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After the New York Times reported that music's biggest night
was headed out of Los Angeles to New York in 2018, the source
confirmed that organizers were in discussions with the city, but
a deal had not yet been finalized.
A decision on the matter may come as early as the next few
weeks, the source told Reuters.
The New York Times said New York mayor Bill de Blasio's
administration made a bid for the ceremony, but that the
Recording Academy, which organizes the awards, needed to
overcome the extra costs associated with producing the show in
New York over Los Angeles.
The Grammy Awards, the top U.S. honors for the music industry,
were first held in 1959 at two simultaneous locations: the
Beverly Hilton Hotel in the Beverly Hills neighborhood of Los
Angeles and at the Park Sheraton Hotel in New York.
Since then, the awards have moved mainly between Los Angeles and
New York until 2000, when the Staples Center in downtown Los
Angeles became the home of the ceremony. An exception was made
in 2003, when the Grammy ceremony took place in Madison Square
Garden in New York.
The upcoming 59th Grammy Awards will give out gold gramophone
records to winners in over 80 categories on Feb. 12 at the
Staples Center. Nominations will be announced next week.
(Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy; editing by Clive McKeef)
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