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Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

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The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is a large outdoor sports stadium in the University Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, at Exposition Park, that is home to the Pacific-12 Conference's University of Southern California Trojans football team.

The Coliseum was commissioned in 1921 as a memorial to Los Angeles veterans of World War I. Completed in 1923, it will become the first stadium to have hosted the Summer Olympics three times when it hosts the 2028 Summer Olympics, having previously hosted the 1932 and 1984 editions. It was designated a National Historic Landmark on July 27, 1984, a day before the opening ceremony of the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Constructed, 1923
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1923-Scenes from the Roman Age in Buster Keaton's Three Ages were filmed in the Coliseum, the first ever use of the Coliseum as a movie location.
1978-Warren Beatty's film 'Heaven Can Wait' was shot here; a scene about a fictional Super Bowl XII game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Los Angeles Rams.
2009-On June 17, 2009, the Coliseum was the terminus for the Los Angeles Lakers' 2009 NBA championship victory parade. A crowd of over 90,000 attended the festivities, in addition to the throngs of supporters who lined the 2-mile route.
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Current Location
3911 S Figueroa St
Previous Locations
Nearby
The Oculus and California Gate
725 feet
University of Southern California
3205 feet
New Carver Apartments
1.89 miles
Los Angeles Convention Center
2.13 miles
Central Recreation Pool, South L.A.
2.15 miles
LA Design Center
2.27 miles
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The stadium is jointly owned by the State of California's Sixth District Agricultural Association, Los Angeles County, and the city of Los Angeles, and is managed and operated by the Auxiliary Services Department of the University of Southern California

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Los Angeles hosted the 1984 Summer Olympics, and the Coliseum became the first stadium to host the Summer Olympic Games twice; again serving as the primary track and field venue and as the site of the opening and closing ceremonies

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2013
The Coliseum was the home of the Los Angeles Rams of the NFL from 1946 to 1979, when they moved to Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, and again from 2016 to 2019, prior to the team's move to SoFi Stadium in Inglewood.

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2013
When the Coliseum opened in 1923, it was the largest stadium in Los Angeles, with a capacity of 75,144

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