L.A. Forum
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L.A. Forum is a historic indoor arena in Inglewood, California, best known as a former home of the Los Angeles Lakers and a major venue for concerts and sporting events.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| L.A. Forum canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4776976 — 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: L.A. Forum Context triple: [The Forum, alsoKnownAs, L.A. Forum]
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A.
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
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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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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C.
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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D.
Hollywood Bowl
The Hollywood Bowl is a famous open-air amphitheater in Los Angeles renowned for its iconic band shell and major concerts and cultural events.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: L.A. Forum Target entity description: L.A. Forum is a historic indoor arena in Inglewood, California, best known as a former home of the Los Angeles Lakers and a major venue for concerts and sporting events.
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A.
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
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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B.
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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C.
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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Hollywood Bowl
The Hollywood Bowl is a famous open-air amphitheater in Los Angeles renowned for its iconic band shell and major concerts and cultural events.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
concert venue
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entertainment venue ⓘ indoor arena ⓘ sports venue ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Great Western Forum
NERFINISHED
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The Forum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | modernist ⓘ |
| brokeGround | 1966 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| designedBy | Charles Luckman Associates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerName |
Great Western Forum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Forum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic sports and entertainment venue in Southern California ⓘ |
| hostsEventType |
NBA games
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NHL games ⓘ WNBA games ⓘ award shows ⓘ boxing matches ⓘ mixed martial arts events ⓘ music concerts ⓘ professional wrestling events ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
Inglewood, California NERFINISHED ⓘ Los Angeles County ⓘ
surface form:
Los Angeles County, California
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| locatedInTimeZone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
| nearbyLandmark | Kia Forum parking complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
former home arena of the Los Angeles Kings
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former home arena of the Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ major concert venue in the Los Angeles area ⓘ |
| opened | 1967-12-30 ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Madison Square Garden Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Greater Los Angeles metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
basketball
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boxing ⓘ concerts ⓘ ice hockey ⓘ professional wrestling ⓘ |
| renovated | 2012–2014 ⓘ |
| renovationCost | approximately 100 million US dollars ⓘ |
| roofType | domed roof ⓘ |
| seatingCapacityBasketball | approximately 17,500 ⓘ |
| shape | circular ⓘ |
| sponsoredName | The Forum presented by Chase NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tenant |
Los Angeles Kings
NERFINISHED
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Los Angeles Lakers NERFINISHED ⓘ Los Angeles Sparks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tenantPeriod |
Los Angeles Kings 1967–1999
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Los Angeles Lakers 1967–1999 ⓘ Los Angeles Sparks 1997–2000 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: L.A. Forum Description of subject: L.A. Forum is a historic indoor arena in Inglewood, California, best known as a former home of the Los Angeles Lakers and a major venue for concerts and sporting events.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.