interests in the United States. Sporting News acknowledged the accomplishments of The ESPN Sports Poll in 1996. Disney planned to start an ESPN West in late 1998, a regional sports network for the Greater Los Angeles Area that would air live games of the Anaheim Angels and Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, but the plan was abandoned. In 1999, ESPN joined forces with Konami and Disney Interactive for a series of video games called ESPN the Games, to replace the Konami XXL Sports Series branding, to release a series of titles for the PlayStation, Dreamcast, Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Color, Nintendo 64, Xbox, GameCube and PlayStation 2. The venture ended in 2002, and joined forces with Sega. The venture made its full expansion when ESPN, Visual Concepts and Sega teamed up to set up the ESPN Videogames to replace the Sega Sports label as part of the retooling of the 2K game franchise. In 2005, just before the expiration of the ESPN-2K alliance, ESPN then signed up a 15-year agreement with Electronic Arts to allow ESPN personalities and presentations to appear on EA Sports games for the next 15 years. After Disney's acquisition of ESPN, ABC Sports began to increasingly integrate its operations with the network in 1996. That year Steve Bornstein, president of ESPN since 1990, was also made president of ABC Sports. This integration culminated in the 2006 decision to merge ABC Sports' operations with ESPN, which transitioned all ABC Sports telecasts to ESPN-styled productions and branding under the banner ESPN on ABC. However, due to the nature of ESPN still being a joint venture between Disney and Hearst, ESPN on ABC is still legally separate from ESPN, since Hearst has no ownership interest in the ABC network. In 1998, ESPN also began utilizing a "Skycam" during its NHL broadcasts, later expanding its use to baseball, basketball and football games. In 2007, ESPN signed an agreement with the Arena Football League to broadcast at least one game every week, usually on Monday nights. In January 2008, ESPN signed a multimillion-dollar contract with professional gaming circuit, Major League Gaming (MLG). In April 2009, ESPN opened a broadcast production facility in downtown Los Angeles at the L.A. Live complex, across from Staples Center. The five-story facility houses two television production studios with digital control rooms on the upper floors, and previously held an ESPN Zone restaurant on the first two