Crypto.com Arena

• Today, Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board (Los Angeles Tourism) is proud to join our colleagues across the country in celebrating Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID).
• Notably, Los Angeles will welcome back IPW – the U.S. travel industry’s largest international inbound travel trade show – for the first time in over a decade.
• As just two recent programming examples, the Los Angeles Career Academy – launched in 2021 by the Los Angeles City Tourism Department (CTD) – brings LA-area high school students together to participate in citywide conventions at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
• Los Angeles Tourism is proud to celebrate Global Meetings Industry Day and the positive impacts that meetings and events bring to every LA region, neighborhood, and household.

• AEG, as a pioneering member of the Green Sports Alliance, returns as the Title Sponsor for the event, marking the organization's 14th year of collaboration.
• The 2024 GSA Summit aims to gather over 600 global professionals, including representatives from sports leagues, teams, entertainment venues, corporate leaders, athletes, and community stakeholders.
• "We're excited to showcase innovative technology, celebrate sustainability leaders, share plant-forward food, release collaborative playbooks, and be inspired by changemakers.
• We look forward to three days of insightful discussions and networking with peers," said Erik Distler, VP of Sustainability at AEG.

• The three qualities that matter most in real estate also matter the most to graffiti artists: location, location, location.
• In Miami and Los Angeles, cities that contain some of the most expensive real estate in the U.S., graffiti artists have recently made sure their voices can be heard and seen, even from the sky.
• In what’s known as “graffiti bombing,” artists in both cities swiftly and extensively tagged downtown skyscrapers that had been abandoned.

Two cities, two graffiti bombings

• The Beijing-based developer was unable to pay contractors, and ongoing financing challenges forced the company to put the project on pause.
• Hundreds of taggers were involved in the Los Angeles graffiti bombing.
• There’s also a rich tradition of graffiti in the city.
• So Miami was a natural gathering place for graffiti artists during Art Basel in December 2023, and One Bayfront Plaza became the canvas for taggers from around the world.

Meaning and motivation

• In the early 2000s, when I started researching street graffiti, I learned that there are different names for different graffiti types.
• “Fill-ins” or “throw-ups” are quickly painted fat letters or bubble letters, usually outlined.
• The tradition of painting ornate graffiti names made me think of Paul Cézanne, who painted the same bowl of fruit over and over.
• The carefully chosen names and their letters become the subject that writers use to practice their craft.
• It was a fill-in – huge letters near the top of a three- or four-story building, very visible from the street.

Loud and clear

• These vertical graffiti bombing projects on failed skyscrapers, deliberately or not, call attention to the millions of dollars that are absorbed by taxpayers when private developers make bad investments.
• Because the names painted on the buildings are fill-ins, they’re not especially artistic.
• A former graffiti artist who goes by “ACTUAL” told The Washington Post that he’d come out of retirement to contribute to the Los Angeles project.

Colette Gaiter does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

• On Sunday, February 4, the red carpet at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles transformed into a living masterpiece as Tu Bloom incorporated Wave® Spreading Petunias into his captivating floral installation.
• The E3 Easy Wave® series, specifically delightful hues of Sky Blue, White, and Red, added a burst of life to Music's Biggest Night®, creating a visually stunning atmosphere for the top-performing recording artists.
• "I am thrilled to have collaborated with Wave Petunias for this year's GRAMMY Awards®.
• Sarah Makiejus, Global Marketing Manager for PanAmerican Seed, shares the excitement, stating, "It's been captivating to watch Tu Bloom work his magic with the Wave Petunias, showcasing them in a whole new way on The GRAMMYs® red carpet.