt" - Christina Aguilera

Week 7 (11 December 2009): "Halo" - Beyonce

Week 8 (18 December 2009): "All I Want for Christmas Is You"/"Xristougenna" - Mariah Carey / Despina Vandi

Week 9 (31 December 2009): "Celebration" - Madonna

Week 10 (8 January 2010): "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" - Arrows / Joan Jett / Britney Spears

Week 11 (15 January 2010): "Hush Hush" - Pussycat Dolls

Week 12 (22 January 2010): "The Voice Within" - Christina Aguilera

After The X Factor

While Adamou was not a finalist in ''The X Factor'' with her sixth place finish, she did manage to obtain a record deal with Sony Music Greece, an affiliate of the show. Her elimination was the source of a publicized dispute- both on air during The X Factor and in the press- between representatives of Sony Music Greece and Theofanous.

Adamou's debut extended play, ''Kalokairi Stin Kardia'', was released in June 2010 and generated the singles "A*G*A*P*I*" (Love), "Sose Me" (Save me), and "To Mistiko Mou Na Vreis" (Find my secret). It was certified gold for shipments of six thousand units. She was featured on hip hop group Stavento's single "San Erthei I Mera", which became the most successful song that summer, remaining in the top five of the Greek Airplay Chart for 20 weeks, and selling 60 thousand legal downloads. She toured with Stavento around Greece over the summer. Also that year she collaborated with the Spiros Lambrou Choir and released the holiday EP ''Christougenna Me Tin Ivi Adamou'', released as ''Christmas with Ivi Adamou'' abroad. According to Tralala, it sold 50,000 units in Portugal.

Eurovision

Ivi Adamou has been chosen internally by Cyprus national television to represent Cyprus in Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Discography

Studio Albums

''San Ena Oneiro'' (2011)

EPs

''Kalokairi Stin Kardia'' (2010)

''Christmas with Ivi Adamou'' (2010)

Singles

"A*G*A*P*I*" (Crashing Down)

"Sose Me" (Lights On)

"San Erthi I Mera" (Stavento feat. Ivi Adamou)

"To Mistiko Mou Na Vreis" (I Can't Help It)

"Krata Ta Matia Sou Kleista" (Melisses Feat. Ivi Adamou)

"Kano Mia Euxi"

Music video

2010

"A*G*A*P*I*"

"I Vasilissa Ton Okeanon" (Soundtrack Barbie's Movie, March 2010)

"San Erthi I Mera" (with Stavento)

"I Vasilissa Tis Modas" (Soundtrack Barbie's Movie, September 2010)

"Sose Me"

"To Mystiko Mou Na Vris"

2011

"Krata Ta Matia Sou Kleista" (with Melisses)

"San Ena Oniro" (with Giorgos Papadimitrakis)

"Kano Mia Efhi"

Tours

Summer 2010: Stavento + Ivi Adamou (more than 50 places in Greece & Cyprus)

Summer 2011: Melisses + Ivi Adamou

Night Clubs (Entertainment Venues)

Posidonio Music-Hall, at Athens (Panos Kiamos, Kostas Martakis, Ivi Adamou) (August 2011 – January 2012)

References

External links

Official Ivi Adamou websites: WebSiteFacebookTwitterYouTubeVEVO

Category:1993 births Category:Living people Category:Cypriot female singers Category:Cypriot singers Greece Category:Cypriot Eurovision Song Contest entrants

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