User:SecretName101/List of events at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is a sports venue that opened in 1923.

1923

 * October 6 12,836 spectators watched Pomona College and USC play in the first football game held at the Los Angeles Coliseum. The Trojans won 23–7.

1924

 * December 25 1924 Los Angeles Christmas Festival Bowl Game

1932

 * The Coliseum hosted the opening and closing ceremonies, field hockey, gymnastics, the show jumping part of the equestrian, and the the athletics events of the 1932 Summer Olympics. The 1932 games marked the introduction of the Olympic Village as well as the victory podium.

1934

 * 1934 NCAA Men's Track and Field Championships

1939

 * 1939 NCAA Men's Track and Field Championships

1949

 * 1949 NCAA Men's Track and Field Championships

1951

 * January 14 53,676 spectators attended the 1950 NFL Pro Bowl

1952

 * January 10 19,400 spectators attended the 1951 NFL Pro Bowl

1953

 * January 10 34,208 spectators attended the 1952 NFL Pro Bowl

1954

 * January 17 44,214	spectators attended the 1953 NFL Pro Bowl

1955

 * January 16 43,972 spectators attended the 1954 NFL Pro Bowl
 * 1955 NCAA Men's Track and Field Championships
 * December 26 87,695 spectators attended 1955 NFL Championship Game, in which the Cleveland Browns defeated the Los Angeles Rams 38-14.

1956

 * January 15 37,867 spectators attended the 1955 NFL Pro Bowl

1957

 * January 13 44,177 spectators attended the 1956 NFL Pro Bowl

1958

 * January 12 66,634 spectators attended the 1957 NFL Pro Bowl

1959

 * January 11 72,250 spectators attended the 1958 NFL Pro Bowl
 * May 7, 1959, an exhibition game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the 1958 World Series champion New York Yankees was held in honor of crippled former Dodgers catcher Roy Campanella. This game drew 93,103, which was a Major League Baseball record prior to 2008.
 * The Coliseum also hosted the second MLB All-Star Game of the 1959 season (two games were held annually from 1959 to 1962).
 * 1959 World Series games between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago White Sox. All games held at the Coliseum exceeded 90,000 in attendance. Game 5 drew 92,706 fans, a major league record for a non-exhibition game.

1960

 * January 17 56,876 spectators attended the 1959 NFL Pro Bowl


 * 1960 Democratic National Convention

1961

 * January 15 62,971 spectators attended the 1960 NFL Pro Bowl

1962

 * January 14 57,409 spectators attended the 1961 NFL Pro Bowl

1963

 * January 13 61,374 spectators attended the 1962 NFL Pro Bowl

1964

 * January 12 67,242 spectators attended the 1963 NFL Pro Bowl

1965

 * January 10 60,598 spectators attended the 1964 NFL Pro Bowl

1966

 * January 15 60,124 spectators attended the 1965 NFL Pro Bowl

1967

 * January 15 61,946 spectators attended Super Bowl I. The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Cheifs 35-10.
 * January 22 15,062 spectators attended the 1966 NFL Pro Bowl
 * July 14, 1967 17,842 spectators attended the United Soccer Association's championship (the USA Final 1967).

1968

 * January 21 53,289 spectators attended the 1967 NFL Pro Bowl

1969

 * January 19 32,050 spectators attended the 1968 NFL Pro Bowl

1970

 * January 18 57,786 spectators attended the 1969 NFL Pro Bowl

1971

 * January 24 48,222 spectators attended the 1970 NFL Pro Bowl

1972

 * January 23 53,647 spectators attended the 1971 NFL Pro Bowl
 * In 1972 the Coliseum hosted the Super Bowl of Motocross, later known as the AMA Supercross Championship
 * 1972 Special Olympics Summer World Games

1973

 * January 14 90,182 spectators attended Super Bowl VII. The Miami Dolphins defeated the Washington Redskins 14-7.

