Spectacor Drops Drive for Coliseum Legislation

The Los Angeles Coliseum’s manager, the Spectacor partnership, has asked a state senator to withdraw a bill introduced at its request that would have made it more difficult for preservationists to challenge reconstruction plans for the facility, a Spectacor lobbyist said Monday.

Cristina Rose said Spectacor decided that arguments against the proposal by the Los Angeles Conservancy, a leading preservationist organization, were sensible. She said she notified Sen. Robert G. Beverly (R-Manhattan Beach) Monday that his bill, introduced March 8, would not be necessary.

The bill would have shortened the process for obtaining environmental approval of the Coliseum reconstruction.

The conservancy objected to any tampering with California environmental laws. The group said that rather than be “diverted into a legislative fight,” it would cooperate with Spectacor on a reconstruction plan that would preserve the Coliseum’s historical elements.