The Grand Olympic Auditorium is located at 1801 S. Grand Avenue in Los Angeles, California. The venue was built in 1924 specifically for the 1932 Olympic Games, which saw the boxing, weightlifting, and wrestling events held there. At the time it was the largest venue in the U.S., originally seating 15,300. The grand opening of the Olympic Auditorium was on August 5, 1925, and was a major media event, attended by such celebrities as Jack Dempsey and Rudolph Valentino. This article is about the largest city in California. ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... (Redirected from 1932 Olympic Games) There were two Olympic Games in the year 1932: 1932 Summer Olympics 1932 Winter Olympics This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... 2004 Armed Forces Amateur Boxing Championships, held in 2003. ... Weightlifting is a sport where competitors attempt to lift heavy weights mounted on steel bars. ... Wrestling may refer to: Sport wrestling Professional wrestling grappling This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations by or about: United States Wikinews has news related to this article: United States United States government CIA World Factbook Entry for United States House. ... August 5 is the 217th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (218th in leap years), with 148 days remaining. ... 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the boxer named Jack Dempsey. ... Rudolph Valentino (May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926) was an Italian actor. ...

Throughout the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s it was home to some of the biggest boxing, wrestling and roller derby events and has become somewhat of a landmark for boxing history. // Events and trends The 1930s were spent struggling for a solution to the global depression. ... // Events and trends The 1940s were dominated by World War II, the most destructive armed conflict in history. ... // Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the height of the baby-boom from returning...

The 1960s and 1970s were a major boom period for the Olympic, as major wrestling events were held at the arena every Friday night, as well as being the home to the roller-derby's Los Angeles T-Birds. The 1960s, or The Sixties, in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ...

The arena closed its doors in the mid 1980s when promoter Gene LaBell discontinued his weekly wrestling shows due to low attendance figures when the boom of the professional wrestling era began. It reopened in 1993, but the capacity was reduced to about 10,000. Currently the Auditorium seats 7,030 for boxing and wrestling, 4,514 for seated concerts, and 7,007 for general admission concerts. Up to 773 seats can be put on the arena floor, which measures 12,100 square feet (110' by 110') 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

Today the Olympic Auditorium is host to many music concerts and shows, as well as boxing and wrestling. The arena is famous for its box office number RI-9-5171 which is still in use today as (213) 749-5171. The arena is one of the last known major boxing and wrestling arenas of its respective golden eras still in existence today. RI9-5171 is a box office telephone number used at the Olympic Auditorium in Downtown Los Angeles. ...

Trivia

• Rock band Rage Against the Machine played their final show at the Olympic Auditorium and released Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium in 2003.
• 32 By 40-foot portable stage.
• 55-foot ceiling height
• 2 large loading docks
• 13 dressing rooms
• 8 concession stands
• 5 ticket windows
• 2.8 Kilowatt-per-channel stereo PA system with CD and cassette tape player, 2 wireless microphones and 1 wired microphone.
• 7 restrooms, all renovated (3 are handicap accessible)
• 10 C.M. Loadstar motors (4 for flying sound, 4 for stage lighting, 2 for additional lighting) plus 2 aluminum trusses (20.5" by 20.5" by 40 feet).
• 200 telephone lines, installed by SBC
• Parking lot with 550 spaces; another 2,300 spaces at nearby garage.
• Fully-equiped VIP (seating up to 40) and press rooms.
• 2 merchandising stands.
• 3 200 Amp 480/277 Volt 3-phase, 4-wire transformers, including an isolated transformer.
• 1 400 Amp 480/277 Volt 3-phase, 4-wire transformer.
• 40 KW Caterpillar Generator for "back-up" emergency lighting.
• 8-zone (dual control) dimming system for house lights by Lutron.
• 50' x 50' aluminum lighting truss with 72 par fixtures, permanently installed.

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