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The Los Angeles Convention Center’s largest space, the 346,890-square-foot South Hall, has room for 22,870 theater-style, 12,800 for a banquet, or 1,720 for a reception, under 40-foot ceilings. The 210,685-square-foot West Hall has 36-foot ceilings and room for 15,000 theater style, 10,000 for a banquet, or 1,050 for a reception. The center overall has 770,000 square feet of exhibit space.

The Expo Center adjoining the Shrine Auditorium has 34,000 square feet of floor space on the main level and 20,000 square feet of space in an open mezzanine overlooking the ground floor. The expo holds 3,500 people, and the ceiling reaches a peak of 43.5 feet. The Shrine Auditorium itself comprises the largest proscenium-style stage in North America with a freestanding balcony, providing more than 6,300 seats.

The landmark Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites is located in the financial district. It is Los Angeles’s largest convention hotel, with 114,000 square feet of meeting space. The hotel has 30 meeting rooms, with the largest, the California Ballroom, at 26,108 square feet. This room holds 3,000 for receptions, 2,350 for banquets, or 1,656 classroom-style.

The L3 event space at Santa Monica Place spans more than 42,000 square feet on the dining deck of the shopping center. A blank canvas with a capacity of about 1,900, the space is customizable for events and has accessible parking and sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean. (It is almost entirely indoors, with a small outdoor space best used to build a kitchen.) Meeting and event production company Extraordinary Events now manages the space.

At a 40th birthday party, Susan Holland Events filled the Stephan Weiss Studio in New York with disco ball lights and projected French surrealist films, while a swing hung near the dance floor.

Todd Events made a wedding held inside a large barn in Aspen seem more intimate with two tall signature bars and scattered seating and food station vignettes. Hanging glass globes appeared to lower the ceilings.

For a donut-themed bridal shower put together by blogger Elsie Larson, a giant chalkboard filled with descriptive doodles served as the backdrop of the food spread.

For a New York couple marrying at the Waldorf Astoria Orlando, Heather Snively of Weddings Unique recreated the newlyweds’ hometown with a hand-painted backdrop of Central Park from Greenery Productions. Lighting and real trees helped the scene come to life.

Jes Gordon/Proper Fun created a supper club atmosphere at Gotham Hall in New York for a recent bar mitzvah. Four-hundred luminaries filled with LED candles were hung from a large oval truss on the ceiling.

Matthew Parker Events crafted lighting fixtures for a speakeasy-themed wedding using hats from a party supply store, decorative ribbon, corded wire, and filament bulbs.

At a wedding designed by Triton Productions, the focal point of the pre- and post-ceremony cocktail area at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach was a custom-designed 360-degree bar made of corrugated mirror.

For a wedding at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Marc Hall Design built seven-foot-tall mirrored glass vessels to hold apple tree branches adorned with phalaenopsis orchids that were kept hydrated through a system of hand-blown glass pipes.

Levy Lighting and Preston Bailey collaborated on a wedding after-party lounge held in a tent, with the ceiling lit from behind to create the glowing effect.

Wow Factor used inflatable arches from Airstar to designate the food village on the terrace.

Dinner and dancing took place on the arena floor.

Event producers at Wow Factor Marketing Group used black drape to separate the dinner area on the arena floor from the venue's built-in seats.

Nuage Designs provided silver linens for the dinner's tabletops.

Highboy tables, made of barrels enclosed in Plexiglass, stood near the bar.

New York's Boom Boom Room inspired the design of the bar displayed on the terrace.

Triton Productions used the theme "Old Havana Cuba" to transform the ballroom at the Biltmore.

Emilio Pucci celebrated its 60th anniversary with a brunch and dinner at a private home.

Now a centerpiece of the event, the Oceanfront exhibit area in Collins Park debuted in 2009. That year, public art organization Creative Time commissioned Los Angeles artist Pae White to design a shimmery, multi-colored concept for the space.

A small café and information center was set up inside the main exhibit hall at the convention center.

The Art Collectors Lounge included multiple private lounges from top sponsors including Cartier, UBS, Flagstone Island Gardens, and NetJets.

A real person interacted with props and imagery on a screen at Samsung's event.

A car prop served as part of the brand's seamless multimedia presentation.