Posted on 11/09/2025 7:27:10 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
As the traditional entertainment industry continues to contract, Hollywood’s allure to visitors clearly loses its appeal — and that has massive implications for L.A., which for decades has counted on Hollywood to bring in billions in tourism dollars.
According to the Hollywood Partnership, a nonprofit dedicated to the beautification and economic vitality of the neighborhood, foot traffic around the entertainment district has dropped about 50 percent the past year and has never fully recovered to pre-pandemic levels. And it’s clear why: The area is neglected, dirty, uncomfortable to be in. Plus, what is there really to see or do in Hollywood? Get hustled by a knockoff Spider-Man in front of the Chinese Theatre, then eat at Wetzel’s Pretzels as you wander past the various Scientology centers along the boulevard?
…I couldn’t shake the feeling that this time is different, that the city is quickly shedding part of its core image as a dream factory, the ultimate destination for fame seekers.
“The pandemic showed people that you don’t have to live here to be in Hollywood,” John Terzian tells me when I express my concern about our hometown. As the co-owner of The h.wood Group, Terzian runs such celebrity hotspots as the Bird Streets Club, The Nice Guy and Delilah and has a sense of where the cultural winds are blowing. And he doesn’t seem overly concerned. “Maybe the rich are leaving, sure,” he says, “but that doesn’t change much. The glitz and glamour of L.A. will always be there.”
As for that nagging sense that L.A. never fully bounced back from the pandemic, Terzian argues that feeling is widespread. “It’s Miami, it’s New York, I’m even seeing it in London,” he says. “Cities are really going through something right now…I think we’re just going through a rough period.”
(Excerpt) Read more at hollywoodreporter.com ...
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It’s not a “....rough period...”
It’s the future.
Die, Hollywood, Die!
It has always been dirty and chaotic. Half that fun was watching the freaks walk by.
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