The Coliseum was also home to the USFL's Los Angeles Express between 1983 and 1985. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. |} Also Known As: Los Angeles Memorial Olympic Coliseum Capacity: 93,600 Dimensions: 251-320-410-(421)-385-300 Location: Santa Barbara Avenue, Hoover Avenue, Exposition Boulevard (LF) and Figueroa Street (RF), Los Angeles, CA. Template:Succession box [29] Part of the 98-year lease contract states that USC will provide $100 million in improvements in the first half of the contract, with $70 million of that coming in the first 10 years. The stadium is a true coliseum (i.e oval-shaped with a single tier of grandstands surrounding the playing area from all sides), with the famous torch and scoreboard (called the "peristyle") on one end, a running track around the perimeter of the stadium, and all that. When Walter O'Malley moved his Dodgers to Los Angeles, there was no suitable place for the team to play. As previously mentioned in the 1950s–1960s section, during 1958–1961, the distance from home plate to the left field foul pole was 251 feet (77 m) with a Template:Convert/LoffAoffDbSon screen running across the close part of left field. There was much debate about the Coliseum's potential to be a modern NFL venue. Template:Succession box With the renovations of 1964, the capacity of the Coliseum was reduced to roughly 93,000 for future events. USC was required to negotiate in good faith with the NFL to structure a sublease or occupancy agreement on fair market terms; USC could require the NFL team to contribute to any capital improvements in the Coliseum; USC is not obligated under the master lease to incur any additional expense or liabilities from the use of the Coliseum by an NFL team. On November 10, 2005, then-NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue announced that the NFL and city officials had reached a preliminary agreement on bringing an NFL team back to the Coliseum. The only empty side of the stadium (with single tier, now defunct) and also the most iconic one is the eastern entrance gate. The United States men's national soccer team played its first match as the stadium in 1965, losing to Mexico in a 1966 World Cup qualifier. 144 tournament stadiums All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only. The Dodgers won the ensuing playoff and went on to win the World Series. Template:Succession box The event saw Newport Beach native Bruce Penhall retain the title he had won in front of 92,500 fans at London's Wembley Stadium in 1981. https://bpv.baseball-reference.com/bpv/index.php?title=Los_Angeles_Memorial_Coliseum&oldid=830532. From the 2020 season the team will welcome fans to the world's most expensive stadium ever. [47], The Coliseum played host to the 2-day California World Music Festival on April 7–8, 1979.[48]. While a proposal to bring pro football back to the Los Angeles area was still in the works (at the time), there had been little action taken in the last years of the NFL's absence from the Los Angeles market to bring an NFL team to the Coliseum. Template:Succession box Template:Succession box The attendance for the exhibition game on March 29, 2008, between the Boston Red Sox and the Los Angeles Dodgers, was 115,300,[84] setting a new Guinness World Record for attendance at a baseball game. For the Coliseum Gladiator MMA Championship Finals on Sat. The Coliseum's big attraction, however, was its huge seating capacity. Excepting the mid-1950s and 1983–2007, the two teams have worn their home jerseys for the rivalry games for the Victory Bell; this tradition was renewed in 2008, even though the two schools now play at different stadiums. [30], On October 29, 2015, the University of Southern California unveiled an estimated $270-million project for a massive renovation and restoration the Coliseum. Coincidentally, as it held the second tournament, it was listed as a historical monument. Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. The last element of the Northridge earthquake repairs was the replacement of the condemned press box with a new press box in 1995. The official ground breaking ceremony took place on December 21, 1921 with construction being completed in just over 16 months, on May 1, 1923. Copyright © 2000-2020 Sports Reference LLC. The Dodgers played here until Dodger Stadium was completed in time for the 1962 season. [63] Additional seating was included in the renovation plans which increased the Coliseum's seating capacity to 93,607 in September 2008. The large analog clock and thermometer over the office windows at either end of the peristyle were installed in 1955. 102,050 — vs. UCLA 1947 (USC home game), 1. A May 1959 exhibition game between the Dodgers and the New York Yankees in honor of legendary catcher Roy Campanella drew 93,103, the largest crowd ever to see a baseball game in the Western Hemisphere until an exhibition game in 2008 between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Boston Red Sox to mark the 50th anniversary of MLB in Los Angeles. The 1975 NFC Championship Game between the Los Angeles Rams and Dallas Cowboys had an attendance of 88,919, still the largest crowd for a conference championship game since the conference-title format began with the 1970 season.