It is the only stadium on earth to host two Olympics, two Super Bowls, a World Series and a papal Mass - with a third Olympics arriving in 2028. The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, at 3911 South Figueroa Street in Exposition Park, opened on 1 May 1923 as a memorial to World War I veterans and remains the monumental heart of Los Angeles sport. The build was civic ambition at speed: father-and-son architects John and Donald Parkinson - the team behind LA City Hall and Union Station - delivered the 75,000-seat bowl in sixteen months for under a million dollars. When the 1932 Olympics were awarded, a third tier lifted capacity past 101,000, and the peristyle gained the Olympic cauldron that still crowns the east end. The history stacked up for a century: the 1932 and 1984 Olympic ceremonies, Super Bowls I and VII, the 1959 World Series with the Dodgers drawing 92,000-plus, JFK accepting the 1960 Democratic nomination, and USC Trojans football running continuously since 1923 - with the Rams and Raiders writing their NFL chapters in between. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1984. Concert history matches the sport: Bruce Springsteen's four-night 1985 stand, U2, the Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd's The Wall-era spectacles and the raves and stadium festivals of the modern era have all filled the bowl, its open peristyle end framing stages against the palm-lined Exposition Park skyline. The 2018-2019 renovation rebuilt it for its second century: USC's solely funded 315-million-dollar project added the Scholarship Club Tower's suites and press facilities, widened seats and aisles, and settled capacity at 77,500 - preserving the 1923 concrete bowl and the torch that gets lit in the fourth quarter of every USC game. Practical notes: the Expo Park/USC station on the Metro E Line lands at the stadium's doorstep - driving on event days is the rookie error; the peristyle end's arches and Olympic gateway statues are the photo stop, the California Science Center and Natural History Museum share the park for pre-game hours, and evening kickoffs put the sunset behind the press-box rim.

Type: Stadium / Arena

Address: 3911 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA, United States, 90037

Website: https://www.lacoliseum.com

Cover Charge: 1

Capacity: 77500

Opening Date: 01/05/1923

Serves Food

Outdoor Area

Accessible