Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Purple Ink

The Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena opened on July 4, 1959 and sat next to the Coliseum. The first event was held four days later, a boxing match between??Jos?? Becerra??and??Alphonse Halimi. During its 57 year history it hosted not only boxing matches and concerts but many L.A. sports teams including the basketball Jets, Lakers, and Stars, hockey's Kings (for part of one season), Sharks, and Ice Dogs, soccer's Aztecs and Lazers, along with an indoor football team (the Cobras) and a pro tennis team (the Strings).