The Entertainment Capital of the World

The Entertainment Capital of the World is a term first coined to refer to Los Angeles, California,^[1] or more specifically the L.A. district of Hollywood. It is frequently used in various travel publications when describing the Greater Los Angeles area as well as by local media outlets such as K-Earth 101.1 FM while advertising their call-letters.

Los Angeles

Los Angeles' world-wide recongnition as the The Entertainment Capital of the World, is based on the abundance of attractions it has, and its position as the source of the overwhelming majority of popular music, television programs, and movies seen and heard worldwide. Consequently, the Greater L.A. Area is one of the most visited areas in the world and forms the principal part of its status as a Global City and worldwide fame.

Here is a breakdown of some of its major attractions:

Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland

Theme parks

August, 1963 view (from NW to SE) of Disneyland Park in Anaheim. The newly completed Melodyland Theater ("theater-in-the-round") at the top. The "Santa Ana Freeway" (I-5) upper left corner.

Laguna Beach coastline is popular for sunbathers

Beaches

Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills

Shopping

Warner Brothers Studios in the San Fernando Valley

Motion picture studios

Waterparks

Zoos and aquariums

View of the Hollywood Walk of Fame from the Kodak Theatre

Nightlife

Theatre

Los Angeles is home to the Broadway Theater and Commercial District the first and largest historic theater district listed on the National Register of Historic Places. With twelve movie palaces located along a six-block stretch of Broadway, it is the only large concentration of movie palaces left in the United States.

These are:

Grauman's Chinese Theatre

• Roxie Theater
• Palace Theater
• Loew's State Theatre
• Tower Theater
• Rialto Theater
• Orpheum Theater
• United Artists Theater
• Million Dollar Theater
• Cameo Theater
• Los Angeles Theatre
• Arcade Theater
• Globe Theater

In addition to these, there are many theatres along the Hollywood Walk of Fame, namely:

• El Capitan Theatre
• Grauman's Chinese Theatre
• Kodak Theatre
• Pantages Theatre

These theatres host many events from Broadway style plays, to movie premieres, to American Idol episodes, to awards ceremonies ranging from Academy Awards to Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards.

Museums

The Guinness World Records Museum

See also, Los Angeles City Museums

• Bowers Museum
• Heritage Square Museum
• California Science Center
• Discovery Science Center
• Getty Center
• Getty Villa
• Griffith Observatory
• Guinness World Records Museum
• Hollywood Wax Museum

The Getty Center sits on a hill overlooking Los Angeles

• Huntington Library
• La Brea Tar Pits
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art
• Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust
• Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
• Norton Simon Museum
• Kidspace Children's Museum
• Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
• Museum of Latin American Art
• Museum of Tolerance
• Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museum
• Petersen Automotive Museum
• Toyota USA Automobile Museum

The Queen Mary (front) in Long Beach, California, now a hotel and tourist attraction.

Presidential Museums

• Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum
• Ronald Reagan Presidential Library

Historical

• Queen Mary
• Mission Inn
• Mission San Juan Capistrano
• Mission San Fernando

Other uses of the term

On some occasions the term is also used to describe New York City as well as Las Vegas, Nevada by the local Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Bureau as part of an advertising campaign.^[2]

References

1. ^ http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS134603+28-Jan-2008+PRN20080128
2. ^ http://www.the-dma.org/cgi/dispannouncements?article=1117

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