LOS ANGELES - Memorial Coliseum (93,607) - Page 4

***LosAngelesSportsFan*** · August 16th, 2008, 05:47 AM

yes! that game sold out very very quickly.they originally sold 92000 tickets like in a day then they decided to add the 25000 more because of demand and to get to the record. Gotta love the Colosieum, its an amazing place. USC and the Colosieum Commission just signed a long term contract that will remodel the place in the next 3 years, with new screens, releveling the field, new concourses etc!!

Bobby3 · August 17th, 2008, 06:20 AM

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Originally Posted by CharlieP

Trivia question - which four other cities have hosted the Olympics twice?

Athens (obviously), London, Paris, and Lake Placid?

BobDaBuilder · August 17th, 2008, 02:42 PM

Melbourne had the 1956, and the same stadium hosted the soccer at the Sydney games.

BobDaBuilder · August 17th, 2008, 02:47 PM

Helsinki had the summer games at the same stadium where they then hosted the winter Olympics. Dunno the years however.

Athens did the same thing, I think the 1896 venue had the archery in 2004.

Infrarojo · August 17th, 2008, 04:52 PM

fantastic!!! 10 points

CharlieP · August 17th, 2008, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by BobDaBuilder

Melbourne had the 1956, and the same stadium hosted the soccer at the Sydney games.

Oops, forgot about Melbourne. OK, which six cities have hosted the Summer Olympics twice? Athens, London, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Paris and ...?

Bobby3 · August 18th, 2008, 04:50 AM

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Originally Posted by CharlieP

Oops, forgot about Melbourne. OK, which six cities have hosted the Summer Olympics twice? Athens, London, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Paris and ...?

Since we're going by events, Stockholm. They hosted Melbourne's equestrian events.

Jim856796 · August 18th, 2008, 05:29 AM

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Originally Posted by BobDaBuilder

Helsinki had the summer games at the same stadium where they then hosted the winter Olympics. Dunno the years however.

Athens did the same thing, I think the 1896 venue had the archery in 2004.

Helsinki never hosted the Winter Olympics.

Knitemplar · August 18th, 2008, 07:08 AM

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Originally Posted by CharlieP

Oops, forgot about Melbourne. OK, which six cities have hosted the Summer Olympics twice? Athens, London, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Paris and ...?

Hmmm...when was Melbourne's 2nd Olympic hosting?

You seem to forget

- (as previously mentioned) Lake Placid (1932 and 1980),

- St. Moritz (1928 and 1948), and

- Innsbruck (1964 and 1976).

coexist · August 18th, 2008, 07:18 AM

I don't think a city should be included in a listing of cities that hosted the Olympics twice just because they held a few events there. Hosting the Olympics consists of having almost all of the events, the Olympic Stadium, the opening and closing ceremonies, and the name of your city attached to the Olympics. Melbourne and Stockholm thus only hosted once.

skaP187 · August 18th, 2008, 08:42 AM

This stadium is a classic. Simple but I like it. tipical American ´cause of the fact that one goal and is lower, though they made a nice solution with the arcs and so.
Nice and please don´t change it to much.

Knitemplar · August 18th, 2008, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by coexist

I don't think a city should be included in a listing of cities that hosted the Olympics twice just because they held a few events there. Hosting the Olympics consists of having almost all of the events, the Olympic Stadium, the opening and closing ceremonies, and the name of your city attached to the Olympics. Melbourne and Stockholm thus only hosted once.

Exactly. You don't say Savannah hosted the 1996 Olympics because sailing was held there. Nor Kiel for 1972 and Tallin for 1980 because of the same event.

CharlieP · August 18th, 2008, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Bobby3

Since we're going by events, Stockholm. They hosted Melbourne's equestrian events.

Bingo!

CharlieP · August 18th, 2008, 08:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Knitemplar

Hmmm...when was Melbourne's 2nd Olympic hosting?

You seem to forget

- (as previously mentioned) Lake Placid (1932 and 1980),

- St. Moritz (1928 and 1948), and

- Innsbruck (1964 and 1976).

I forgot about the Winter Olympics completely - which is why I specified Summer Olympics second time round.

salaverryo · August 19th, 2008, 01:26 AM

I can't understand why such a huge crowd for the Dodgers - Red Sox game. Were the tickets cheaper than usual?

en1044 · August 19th, 2008, 03:15 AM

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Originally Posted by salaverryo

I can't understand why such a huge crowd for the Dodgers - Red Sox game. Were the tickets cheaper than usual?

its because they were playing at the coliseum, its a pretty big deal

***LosAngelesSportsFan*** · August 19th, 2008, 04:45 AM

well,a few reasons. novelty for one and the Dodgers are huge in LA. Tickets were 25 and 40 dollars i believe, so pretty much the same as an average price in Dodger Stadium, maybe a little less.

xlchris · August 19th, 2008, 08:33 PM

The stadium in 1922. Found on wikipedia;

koolio · August 19th, 2008, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Bobby3

Athens (obviously), London, Paris, and Lake Placid?

So London is going to host for the third time in 2012? Wow.

CharlieP · August 20th, 2008, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by koolio

So London is going to host for the third time in 2012? Wow.

Strictly speaking, London has already been the official host city for three Olympiads - 1908, 1944 and 1948.

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August 16th, 2008, 05:47 AM	#61
*LosAngelesSportsFan* Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,921 Likes (Received): 15	yes! that game sold out very very quickly.they originally sold 92000 tickets like in a day then they decided to add the 25000 more because of demand and to get to the record. Gotta love the Colosieum, its an amazing place. USC and the Colosieum Commission just signed a long term contract that will remodel the place in the next 3 years, with new screens, releveling the field, new concourses etc!!

August 17th, 2008, 02:42 PM	#63
BobDaBuilder Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Yarck Posts: 1,553 Likes (Received): 1	Melbourne had the 1956, and the same stadium hosted the soccer at the Sydney games.

August 17th, 2008, 02:47 PM	#64
BobDaBuilder Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Yarck Posts: 1,553 Likes (Received): 1	Helsinki had the summer games at the same stadium where they then hosted the winter Olympics. Dunno the years however. Athens did the same thing, I think the 1896 venue had the archery in 2004.

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Infrarojo BANNED Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Corellia Posts: 97 Likes (Received): 0	fantastic!!! 10 points

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coexist Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New York, NY Posts: 75 Likes (Received): 0	I don't think a city should be included in a listing of cities that hosted the Olympics twice just because they held a few events there. Hosting the Olympics consists of having almost all of the events, the Olympic Stadium, the opening and closing ceremonies, and the name of your city attached to the Olympics. Melbourne and Stockholm thus only hosted once.

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skaP187 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Alicante Posts: 1,688 Likes (Received): 10	This stadium is a classic. Simple but I like it. tipical American ´cause of the fact that one goal and is lower, though they made a nice solution with the arcs and so. Nice and please don´t change it to much.

August 19th, 2008, 04:45 AM	#77
*LosAngelesSportsFan* Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,921 Likes (Received): 15	well,a few reasons. novelty for one and the Dodgers are huge in LA. Tickets were 25 and 40 dollars i believe, so pretty much the same as an average price in Dodger Stadium, maybe a little less.