The City of Los Angeles Department of Convention and Tourism Development strives to bring economic growth and job creation to the City by increasing the competitiveness of Los Angeles as a convention and tourist destination. 

Our strategy for doing so is comprised of four pillars.

• Privatizing the operations of the facility through a contract with AEG (the City still remains owner of the facility);
• Executing a new governance model which creates a newly empowered Executive Director, an authoritative rather than advisory Board of Commissioners with management responsibilities for the AEG and Los Angeles Tourism and Convention Board (LATCB) contracts, and a mandate to promote the citywide leisure and hospitality sector;
• Modernizing the Los Angeles Convention Center facility and increasing space offerings to improve our competitive position in attracting new Citywide conventions and retaining returning business; and
• Promoting hotel development, with the goal of adding 4,000 new hotel rooms within walking distance of the Convention Center by 2020.