AEG proposes $1.2-billion expansion of L.A. Convention Center and JW Marriott hotel
(LA Times Clippers)

The last time the Los Angeles Convention Center was expanded in 1997, the Lakers were still playing in Inglewood and Richard Riordan had just won a second term as mayor. Since then, as other cities have upgraded their facilities, plans to enlarge the L.A. center have gone nowhere - to the point...