Group relocates 2014 convention because of uncertainty over construction

The Society of Critical Care Medicine would have brought in 5,000 people and filled 1,900 hotel rooms - not a huge meeting, but not chopped liver either. However, the group, which ran into construction issues at a previous convention location, decided to bypass Los Angeles because of the anticipated work at the Convention Center, according to a memo from L.A. Inc. The event will be held in SF instead. AP's Jacob Adelman discovered this additional nugget:

A framework stadium plan approved by the City Council this month requires developer Anschutz Entertainment Group to finish work on the new convention center hall before the existing one is demolished. But [Society of Critical Care Medicine CEO David Martin] said he was told by officials with Los Angeles' convention and visitors bureau, known as LA Inc., that part of the new building would overlap with the existing one, so the latter would have to be removed before the former is built. Martin said he was told that the planned completion time on the new hall would be the end of 2013, which was too close for comfort to the date of his group's convention.

This will not be the last group to cancel a meeting or convention because of the AEG construction.