E3 has become practically synonymous with the Los Angeles Convention Center, but if reports are true, this loveteam may be ending soon.

As it turns out, ESA, the company organizing the annual expo event, has only one more year left in their LACC contract. While it should be easy for them to renew it, a wedge in that consideration would be the lined up construction in the center's West Hall. This has thus pushed them to check out other options.

"There have been other places we've looked at," said Rich Taylor to LA Times. "We don't want our attendees to have to rappel across a construction quarry to get to a booth."

Understandably, the city of angels would want to keep the event within their territory because of the huge revenue it brings in to the city year by year. We're talking an estimated US$ 25 million here, just for a couple of days of expo goodness. 

Furthered Taylor, "There are other locations that would obviously love to have a show of this size in their backyards but thus far we feel we have a strong, mutually productive relationship with Los Angeles. E3 has always been venued in at the LACC, with the exception of the years 2007 and 2008, where they went to Santa Monica instead.

For this year's event, ESA put in more stringent measures, not only for the presentors, but also to the public attendees. It turned out successfully, and you can check out our round-up of the E3 2011 event right here.

Via [LA Times]

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