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The Uytengsu Aquatics Center (originally the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium) is a 2,500-seat outdoor aquatics venue located on the campus of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. [1] The facility features two pools: a long course pool (50x25 meters), and a diving well (25x25 yards) with towers. [ 2 ]
The Swim Stadium was later renamed in honor of the LA84 Foundation and for John C. Argue (1931 or 1932–2002), a Los Angeles-based lawyer who served as a key board member player for bringing the Olympics back to Los Angeles 52 years later.
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]
The 1800s: The bloomer. The link between repressive swimwear and the bikini is the bloomer, popular in the mid-1800s. A garment of wool, linen, or serge was cut into a top and a skirt, under which ...
Olympic swimming will move back to the second week of competition to accommodate the change in venue to SoFi Stadium. 2028 Los Angeles Olympics: Swimming to move to SoFi Stadium, softball in ...
The celebration included a speech by former Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee president Peter Ueberroth, a short re-enactment of the Flying Rocketman sequence, the presentation of more than 35 (mostly So-Cal-based) gold medal winners from 1984 (which was part of Ceremonies producer David Wolper's original 1984 plans) as well as a re ...
Fifteen years ago, Michael Phelps won a record eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics wearing a high-tech swimsuit with a catchy name, the Speedo LZR Racer. The super suit era lasted just one ...
Location of complex in Los Angeles County Bullock's complex is a collection of nine historic buildings located at 639-651 south Broadway , the 300-block of 7th Street , and 634-670 south Hill Street in the Jewelry District and Broadway Theater District in the historic core of downtown Los Angeles .