As seen at Minaide, Hizukashi:

It makes no sense, for example for AX to be worried about “growth” at Anaheim when there was usually multiple other cons using the same amount of space.

Here's what was actually said, including the interruption:

WANG: ... understand that people have issues with Los Angeles, but there are also issues with Anaheim that I don't think people are aware of. For instance, we have to deal with the issue of growth -

ANSWERMAN: Anaheim is huge. There are routinely 2 or 3 other shows running in the convention center at the same time AX is going on there. I don't mean to be antagonistic, but you have to understand why people are confused on this issue.

WANG: Well, I believe the arena in Anaheim is being torn down. If we needed to expand into the arena space there, that would be a concern.

I missed this year, and in fact I was at AX back when it merely had 12,000 attendees. At that time, ACC was at capacity. JPmeyer says "2-3 other cons", but he merely repeats what Answerman said. It's total bullshit. These 2-3 other shows were in reality one little bible study group, using the round structure on the north side of ACC. One have to wonder, was JPmeyer even there? Even once?

There's absolutely no question that AX was overflowing ACC. And now we are talking 30,000 to 50,000 people.

That said, I don't know if LACC is in the ghetto area. It may be a bad choice of venue. I only know that there weren't enough hotels (because I as unable to get a room a few months in advance). However, what a coincidence! there seem to be a big hotel construction going on next door to LACC.