Historical Timeline

Mexican pop group RBD set a record for the highest paid attendance for a Latin concert in the U.S. with 63,101 fans at the Coliseum.

Dynamite!! USA, a mixed martial arts (MMA) event, took place at the Coliseum. In front of a crowd of 23,267, the event featured the debut of former professional wrestler Brock Lesnar, and the anticipated rematch between Royce Gracie and Kazushi Sakuraba. The show also featured the MMA debut of NFL wide receiver Johnnie Morton. The event was aired in two parts in the United States, with three preliminary bouts airing on Showtime, and a main fight card shown on pay-per-view.

In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Dodgers moving to Los Angeles, the Coliseum hosted the largest baseball crowd in history - 115,300 fans.

This exhibition game occurred two days before opening day and provided a unique experience for both teams. The stadium had unusual dimensions for baseball, with the left field fence just 251 feet away. A 42-foot high screen was installed to limit the number of home runs. Despite the field layout, the game was surprisingly low-scoring. The reigning World Series champions, the Boston Red Sox, won the game 7-4.

This was the first baseball game played at the Coliseum since September 20, 1961. The Dodgers called the Coliseum home from 1958-1961 while Dodger Stadium was being built, and even won a World Series here in 1959.

Pink Floyd's Roger Waters performed 'The Wall' in its entirety for the first time since 1990 in front of a crowd of nearly 42,000 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The band had also rocked the former Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena back in 1980.

The Rams returned to the Coliseum to call it home for the first time in 36 years on August 13, 2016. The LA Rams defeated the Dallas Cowboys 28-24 when Sean Mannion threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Aaron Green with 1:54 remaining.

The Coliseum was the original home field for the Rams when the team moved to Los Angeles in 1946 and stayed till 1979. The second return of the Rams lasted till 2019 while their new home, SoFi Stadium, was being completed.

The International Champion’s Cup Sets Unbreakable Attendance Record at 93,098.

With 93,098 tickets purchased for last night’s international soccer match between Manchester City and Real Madrid FC at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, not only was it the largest crowd to witness a soccer match in the 94-year history of the stadium, it establishes a record that may never be broken. January 2018, the Coliseum is scheduled to undergo a $270M renovation which will ultimately reduce capacity to approximately 78,500. Manchester City defeated Real Madrid with a final score of 4-1.

The previous attendance record for a Coliseum soccer match was 92,650 for the August 6, 2006, doubleheader featuring Chivas de Guadalajara vs. FC Barcelona and Chivas USA vs. New England Revolution.

Today, we have made history. The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is now a three-time host of the Summer Olympics, having been awarded, along with the City of Los Angeles, the 2028 Summer Olympic Games. The world will once again be watching the best athletes from countries all over the globe compete for the gold inside "The Greatest Stadium in the World!"

The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, a living memorial to all who served in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War I, has been a civic treasure for generations of Angelenos. The legacy of events and individuals hosted in nine-plus-decades reads like no other: the only venue to host two Summer Olympics (Xth Olympiad in 1932, XXIIIrd Olympiad in 1984) and soon a third (XXXIVth Olympiad in 2028); home to college football’s USC Trojans since 1923 and the UCLA Bruins (1928-1981); professional football’s Los Angeles Rams (1946-1979 and 2016-2019), Raiders (1982-1994) and Chargers (1960); hosting three NFL Championships and two Super Bowls; home to the Los Angeles Dodgers (1958-1960) and the 1959 World Series; appearances by US Presidents Franklin D Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and Ronald Reagan and international dignitaries such as Martin Luther King, Jr., Cesar Chavez, Pope John Paul II and Nelson Mandela. From Mick Jagger, to the Harlem Globetrotters…from the Grateful Dead to Billy Graham, Evel Knievel and Pele, the Memorial Coliseum, named a National and California Historic Landmark in 1984, has been the stage for the unbelievable, the unforgettable, the iconic and the best in human endeavor and achievement.

Thank you to the many entities who worked together to make today a reality. We celebrate and share this historical moment with you!