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The Vernon Arena, located just south of downtown Los Angeles, California, was a major early 20th-century west coast of the United States boxing venue. For much of its history the Vernon Arena was a "pavilion"—an outdoor boxing ring surrounded by seating for spectators—but the Vernon Coliseum, which stood from 1924 to 1927, was an indoor arena with capacity to host about 8,000 people.
Daniel Murphy High School was originally the home of Los Angeles College, a Catholic junior seminary.A notable alumnus of Los Angeles College is Cardinal Roger Mahony.The seminary existed on the site from the time it was built in 1926 until 1953 when it moved to its new home in the San Fernando Valley and was renamed Our Lady Queen of Angels Seminary.
Los Angeles Port became the second busiest deep water port and the banking sector became very large. As the emergent economy, fueled by oil and Hollywood real estate ,boomed, though with a growth fluctuation during 1924–25, one third of the homes in Los Angeles were privately owned by home owners, unlike other major cities in the US where the ...
Pages in category "Boxing matches in Los Angeles" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Interior during an exhibition basketball game against Cal Poly Pomona. USC had planned to build an on-campus indoor arena for more than 100 years. Before the Galen Center, USC basketball had been played at a variety of locations, including the neighboring Shrine Auditorium stage, the old Pan-Pacific Auditorium in the Fairfax District, and from 1959 onward at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena.
"Elite of Filmdom Thrill to Boxing Wars at Local Arena" Los Angeles Times, April 27, 1937 Seating capacity in the 1920s and 1930s was 10,400. [3] In 1936 it had more gate entries than Chicago Stadium and Madison Square Garden combined, and had about double the ticket sales of rival Hollywood Legion Stadium.
Pages in category "1926 establishments in California" The following 110 pages are in this category, out of 110 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The High School for the Visual and Performing Arts (formerly known as Central Los Angeles Area High School 9) [10] [11] opened in 2008. Central Los Angeles High School 11 (Edward R. Roybal (formerly Belmont) Learning Center), [12] Central Los Angeles High School 12, [13] and the Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez Learning Centers all opened in 2009. [14]