The 83rd annual Golden Globes ceremony will return to Beverly Hills on Jan. 11. (photo courtesy of the Golden Globes)

The Beverly Hills City Council on Oct. 28 approved a request from Dick Clark Productions to close streets and sidewalks for the 83rd annual Golden Globes Award Ceremony on Jan. 11 at the Beverly Hilton. The ceremony has been held at the hotel since 1961.

“We are very excited to be bringing the Golden Globes back to the city of Beverly Hills next year,” said Preston Northrop, vice president of production for Dick Clark Productions.

Street closures will vary between limited traffic to local residents, partial lane closures and full closures, and will include North Santa Monica Boulevard, Wilshire Boulevard, Whittier Drive, Greenway Drive, Trenton Drive and Carmelita, Elevado and Lomitas avenues. A notification on street closures will be sent to all residents within two miles of the event.

In addition to street closures, Dick Clark Productions requested covering of red light cameras at Wilshire Boulevard and Whittier Drive during the set-up and duration of the ceremony to prevent camera flashes during red carpet arrivals. According to the city, the Beverly Hills Police Department had no objections to the request. The camera covering was approved by the City Council.

Dick Clark Productions also requested a $30,000 fee waiver for the event, however, the city did not agree to waive fees, and the request was withdrawn.

City Council members expressed support for the plan to host the Golden Globes. However, Councilman John Mirisch was concerned about a lack of footage promoting Beverly Hills at the beginning of the live broadcast, which was present in years prior. Northrop said a “creative decision” was made to change the position of Beverly Hills-focused footage to later in the program.

Additionally, the agreement includes a $25,000 fee paid by the Beverly Hills Conference and Visitors Bureau to Dick Clark Productions. The fee grants the CVB access to the awards ceremony to film and produce content at the ceremony to promote Beverly Hills. Vice Mayor Craig Corman raised concerns over the cost for the CVB to access to the event.

“I understand [Dick Clark Productions] charge[s] other members of the press for this kind of access but other members of the press are not providing the types of street closures and public safety protection and traffic police and all sorts of things that come hand-in-glove with what we all recognize is a partnership,” Corman said. “All I’m saying is I think it would be appropriate if the CVB were given access for certainly less than $25,000.”

To address Corman’s concern, the council unanimously agreed to approve the plan with the understanding that the CVB and Dick Clark Productions will meet to potentially reduce the cost.

“We’re thrilled for this partnership. This is really exciting. We love this partnership, we appreciate it, and I don’t want to put any other type of feelings out there at all, because this is important to us, we want to see this partnership continue in the years following,” Mayor Sharona Nazarian said. “The last thing I would want is to make it too complicated or too difficult of a process, because it is a world-class event and this is a world-class city. So it’s only becoming that we have that partnership together.”