 The arena in April 2007 | |
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| Location | 3939 South Figueroa Street Los Angeles, California 90037 |
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| Coordinates | 34°00′47″N 118°17′06″W / 34.013°N 118.285°W |
| Owner | State of California County of Los Angeles City of Los Angeles |
| Operator | University of Southern California |
| Capacity | Basketball: 16,161 Ice hockey: 14,546 Boxing/wrestling: 16,740 |
| Scoreboard | American Sign & Indicator, now Trans-Lux; later Daktronics |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | April 7, 1958 |
| Opened | July 4, 1959 |
| Closed | March 19, 2016 |
| Demolished | September 2016 |
| Construction cost | US$8.5 million ($88.8 million in 2023 dollars[1]) |
| Architect | Welton Becket |
| Structural engineer | Brandow and Johnson[2] |
| General contractor | L.E. Dixon Company[3] |
| Tenants | |
| USC Trojans basketball (NCAA) (1959–2006) UCLA Bruins basketball (NCAA) (1959–1965, 2011–2012) Los Angeles Jets (ABL) (1961–1962) Los Angeles Lakers (NBA) (1960–1967) Los Angeles Blades (WHL) (1961–1967) Los Angeles Kings (NHL) (1967) Los Angeles Stars (ABA) (1968–1970) Los Angeles Sharks (WHA) (1972–1974) Los Angeles Strings (WTT) (1974) Los Angeles Aztecs (NASL) (1980–1981) Los Angeles Clippers (NBA) (1984–1999) Los Angeles Cobras (AFL) (1988) Los Angeles Ice Dogs (IHL) (1995–1996) Los Angeles Temptation (LFL) (2009–2011) | |
The Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena was a multi-purpose arena at Exposition Park, in the University Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. It was located next to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and just south of the campus of the University of Southern California, which managed and operated both venues under a master lease agreement with the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission. The arena was closed in April 2016, and was demolished in September of that same year. It was replaced with BMO Stadium, home of Major League Soccer's Los Angeles FC, which opened in 2018.
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- ^ L.A. Memorial Sports Arena. Columbia.edu. Retrieved on September 6, 2013.
- ^ Los Angeles Sports Arena. Basketball.ballparks.com. Retrieved on September 6, 2013.