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The opening ceremony of the 1984 Summer Olympic Games took place on the afternoon of Saturday, July 28, in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles.As mandated by the Olympic Charter, the proceedings combined the formal ceremonial opening of this international sporting event (including welcoming speeches, hoisting of the flags and the parade of athletes) with an artistic spectacle to ...
The Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena remained home to the University of Southern California's basketball team until the 2005-06 NCAA basketball season when the Trojans moved on campus. [51] For the 1984-85 NBA season, the Clippers franchise relocated from San Diego to Los Angeles where they played at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena. [72]
In this capacity, the stadium also is the site of the longest professional American football game in history: on June 30, 1984 (a few weeks before the start of the 1984 Summer Olympics), a triple-overtime game between the Express and the Michigan Panthers that was decided on a 24-yard game-winning touchdown by Mel Gray of the Express, three and ...
The 1984 Summer Olympics was preceded by the 10-week-long adjunct Los Angeles Olympic Arts Festival, which opened on June 2 and ended on August 12. It provided more than 400 performances by 146 theater, dance and music companies, representing every continent and 18 countries.
Hosting the Olympics cost Salt Lake City $1.9 billion in 2002 dollars, The Los Angeles Times reported. One of the biggest expenses was $300 million for security -- most of which was paid by taxpayers.
Nobody but Tehran, Iran, and Los Angeles bid for the 1984 Games. Ueberroth, supported by then-mayor Tom Bradley, created a private financing plan that relied on media rights and corporations.
Media related to 1984 in Los Angeles at Wikimedia Commons Los Angeles portal; 1980s portal; 1979; 1980; ... 1984 Summer Olympics; U. 1983–84 USC Trojans women's ...
In honor of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, see every opening ceremony outfit Team USA has worn for the ... and blue tracksuits designed by Levi Strauss & Co. at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. ...