Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
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The Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena was a multi-purpose indoor arena in Los Angeles that hosted professional sports teams, major concerts, and political events before its demolition.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena canonical | 6 |
| Los Angeles Forum | 1 |
| Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, United States | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T894388 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Context triple: [Los Angeles Kings, formerHomeArena, Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena]
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A.
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is a historic multi-purpose stadium in Los Angeles best known for hosting major events including the 1932 and 1984 Summer Olympics and serving as a longtime home for prominent college and professional sports teams.
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B.
Memorial Coliseum
Memorial Coliseum is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Portland, Oregon, best known as the original home venue of the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers.
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C.
San Jose Arena
San Jose Arena, now known as SAP Center at San Jose, is a major indoor sports and entertainment venue in San Jose, California, best known as the longtime home of the NHL’s San Jose Sharks.
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D.
Staples Center
Staples Center is a major multi-purpose indoor arena in downtown Los Angeles, best known as the longtime home of the NBA’s Lakers and Clippers and a premier venue for concerts and major events.
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E.
ARCO Arena
ARCO Arena was a multi-purpose indoor arena in Sacramento, California, best known as the longtime home venue of the NBA's Sacramento Kings.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Target entity description: The Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena was a multi-purpose indoor arena in Los Angeles that hosted professional sports teams, major concerts, and political events before its demolition.
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A.
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is a historic multi-purpose stadium in Los Angeles best known for hosting major events including the 1932 and 1984 Summer Olympics and serving as a longtime home for prominent college and professional sports teams.
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B.
Memorial Coliseum
Memorial Coliseum is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Portland, Oregon, best known as the original home venue of the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers.
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C.
San Jose Arena
San Jose Arena, now known as SAP Center at San Jose, is a major indoor sports and entertainment venue in San Jose, California, best known as the longtime home of the NHL’s San Jose Sharks.
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D.
Staples Center
Staples Center is a major multi-purpose indoor arena in downtown Los Angeles, best known as the longtime home of the NBA’s Lakers and Clippers and a premier venue for concerts and major events.
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E.
ARCO Arena
ARCO Arena was a multi-purpose indoor arena in Sacramento, California, best known as the longtime home venue of the NBA's Sacramento Kings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
indoor arena
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multi-purpose arena ⓘ |
| architect | Welton Becket ⓘ |
| brokeGround | 1958 ⓘ |
| category |
Defunct indoor arenas in California
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Demolished sports venues in California ⓘ Sports venues in Los Angeles ⓘ |
| closed | 2016-03-06 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1958 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| demolished | 2016 ⓘ |
| demolitionStartDate | 2016 ⓘ |
| hostedEvent |
1960 Democratic Party presidential primary events
ⓘ
1963 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Final Four ⓘ 1968 Democratic National Convention protests ⓘ
surface form:
1968 Democratic National Convention rallies and events
1984 Summer Olympics ⓘ
surface form:
1984 Summer Olympics boxing competitions
UFC mixed martial arts events ⓘ WWE professional wrestling events ⓘ major rock concerts ⓘ political rallies ⓘ professional boxing matches ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
Exposition Park ⓘ Los Angeles ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum ⓘ |
| near | University of Southern California ⓘ |
| opened |
1960
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1960-07-04 ⓘ |
| operator | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Los Angeles
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surface form:
City of Los Angeles
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| partOf |
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
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surface form:
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum complex
|
| replacedBy | Banc of California Stadium ⓘ |
| seatingCapacity | 16000 ⓘ |
| seatingCapacityBasketball | 16351 ⓘ |
| seatingCapacityHockey | 14700 ⓘ |
| surface | Hardwood ⓘ |
| tenants |
Los Angeles Aztecs
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Los Angeles Clippers ⓘ Los Angeles Cobras ⓘ Los Angeles Kings ⓘ Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ Los Angeles Sharks ⓘ Los Angeles Stars ⓘ Los Angeles Wolves ⓘ UCLA Bruins men’s basketball ⓘ USC Trojans men’s basketball ⓘ |
| usedFor |
basketball
ⓘ
concerts ⓘ ice hockey ⓘ indoor soccer ⓘ political events ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Description of subject: The Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena was a multi-purpose indoor arena in Los Angeles that hosted professional sports teams, major concerts, and political events before its demolition.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Los Angeles Forum
this entity surface form:
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, United States