Great Western Forum

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entertainment venue indoor arena sports venue

Great Western Forum is a famous indoor arena in Inglewood, California, best known as the longtime home of the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers and NHL’s Los Angeles Kings.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Great Western Forum canonical 4
Great Western Forum 1988–2003 1
The Great Western Forum 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf entertainment venue ⓘ
indoor arena ⓘ
sports venue ⓘ
architect Charles Luckman NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
currentName The Kia Forum NERFINISHED ⓘ
designStyle modernist ⓘ
formerName L.A. Forum NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Forum NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Inglewood, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
Los Angeles County ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles County, California

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
nearbyAirport Los Angeles International Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ
nickname The Fabulous Forum NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Forum NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent home arena for Los Angeles Kings during Wayne Gretzky era ⓘ
home arena for Los Angeles Lakers Showtime era ⓘ
hosted 1981 NHL All-Star Game ⓘ
hosted 1983 NBA All-Star Game ⓘ
hosted 1990 NBA All-Star Game ⓘ
venue for major boxing matches ⓘ
venue for major rock and pop concerts ⓘ
opened 1967-12-30 ⓘ
openingYear 1967 ⓘ
owner Steve Ballmer NERFINISHED ⓘ
parkingType surface parking lots ⓘ
previousOwner Faithful Central Bible Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
Madison Square Garden Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryTenant Los Angeles Kings NERFINISHED ⓘ
Los Angeles Lakers NERFINISHED ⓘ
Los Angeles Sparks NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryUse basketball ⓘ
concerts ⓘ
ice hockey ⓘ
region Greater Los Angeles area NERFINISHED ⓘ
renovation major renovation completed in 2014 ⓘ
renovationBy Madison Square Garden Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
renovationCost approximately $100 million ⓘ
roofType domed roof ⓘ
seatingCapacityBasketball 17000+ ⓘ
seatingCapacityHockey 16000+ ⓘ
servedAsHomeCourtFor Los Angeles Lakers championships of the 1980s ⓘ
shape circular ⓘ
sponsoredName Great Western Forum NERFINISHED ⓘ
tenantFrom Los Angeles Kings, 1967–1999 ⓘ
Los Angeles Lakers, 1967–1999 ⓘ
Los Angeles Sparks, 1997–2000 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Forum → formerName → Great Western Forum ⓘ
The Forum → alsoKnownAs → Great Western Forum ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Great Western Forum
Los Angeles Lazers → homeGamesVenue → Great Western Forum ⓘ
Kia Forum → formerName → Great Western Forum ⓘ
The Forum (Inglewood, California) → alsoKnownAs → Great Western Forum ⓘ
The Forum (Inglewood, California) → sponsoredNamePeriod → Great Western Forum ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Western Forum 1988–2003