Site of the Olympic
Games, the Super Bowl and the World Series, the Los Angeles Coliseum has
hosted many great games during its existence. Although many teams have
played at the coliseum over the years, one has been constant, the
University of Southern California Trojans. Construction of a football
stadium for the Los Angeles area began in the early 1920s. Completed
in less than two years, the USC Trojans played the first game ever at
the Coliseum on October 6, 1923 against Pomona College. Nearly 76,000
bleacher seats circled the entire field. By 1930, the City of Los
Angeles was awarded the 1932 Olympics. Over $950,000 was spent to
enlarge the stadium to seat nearly 101,000 fans for the Olympics.
Although built primarily for football in April 1958, the Los Angeles
Dodgers (MLB) moved to the coliseum while their baseball stadium was
constructed.
In 1959, a football
game between USC and Ohio State was played at the coliseum. A hour
after its completion, the first World Series game in California was
played. The Dodgers moved out of the coliseum after the 1961 season.
After its addition in the 1930s, the Los Angeles Coliseum changed very
little until the 1990s. Beginning in February 1993, $15 million in
renovations were completed to the coliseum. Actual seats were
installed, replacing the bleachers and fourteen rows of seats were
added, raising the capacity to around 92,000 after the field was
lowered 14 feet. Unfortunately, a massive earthquake in 1994 required over $93
million in repairs. Prior to the 1995 season, a new press box was
constructed at a cost of $6 million. Although the stadium has a
seating capacity of 92,000, the Trojans often cover some of the seats
to give it a capacity of 68,000. Other than being the home of the
Trojans, the Los Angeles Coliseum has also been the home of the Raiders and
Rams of the NFL. The Coliseum has been the home of many great sporting
events from the 1932 and 1984 Olympics to World Series and Super Bowl
games. Over the past several years, the Trojan football team has had
great success at the Coliseum, including being ranked the number one
team in the nation several times.
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