USC vs. Penn State in 9th Rose Bowl
Back on January 1, 1923, USC played Penn State in the 9th Rose Bowl, winning with a final score of 14-3. The post USC vs. Penn State in 9th Rose Bowl appeared first on Los Angeles Coliseum.
View ArticleColiseum Construction Completed
After breaking ground on December 21, 1921, the Coliseum’s construction was completed on May 1, 1923, with a capacity of 75,000. The Coliseum was commissioned to be built in 1921 as a memorial to Los...
View ArticleThe American Historical Review & Motion Picture Industrial Exposition
The American Historical Review and Motion Picture Industrial Exposition was the first event held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, less than two months after construction was completed. The event...
View ArticleUSC vs. Pomona-Pitzer: The Coliseum’s First Game
Several months after the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum opened its doors to the Los Angeles community, over 20,000 fans swarmed through the entrance to watch the Coliseum’s first ever football game: USC...
View Article“College” – A Silent Film Starring Buster Keaton
“College” is a 1927 comedy-drama silent film. The film takes place in Southern California, directed by James W. Horne and Buster Keaton. Keaton also stars in the film, alongside Anne Cornwall and...
View ArticleFirst USC vs UCLA Matchup
While the Coliseum served as home field for both USC and UCLA at the time, the iconic crosstown rivalry met for the first time on September 28, 1929. The game was the season opener for both teams. USC...
View ArticleRally featuring U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt
During President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first visit to Los Angeles as the President of the United States, he toured the city by motorcade. At the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, he addressed the crowd...
View Article“Bull” Montana vs. Jack Dempsey
In the early 1920s, Luigi Montagna, better known as “Bull” Montana, often wrestled with his friend Jack Dempsey, a world champion fighter, prior to some of Dempsey’s larger fights to help entertain the...
View ArticlePaavo Nurmi: World’s Greatest Distance Runner
Paavo Nurmi, arguably the world’s greatest distance runner, held a track meet at the Coliseum. With over 500 athletes competing, many of them recent Olympians, the “Flying Finn” from Finland was still...
View ArticleColonel Charles Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh, the hero who piloted the first trans-Atlantic flight nonstop from New York to Paris, was greeted by 60,000 admiring fans at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Colonel Lindbergh flew...
View ArticleXth Olympiad
Today marks the 85th anniversary of the opening ceremony of the 1932 Summer Olympic Games held at the Coliseum. The total number of attendees at the opening ceremony was 101,022, and featured athletes...
View ArticleCinco de Mayo
Cinco de Mayo- or the fifth of May- is a holiday commemorating the date of the Mexican army’s 1862 victory over France at the Battle of Puebla during the Franco-Mexican War (1861-1867). A relatively...
View ArticleNorwegian Ice Queen
Today marks the 81st anniversary of the “Midsummer Ice Skating Carnival” held at the Coliseum. With tickets selling for only 30 cents, this was the first time that an ice skating exhibition was held at...
View Article2nd Annual Southern California Ski Jump Competition
A ski jump competition took place inside of the Coliseum. Known as the “golden age” of this sport, thanks in part to the excitement of the 1932 Winter Olympics, engineers used snow machines and crushed...
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