ABM Janitorial Services Scores At STAPLES Center.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--November 18, 1999-- ABM Janitorial Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ABM Industries Incorporated (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ABM), has commenced a multi-year, multi-million dollar building maintenance contract at STAPLES Center, the newest landmark in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or . Recently completed a cost of $375 million, STAPLES Center is the country's premier sports and entertainment complex. "ABM is thrilled to be part of the STAPLES Center team," said Larry Smith, senior vice president of ABM Janitorial Services. "The arena gives a boost to our thriving city with one-of-a-kind events and state-of-the-art amenities. ABM is providing the highest level of quality cleaning in a timely and efficient manner, to make sure spectators enjoy the environment as much as the event," he added. The 20,000 seat arena, which will feature over 200 events a year, is the new home of the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers and Clippers, the NHL's Los Angeles Kings The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles, California, USA. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). , and the Los Angeles Avengers The Los Angeles Avengers is an Arena Football League (AFL) team based in Los Angeles, California and they began play as a 2000 expansion team. History The Los Angeles Avengers of the Arena Football League. In addition to professional sports, STAPLES Center hosts a multitude of other programs, including superstar concerts, family entertainment, and internationally televised events such as next year's 42nd Annual Grammy Awards, and the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in 2002. ABM Janitorial Services operates more than 200 branch offices nationwide, serving 38 states and 36 of the 40 largest major metropolitan areas across the country. Among other sports and entertainment venues in Southern California, ABM provides cleaning services for the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, the San Diego Sports Arena , and San Diego's Cox Arena. ABM Industries Incorporated is the largest provider of outsourced facility services listed on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. . With annualized annualized Of or relating to a variable that has been mathematically converted to a yearly rate. Inflation and interest rates are generally annualized since it is on this basis that these two variables are ordinarily stated and compared. revenues in excess of $1.6 billion and more than 55,000 employees, ABM performs air conditioning, elevator, engineering, janitorial, lighting, mechanical, parking and security services for thousands of commercial, industrial and institutional customers in hundreds of cities across North America. In addition to ABM Janitorial Services, the ABM Family of Services also includes American Building Maintenance, American Commercial Security (ACS), Ampco System Parking, Amtech Elevator, Amtech Lighting, ABM Engineering, CommAir Mechanical, Easterday Janitorial Supply, and ABM Facility Services. |
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