Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

Also known as Memorial Coliseum, LA Coliseum, Los Angeles Olympic Coliseum

stadium in Los Angeles, California, USA

Key facts

Address: 3911 South Figueroa Street
Location: Los Angeles , California, United States
Owner: State of California , Los Angeles County , and City of Los Angeles
Operator: University of Southern California
Capacity: 77,500, 93,607 (pre-2018)
Surface: Bermuda grass
Public transit: Expo Park/USC , Expo/Vermont
Groundbreaking: December 21, 1921 ( 1921-12-21 )
Opened: May 1, 1923 ( 1923-05-01 )
Renovated: 1930, 1964, 1977–78, 1983, 1993, 1995, 2011, 2017–2019
Construction cost: US$954,872.98 (original) ($18 million in 2025 dollars ), $954,869 (renovations in 2010), ($1.41 million in 2025 dollars ), $315 million (renovations in 2018)

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The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (also known as the Los Angeles Coliseum or L.A. Coliseum) is a multi-purpose stadium in the Exposition Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. Conceived as a hallmark of civic pride, the Coliseum was commissioned in 1921 as a memorial to Los Angeles veterans of World War I. Completed in 1923, it will become the first stadium to have hosted the Summer Olympics three times when it hosts the 2028 Summer Olympics, previously hosting in 1932 and 1984. It was designated a National Historic Landmark on July 27, 1984, a day before the opening ceremony of the 1984 Summer Olympics.

The stadium serves as the home of the University of Southern California Trojans football team of the Big Ten Conference, and is located directly adjacent to the school's main University Park campus.