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Crypto.com Arena (stylized as crypto.com Arena; originally known as Staples Center) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in downtown Los Angeles.Opened on October 17, 1999, as Staples Center, it is located next to the Los Angeles Convention Center complex along Figueroa Street, and has since been considered a part of L.A. Live.
Cooke won the franchise, paying $2 million for the Los Angeles club, which he called the Kings. According to Springer, "Cooke went to Inglewood and built the Forum. Goodbye, Lakers. Goodbye, Kings." [citation needed] The round, $16 million [10] building was designed by Los Angeles architect Charles Luckman to be "reminiscent of Roman coliseums."
Panorama of Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum before renovations, with first game under the 2008 seating configuration: a capacity 93,607 crowd attends Ohio State at USC. On June 17, 2009, the Coliseum was the terminus for the Los Angeles Lakers' 2009 NBA championship victory parade. A crowd of over 90,000 attended the festivities, in addition to ...
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The NBA Development League's Los Angeles D-Fenders played their home games here from the 2011–12 to 2016–17 seasons. Beginning in the 2017–18 season, Lakers practices relocated to the UCLA Health Training Center, located two blocks away. The D-Fenders also switched to the new arena and were re-branded as the South Bay Lakers.
The Lakers unveiled a new 19-foot-tall statue in tribute to Kobe Bryant, with two more statues on the way. This Mamba trio will be a monument to Tinseltown excess and poor taste in front of the arena.
At the Lakers' championship celebration in Los Angeles, coach Riley brashly declared that Los Angeles would repeat as NBA champions, [127] which no team had done since the 1968–69 Boston Celtics. Looking to make good on Riley's promise in the 1987–88 season , the Lakers took their seventh consecutive Pacific Division title with a 62–20 ...
Los Angeles Lakers forward Anthony Davis (3) shoots over Detroit Pistons center Jalen Duren (0) during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024.