The Coliseum was commissioned to be built in 1921 as a memorial to Los Angeles veterans of World War I. The stadium was designed by notable local architects John and Donald Parkinson, a father-and-son architectural team. The original bowl's preliminary construction costs were $954,873.
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Along with the adjacent Sports Arena, the Coliseum is credited with helping to start the migration of professional sports teams to the West Coast. The complex ...
The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum opened its doors to Los Angeles in June of 1923. Some months later, on October 6, 1923, the first football game was played in ...
21, 1921 and work was completed on May 1, 1923. When the Coliseum opened in June 1923, it was the largest stadium in L.A. with a capacity of 75,144.
Jun 22, 2023 · The stadium's origins date to the turn of the 20th century and a patch of land known as Agricultural Park, an aging fairgrounds gone to seed.
The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum was originally constructed between 1921 and 1923 as a tribute to local World War I veterans. Renowned Southern California ...
The Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena opened its doors to the public on July 4, 1959, with an intimate ceremony hosted by Republican Vice President Richard ...
The Coliseum opened in 1923 and was the largest stadium in Los Angeles with a capacity of more than 75,000. With the Olympics only two years away, in 1930 ...