[BenLurkin]

Once finished, the skyscraper will soar 1,100 feet, making it the tallest structure west of the Mississippi. It will boast a 900-room hotel, convention space and offices. There also will be an outdoor terrace and a swimming pool on the 73rd floor.

An 1,100 foot skyscraper in middle of earthquake country. What could go wrong?

[bigheadfred]

An 1,100 foot skyscraper in middle of earthquake country. What could go wrong?

you are automatically enrolled in obamacare when you pay for your room

[upchuck]

An 1,100 foot skyscraper in middle of earthquake country. What could go wrong?

Precisely. Bump.

[Two Kids' Dad]

And parking for 60 vehicles.

[jttpwalsh]

Respectfully, they have pretty much mastered how to build skyscrapers in SoCal that withstand quakes. I was in one, in 1990 during a seismic event, it shook like crazy, but no damage. They are built on gigantic rollers. You may recall the ‘94 event in Northridge. Most of the fatalities were in a three story apartment building. There were freeway collapses, the scoreboard at Anaheim Stadium tumbled into the seats, damage occurred as far as 80 miles from the epicenter, and it was felt in Las Vegas, nearly 300 miles away. None of the high rise buildings in the zone were catastrophically damaged.

[WhiskeyX]

“An 1,100 foot skyscraper in middle of earthquake country. What could go wrong?”

The tallest building in the San Fernando Valley is the 506 foot tall 10 Universal City Plaza skyscraper. It weathered the San Fernando Valley earthquakes wery well on the shock absorbers and rollers built into its foundation for earthquake resistance.