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Despite what people will go and say, these two sites are not immediately comparable. For starters, LA Live's center, Microsoft Square, is much, much smaller than Times Square's famous crossing. In addition, Times Square has been around for ages, and thus has had time to accumulate so much more social capital than LA Live! as well as a lot more time to develop (both the infrastructure and the "atmosphere"). Times Square is also situated at the heart of Midtown Manhattan whereas LA Live is located more around the periphery of Downtown LA. Times Square and LA Live are so inherently different that they wouldn't be immediately comparable. I personally chose Times Square due to its status as an icon of the city. When people think of NYC one of the first things that comes to mind is Times Square. Do locals like it? ehh maybe not, but there is an undoubted benefit that it brings to the city, and has really helped revitalize and redefine Manhattan (at least Midtown) from a place of crime and drugs to what we know it as today. (Recall NYC in the late 70's).
LA Live is deserted unless there’s an event. It’s a development, not a destination. Times Square is NYC’s living room. Having said that, I don’t think anyone likes Times Square, including New Yorkers would avoid the area like the plague.
LA Live is deserted unless there’s an event. It’s a development, not a destination. Times Square is NYC’s living room. Having said that, I don’t think anyone likes Times Square, including New Yorkers would avoid the area like the plague.
LA Live is closer in scale to Columbus, OH's Arena District (complete with Express Live! and nearby convention center, plus there's even a farmer's market) than it is to Times Square. If you plopped LA Live on Hollywood Boulevard between Vine & Highland, then it may be more comparable. Since Columbus isn't as large, I'd say that their arena district is of higher importance per capital compared to LA's, since of course there's just so many more nodes of action.
Times Square closest competitor is the Las Vegas Strip, which once again is in the center of its action and is the go-to place for tourism and entertainment (but a highly sprawled out version, of course).
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