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| CONFERENCE CHAIR Gerold W. Libby Holland & Knight LLP Los Angeles HOST COMMITTEE |
LOS ANGELES OVERVIEW
Often called L.A., Los Angeles is the largest city in the state of California and the second-largest city in the United States. The city of Los Angeles has an estimated population of 3.8 million, and the five-county area around Los Angeles has an estimated population of 16.4 million. The Los Angeles area is one of the world’s focal points of culture, technology, international trade, and higher education, and is home to many world-renowned institutions across a broad range of cultural and professional fields. In addition, the city leads the world in entertainment production, including motion pictures, television, and recorded music.
FAMOUS ATTRACTIONS
Often called L.A., Los Angeles is the largest city in the state of California and the second-largest city in the United States. The city of Los Angeles has an estimated population of 3.8 million, and the five-county area around Los Angeles has an estimated population of 16.4 million. The Los Angeles area is one of the world’s focal points of culture, technology, international trade, and higher education, and is home to many world-renowned institutions across a broad range of cultural and professional fields. In addition, the city leads the world in entertainment production, including motion pictures, television, and recorded music.
FAMOUS ATTRACTIONS
- Mann’s Chinese Theater
- Hollywood Sign
- Hollywood Bowl
- Disney Concert Hall
- J. Paul Getty Museum
- Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
- Olvera Street
- Kodak Theater
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- Staples Center
- Rodeo Drive
- Santa Monica Pier
- Venice Beach
- Universal Studios Hollywood
- Disneyland Theme Park
- University of Southern California!
- L.A. is the birthplace of the Internet, Barbie, the DC-3, the Mazda Miata, and the Space Shuttle.
- Griffith Park, which occupies more than 4,000 acres of land, is the largest city-run park in the country.
- There are more than 2,200 stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- The Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is the most filmed airport in the world.
- The Ventura Freeway (101) is the nation's busiest freeway, with more than 220,000 daily drivers traveling at its intersection with the Hollywood freeway.
- L.A. County is a leader in ethnic-owned businesses. The Los Angeles/Long Beach region has the largest number of Asian-owned businesses in the country, totaling more than 84,000.
- The city of Los Angeles averages 292 days of sunshine per year.