GRAMMY(R) Winner Natalie Cole Will Now Join Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Adam Carolla, USC Coach Pete Carroll and Surprise Celebrity 'Superstar' to Herald in the Launch of L.A. LIVE at Premiere Performance of 'Light of the Angels'

GRAMMY(R) Winner Natalie Cole Will Now Join Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Adam Carolla, USC Coach Pete Carroll and Surprise Celebrity 'Superstar' to Herald in the Launch of L.A. LIVE at Premiere Performance of 'Light of the Angels'

EXTRAORDINARY HOLIDAY TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY AND MILLION-LIGHT NIGHTLY SHOW TO

               DEBUT AT L.A. LIVE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4 AT 7PM    WHAT:      To launch the holiday season and "officially" open L.A. LIVE,              Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, University of Southern California              Football Coach Pete Carroll, AEG President & CEO Tim Leiweke,              Natalie Cole and a SURPRISE 'SUPERSTAR' CELEBRITY guest will              debut L.A. LIVE's "Light of the Angels" -- an exclusively              commissioned production combining more than one million lights,              holiday music, 11 giant video screens, live performances and a              spectacular digital steel tree sculpture -- at its world              premiere Thursday, December 4 at 7PM.  To ring in the holidays,              Natalie Cole will perform a festive song and kick-off the              celebration.     "Light of the Angels" Highlights:    -- Seven minute, multi-dimensional light display using XL Sphere      technology will play (on the hour) beginning at 7pm PST each night in      December   -- 37,500 lb. tree sculpture (40 feet in diameter) will soar 54-feet above      L.A. LIVE's Nokia Plaza and will be covered with 11,382 energy      efficient XL Sphere LED lights -- the only 360 degree video light      source in the world      -- Each of the spheres has 42 individually programmable LEDs; together,         these 462,000 LEDs make the surface of the tree a one-of-a-kind         video screen upon which video, still images and lighting effects         will be displayed   -- 75,000 lights that adorn 50 ten-foot angels throughout the L.A. LIVE      district   -- 150  trees that surround the district and will be covered with an      additional 265,400 snowfall LED lights   -- 11 giant video screens that envelop the plaza with state-of-the-art      sounds and lights    WHO:       NATALIE COLE, MAYOR VILLARAIGOSA, ADAM CAROLLA, USC COACH PETE              CARROLL, and SURPRISE CELEBRITY 'SUPERSTAR' to Set Spark to              L.A. LIVE's "LIGHT OF THE ANGELS" and December Holiday Events    WHERE:     L.A. LIVE -- 800 West Olympic Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90015    WHEN:      5:30 p.m. PDT -- Press Call, Media Check-in at Nokia Theatre              Box Office              7 p.m. PDT -- "LIGHT OF THE ANGELS" premiere    SET-UP:    *Special arrangements have been made to accommodate live shots               throughout the day              *Audio/Video set-up and mult-box provided on platform set-up              *KTLA to provide plug-in for live feed of entire program              *Crews need to provide their own BNC and XLR cables    RSVP:      RSVPs WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED UNTIL THURS., 12/4, NOON:              LALIVE@edelman.com              Please provide name(s) of media attending for security purposes    PARKING:   *Olympic West parking structure, 11th Street between Georgia               and Cherry -- LIMITED MEDIA               PARKING AVAILABLE, PLEASE RSVP W/NAMES TO SECURE:               LALIVE@edelman.com              *Microwave satellite trucks to park on top deck of Olympic West               Parking Garage    ON-SITE:   Melissa Trivino / 610.986.5434 / melissa.trivino@edelman.com              Michael Roth / 310.308.7684 / mroth@aegworldwide.com   

L.A. LIVE is a $2.5 billion / four million square-foot sports, residential,

dining and entertainment district located across from STAPLES Center in

downtown Los Angeles. Throughout the month of December, a full schedule of free-to-the-public events will also take place at L.A. LIVE, including musical

concerts by local musicians (Silverlake Conservatory of Music, 98.7 FM "Rock

Star" contest winners Paperback Hero), special performances by Art in Action and exciting ticketed shows in many of the district's venues (STAPLES Center, Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE, Club Nokia and the Conga Room) including Celine Dion,

Oasis, John Mayer, George Lopez, Stevie Wonder, B.B. King, and more!

For more information, visit http://www.lalive.com/.

PRNewswire -- Dec. 3
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Source: L.A. LIVE

Web site: http://www.lalive.com/

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