OSCAR® WEEK
LOS ANGELES, CA –To ensure public safety, support security strategies and facilitate the production of this year’s Oscars®, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the City of Los Angeles have finalized street closure plans around the Dolby Theatre™ at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood. To accommodate the construction of press risers, fan bleachers and pre-show stages along the Oscars red carpet, Hollywood Boulevard will be closed between Highland Avenue and Orange Drive beginning at 10 p.m.on Sunday, February 25, and remain closed until 6 a.m. on Wednesday March 7. MTA subway trains will bypass the Hollywood & Highland station after the last regularly scheduled train onSaturday, March 3, until 6 a.m. Monday, March 5. Service at the station will resume with the first scheduled train after 6 a.m. Between Sunday, February 25, and Oscar Sunday, March 4, additional streets and sidewalks will be closed for varying periods. Details of the closures and maps of affected areas are available from the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, the Sixth and the Thirteenth District City Council field offices and on the Academy's website at http://www.oscars.org/closures.