LA Lights

View of the Staples Center from my hotel window.
View of the Staples Center from my hotel window.

Anime Expo is always busy with meetings and making connections. So I was excited the view from my hotel room made it even easier to indulge in one of my favorite travel pastimes: taking photos of things I don’t get to see every day.

I love looking at the lighted displays that serve as animated billboards and (in some cases) video screens.  The hotel building perpendicular to mine just happened to feature one that spanned at least 10 stories.

This is an image-heavy post, so click through to see photos beyond the one above!

View across to the Staples Center.
View across to the Staples Center.
Another view of the Staples Center (and LA Live) from my hotel room.
Another view of the Staples Center (and LA Live) from my hotel room.
Transformers billboard at JW Marriott LA Live.
On the photo of the Transformers commercial, you can see through to the hotel rooms behind it.
U.S. Women's Soccer/Nike billboard.
U.S. Women’s Soccer/Nike billboard.
Reel Big Fish at Club Nokia/LA Live billboard.
Reel Big Fish at Club Nokia/LA Live billboard.

On several images, immediately above and below, you can see where blocks of lights aren’t functioning correctly.

Billboard for G4's American Ninja Warrior.
Billboard for G4’s American Ninja Warrior.
Coca-Cola billboard.
Coca-Cola billboard.
Daytime view of the Staples Center from my hotel room.
Daytime view of the Staples Center from my hotel room.