ESPN Debuts L.A. Live Studio

ESPN officially opens its 12,300-square-foot studio in L.A. Live April 6, and launches the new digs by broadcasting its first 10 p.m. edition of “SportsCenter” with anchors Neil Everett and Stan Verrett.

AEG developed the L.A. Live complex and helped negotiate the deal to bring ESPN and its studios to Los Angeles. CEO Tim Leiweke told the Los Angeles Times he expects to see more of a West Coast presence on the sports network.

“I think its good for us and for ESPN,” Leiweke told the paper. “I think ESPN wants to be in a situation where they can have studio interaction and get guests out here, do a lot of different things that are hard to do” in Bristol, Conn., where the network is based.

The new studio facility includes three production control rooms, two master control rooms, a newsroom-screening area, eight editing suites, a music room, radio control room and studio, and a voice-over room with two studios.

The L.A. Live complex also features the Staples Center, Nokia Theatre and Club Nokia venues as well as the Conga Room club.