1976

 * 1976 U.S.A. Bicentennial Cup Tournament match:
 * August 15 Jethro Tull Too Old To Rock 'N' Roll Tour concert.

1979

 * January 29 46,281 spectators attended the 1978 NFL Pro Bowl
 * April 8 Van Halen performed in the California World Music Festival 1979 at the Coliseum as part of their World Vacation Tour

1980

 * July 26, as part of Los Angeles Summer Blowout 1980, 75,000 spectators attended a sold-out Black Sabbath Heaven & Hell Tour concert with Journey, Cheap Trick, and Molly Hatchet.

1982

 * October 29 The Who Tour 1982 concert.

1984

 * Opening ceremony of the 1984 Summer Olympics
 * Athletics competition of the 1984 Summer Olympics.
 * Closing ceremony of the 1984 Summer Olympics.

1988

 * April 15 Pink Floyd A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour concert.
 * July 24 Van Halen and Metallica Monsters of Rock Tour 1988 concert.
 * 1988 Marlboro Cup

1989

 * 1989 Marlboro Cup
 * August 26 The Who Tour 1989 concert.

1990

 * 1990 Marlboro Cup (soccer)

1991

 * 1991 North American Nations Cup matches
 * 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup

1992

 * September 27 35,293 spectators attended a Guns N' Roses and Metallica concert, part of their Stadium Tour, with Faith No More. This was also considered part of Guns N' Roses' Use Your Illusion Tour.
 * October 25, 1992 the Los Angeles Raiders drew 91,505 to a game vs. the Miami Dolphins, this was their largest attendance at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

1996

 * 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Brazil, a CONMEBOL member, was invited to compete in the CONCACAF tournament.

1997

 * June 21 U2 PopMart Tour with Rage Against the Machine (who opened for U2, as part of Rage's own Evil Empire Tour).

1998

 * 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Brazil, a CONMEBOL member, was invited to compete in the CONCACAF tournament.
 * August 30 1998 Pigskin Classic

1999

 * 1999 U.S. Cup matches

2000

 * January 16-January 21 2000 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
 * 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Colombia and Peru, CONMEBOL members, were invited to compete in the CONCACAF tournament, with South Korea a AFC member.

2002

 * July 10-12 Bad Religion The Process of Belief Tour concert.

2003

 * 2003 Recopa Sudamericana match:
 * Events of X Games 9

2005

 * 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup matches

South Africa, a CAF member, was invited to compete in the CONCACAF tournament with Colombia, a CONMEBOL member.

2007

 * 2007 North American SuperLiga match

2008

 * March 29, 2008 and exhibition game was held at the Coliseum between the Boston Red Sox and the Los Angeles Dodgers. The attendance was was 115,300, setting a new Guinness World Record for attendance at a baseball game. The previous record of an estimated 114,000 was in the 1956 Summer Olympics at Melbourne Cricket Ground for an exhibition game between teams from the USA Military and Australia.

2010

 * Events of X Games 16

2011

 * July 30 L.A. Rising Festival. The event featured Rage Against the Machine (as a part of their reunion tour) and Muse (as a part of their The Resistance Tour).

2013

 * April 27 Robby Gordon won a 2013 Stadium Super Trucks event at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

2015

 * July 25 the Coliseum hosted the opening ceremony of the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games. The ceremony featured performances by J Balvin, Becky G, Siedah Garrett, Stevie Wonder, and Avril Lavinge. A pre-recorded message by President Barack Obama was played, while First Lady Michelle Obama gave a speech in-person. The Special Olympics' Flame of Hope was used by Rafer Johnson (who lit the same cauldron at the 1984 Summer Olympics) and Special Olympian Destiny Sanchez to light the stadium's Olympic cauldron.
 * August 2, 2015 the Coliseum hosted the closing ceremony of the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games.

2023

 * In 2023 the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum will celebrate the 100th anniversary of its opening.