Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena

Los Angeles
Memorial Sports Arena
	The arena in April 2007
Location	3939 South Figueroa Street; Los Angeles, California 90037
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)
Architect	Welton Becket
Structural engineer	Brandow and Johnson
General contractor	L.E. Dixon Company
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.

^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
^ L.A. Memorial Sports Arena. Columbia.edu. Retrieved on September 6, 2013.
^ Los Angeles Sports Arena. Basketball.ballparks.com. Retrieved on September 6, 2013.

[inflation-US-1] 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.

[2] L.A. Memorial Sports Arena. Columbia.edu. Retrieved on September 6, 2013.

[3] Los Angeles Sports Arena. Basketball.ballparks.com. Retrieved on September 6, 2013.

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Construction
The arena in April 2007

Location	3939 South Figueroa Street Los Angeles, California 90037
Coordinates	34°00′47″N 118°17′06″W / 34.013°N 118.285°W / 34.013; -118.285
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
Broke ground	April 7, 1958
Opened	July 4, 1959; 64 years ago (1959-07-04)
Closed	March 19, 2016 (2016-03-19)
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)