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The Coliseum

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, CA, home of USC. Capacity 77,500. Opened May 1, 1923.

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CAPhoto: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
77,500
Opened
1923
Surface
Bermuda grass
Roof
Open air
Elevation
139 ft
Home team
USC
USC here
127–⁠32 games on file since 2001
College GameDay
11 times
National Historic Landmark
1984

Since it opened: USC is 469–⁠146–⁠25 in home games from the 1923 season on. Our source names a game’s stadium only from 2001, so that count takes every earlier home game not marked neutral and may include a few played elsewhere.

Biggest games here

From the games on file here, 2001 on: title and postseason games, meetings of two ranked teams, upsets by our pregame Elo ratings and the biggest swings in CollegeFootballData.com’s excitement index.

Crowds season by season

Average and biggest crowd at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum by season, 2001 to 202640k60k80k100k2001: 60,317 a game over 5 games; biggest 88,5882002: 66,853 a game over 6 games; biggest 91,4322003: 77,804 a game over 6 games; biggest 93,1722004: 84,184 a game over 7 games; biggest 92,6112005: 90,812 a game over 6 games; biggest 92,0212006: 91,480 a game over 6 games; biggest 92,0002007: 87,476 a game over 6 games; biggest 91,5532008: 86,793 a game over 6 games; biggest 93,6072009: 84,799 a game over 6 games; biggest 90,0712010: 79,907 a game over 6 games; biggest 88,7262011: 74,806 a game over 7 games; biggest 93,6072012: 87,945 a game over 6 games; biggest 93,6072013: 73,126 a game over 7 games; biggest 93,6072014: 73,272 a game over 6 games; biggest 79,5862015: 75,358 a game over 7 games; biggest 83,6022016: 68,459 a game over 6 games; biggest 74,6252017: 72,683 a game over 7 games; biggest 84,7142018: 55,449 a game over 6 games; biggest 59,8212019: 59,358 a game over 6 games; biggest 64,1562021: 56,215 a game over 7 games; biggest 68,1522022: 64,487 a game over 7 games; biggest 72,6132023: 66,071 a game over 7 games; biggest 72,2442024: 71,571 a game over 6 games; biggest 75,3042025: 67,783 a game over 7 games; biggest 75,5002026: 61,450 a game over 4 games; biggest 75,500200120062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

93,607Stanford at USC2013
93,607Notre Dame at USC2012
93,607Oregon at USC2012
93,607Hawai’i at USC2012
93,607UCLA at USC2011

Bars are each season’s average crowd, dots its biggest (the record in orange), the dashed rule today’s capacity. Attendance is on file for most games from 2001 on.

The pregame shows here

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 11 times, first in 2004; Fox’s Big Noon Kickoff once.

Sep 20, 2019Big Noon KickoffUSC 30, Utah 23
Nov 16, 2013College GameDayUSC 20, Stanford 17McCarthy Quad
Nov 24, 2012College GameDayNotre Dame 22, USC 13Outside of Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Oct 29, 2011College GameDayStanford 56, USC 48Outside Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Oct 30, 2010College GameDayOregon 53, USC 32Outside Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Sep 13, 2008College GameDayUSC 35, Ohio State 3Outside Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Nov 25, 2006College GameDayUSC 44, Notre Dame 24Outside Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Sep 16, 2006College GameDayUSC 28, Nebraska 10Outside Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Dec 3, 2005College GameDayUSC 66, UCLA 19
Jan 4, 2005College GameDayUSC 55, Oklahoma 19Pro Player Stadium
Nov 27, 2004College GameDayUSC 41, Notre Dame 10Outside Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Oct 9, 2004College GameDayUSC 23, California 17Outside Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of College GameDay locations (CC BY-SA). Big Noon Kickoff’s from Wikipedia’s list of its sites (CC BY-SA).

Weather on game day

Coldest kickoffs

Hottest kickoffs

Coldest game days before 2004

Hottest game days before 2004

Kickoffs: the NOAA report nearest kickoff from the closest weather station (NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database). Game days: the day’s high and snowfall at the NOAA station nearest the stadium, for USC’s home games before 2004 (NOAA GHCN-Daily, public domain).

The stadium’s history

Also known as
The Coliseum
L.A. Coliseum
The Grand Old Lady
Opened
May 1, 1923
Architect
John and Donald Parkinson (original)
DLR Group (renovations)
Surface over the years
Bermuda grass
Renovated
1930, 1964, 1977–⁠78, 1983, 1993, 1995, 2011, 2017–⁠2019

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

From above

150 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 410 by 290 meters (1,340 by 960 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

On the National Register

Listed
July 27, 1984
National Historic Landmark
Designated July 27, 1984
Reference
No. 84003866, significant at the national level The nomination

National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service; nominations in the National Archives catalog.

Recent games here

Oct 3, 202618USC 25, Washington 21
Sep 26, 202620Oregon 41, 12USC 27
Sep 12, 202614USC 49, Louisiana 30
Sep 4, 202614USC 39, Fresno State 0
Aug 29, 202614USC 42, San José State 26
Nov 29, 202519USC 29, UCLA 10
Nov 15, 202517USC 26, Iowa 21
Nov 7, 202520USC 38, Northwestern 17
Oct 11, 2025USC 31, 15Michigan 13
Sep 20, 202525USC 45, Michigan State 31
Sep 6, 2025USC 59, Georgia Southern 20
Aug 30, 2025USC 73, Missouri State 13

Pouring rights

Coca-Cola has the stadium’s soft-drink pouring rights. Single source.