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Is There Time for JW Marriott at L.A. Live To Reconsider Their Carpeting?

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 900 West Olympic Boulevard [map], Los Angeles, CA, United States, 90015
July 28, 2009 at 5:49 PM | by juliana | 7 Comments

UPDATE: The JW Marriott LA Live just tweeted about the carpet installation on the 5th floor. Guess it's too late!

We've been riding a sort of high about the upcoming JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton coming to downtown Los Angeles' LA Live entertainment complex. Downtown LA has been struggling for a long time to pull visitors away from the action of Hollywood and the fun of the Venice/Santa Monica beaches and LA Live looks like their best shot.

Next to the Staples Center (home to the Lakers and big ticket concerts), LA Live has a Nokia Theater, a small intimate venue called Club Nokia, an ESPN Zone, the Grammy Hall of Fame and several restaurants and bars.

So bringing in the JW Marriott and a Ritz next to LA Live (in a cool building with a large video wall) will give guests close-by fancy hotel options. However, we're really hoping the JW Marriott can reconsider its carpeting option before it opens on February 15, 2010.

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The Ritz-Carlton and J.W. Marriott in Downtown LA Are Looking Good

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 900 West Olympic Boulevard [map], Los Angeles, CA, United States, 90015
June 17, 2009 at 12:32 PM | by juliana | 0 Comments

We were cruising along the 110 yesterday in downtown Los Angeles and noticed that the Ritz-Carlton/J.W. Marriott hotel at LA Live is looking pretty fly. The hotel hybrid will open in March 2010 but the exterior of the 54-story skyscraper is nearly complete. And remember, this exterior is where the giant video-screen will be. (You can see it better in the picture below.)

The building will be one-part JW Marriott, one part Ritz-Carlton Los Angeles and one part The Ritz-Carlton Residences at LA Live. We're actually very excited about these new upscale hotels coming to downtown Los Angeles. It's about time downtown got some more respectable hotel options for travelers. And maybe, just maybe, Bill Marriott will visit us...er...LA more often.

The hotel is already on Twitter too. A recent Tweet? Watching downtown LA prep for the Lakers NBA Champions parade. The hotel is already rooting for the home team. Check out that "Go Lakers" sign on the building.

Another drive-by shot after the jump.

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Marriott's L.A. Live Hotel Will Feature Massive Video Screen

January 9, 2009 at 10:35 AM | by juliana | 1 Comment

In Los Angeles, it's doesn't matter what's on the inside as long as the outside looks really, really good.

Engadget reports that when the Marriott hotel complex in downtown LA's new development, LA Live, opens in 2010 it won't just be about the Ritz-Carlton and the JW Marriott inside. As with everything here in LA, what's on the outside matters a great deal. And this hotel will be going all out.

The property owners AEG and sponsor Panasonic have struck a deal to put up a 50-foot by 160-foot screen, totaling 8,000 sq ft screen, on its eastern face on the hotel's exterior that reportedly won't interfere with guests' room views. The screen is already going up on the building, which you can see here, but the rendering above shows you the intended result.

Lately, other hotels have been doing this sort of thing with their exterior like Harrah's Water Tower in Atlantic City which has a 44-story video wall that's really just an optical illusion. We only hope the rooms at LA Live will come with some good black-out shades.