All former venues
Every published venue in the atlas. Each record cites its sources and shows what stands on the site today where that is known.
8 venues
View on map →Gilmore Field
Gilmore Field was the Fairfax District home of the Pacific Coast League Hollywood Stars from 1939 to 1957, a small ballpark beside the Farmers Market that drew a celebrity crowd.
Gilmore Stadium
Gilmore Stadium was an 18,000-seat Fairfax District stadium built by oilman Earl Gilmore in 1934, best known for midget auto racing and professional football before CBS Television City replaced it.
Grand Olympic Auditorium
The Grand Olympic Auditorium in downtown Los Angeles was the city's principal boxing and wrestling hall from 1925 and hosted Olympic events in 1932. Sold in 2005, it still stands as a Korean-American church.
Hollywood Legion Stadium
Hollywood Legion Stadium, run by American Legion Post 43, was Hollywood's boxing and wrestling arena from the early 1920s until 1959. The 1938 building survives as a gym.
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
The Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena opened in Exposition Park in 1959 and housed the Lakers, Clippers, early Kings and USC basketball. It closed in 2016 and was razed for LAFC's soccer stadium.
Pan-Pacific Auditorium
The Streamline Moderne Pan-Pacific Auditorium in Los Angeles hosted minor-league hockey and USC basketball. It closed in 1972 and burned in 1989; the site is now Pan Pacific Park.
Polar Palace
The Polar Palace in Hollywood was an ice rink used by UCLA and USC hockey in the 1930s. It burned on May 16, 1963, and was not rebuilt.
Wrigley Field (Los Angeles)
Built by William Wrigley Jr. in 1925 for the Pacific Coast League Angels, Los Angeles's Wrigley Field later housed the American League Angels for one season in 1961 and was demolished in 1969.