Electronic Entertainment Expo to remain in Los Angeles for at least three years

The city of Los Angeles is considered the mecca of the entertainment world, providing venues for the largest music festivals and film premieres, and for the next three years, will continue to host the annual geek’s paradise that is the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3.

On July 30, the Entertainment Software Association named Los Angeles the continued home of their trademark fair, E3, the largest gaming convention in the world, after coming to an agreement with sports and entertainment company Anschutz Entertainment Group.

Although E3 has been held at the Los Angeles Convention Center since its inception back in 1995, it was almost relocated to a different venue and city due to the future construction of the Anschutz group’s stadium, Farmer’s Field, which is estimated to be completed by 2016 and is projected to house an NFL team.

Electronic Entertainment Expo brings together most-awaited games such as 'Borderlands 2' and 'Call of Duty: Black Ops 2'

After multiple inquiries as to where the exhibition hall was located in the Los Angeles Convention Center, and half an hour spent aimlessly wandering the same lobby floors, I finally found my way to the Southern Exhibition Hall and my fantasy on Tuesday. Larger than Drake Stadium and the IM field combined, I’m surprised I didn’t find the hall sooner, though that didn’t matter once I felt the pure hysteria of having arrived at E3.