Ovation Hollywood

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Ovation Hollywood

The center's entrance in December 2006
Coordinates	34°06′08.5″N 118°20′22″W / 34.102361°N 118.33944°W / 34.102361; -118.33944
Address	6801 Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood, California 90028
Opening date	November 9, 2001; 22 years ago (2001-11-09)
Previous names	Hollywood & Highland
Developer	TrizecHahn
Owner	DJM and Gaw Capital
Architect	Ehrenkrantz Eckstut & Kuhn Architects
No. of stores and services	60
No. of anchor tenants	1 (Dolby Theatre)
Total retail floor area	640,000 sq ft (59,000 m2)
No. of floors	5 (retail)
Parking	On-street, parking garage
Public transit access	Hollywood/Highland
Website	ovationhollywood.com

Ovation Hollywood (formerly Hollywood & Highland) is a shopping center and entertainment complex at the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States.

The 387,000-square-foot (36,000 m²) shopping center also includes the TCL Chinese Theatre, a historic movie palace, and the Dolby Theatre, an auditorium that has been home to the Academy Awards since 2002. The historic site was once the home of the famed Hollywood Hotel. Located in the heart of Hollywood, along the Hollywood Walk of Fame, it is among the most visited tourist destinations and shopping complexes in Los Angeles.

The complex sits just across Hollywood Blvd. from the El Capitan Theatre and offers views of the Hollywood Hills and Hollywood Sign to the north, Santa Monica Mountains to the west and downtown Los Angeles to the southeast. The centerpiece of the complex is a massive three-story courtyard inspired by the Babylon scene from the D.W. Griffith film Intolerance. The developer of the shopping center built parts of the archway and two pillars with elephant sculptures on the capitals, just as seen in the film, to the same full scale. It gives visitors an idea of how large the original set must have been.^[1][2]

The center has more than 70 shops and 25 restaurants.^[3] Major retail tenants that face Hollywood Boulevard include American Eagle Outfitters, Forever 21, and Sephora. The complex also houses a Lucky Strike Lanes bowling alley, and a nightclub.^[4] The complex also houses 65,000 square feet (6,000 m²) of gathering spaces including the Grand Ballroom, used for the Oscars Governors Ball. Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck operates his regional headquarters out of the complex. The center also includes television broadcast facilities that in 2004 included the studios for the daily talk show On Air With Ryan Seacrest. Currently, the studio is home to Revolt TV.

The 637-room Loews Hollywood Hotel is also part of the site. The Metro B Line's Hollywood/Highland station is beneath the structure.^[5] Also, Metro Local lines 212, 217, 222, 237, 656 and Metro Rapid 780 serve the complex.