COLISEUM OFFICIALS BACK $150 MILLION CONVERSION.Byline: David Bloom David Bloom (May 22, 1963 – April 6, 2003) was an NBC journalist (co-anchor of Weekend Today and reporter) until his sudden death in 2003 at the age of 39. Early life Daily News Staff Writer A $150 million proposal to convert the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum For board track racing circuit, see . Present use The Coliseum is now primarily the home of the USC Trojan football team. During the recent stretch of its success in football, most of USC's regular home games, especially the alternating games with rivals UCLA and Notre into a 65,000-seat facility with the club seats, luxury suites and other modern features needed to attract an NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga team was strongly supported Wednesday by Coliseum officials during a presentation at the Sports Arena. The proposal is only the latest of several efforts to make the historic Coliseum more attractive to pro football teams, especially since the Rams and Raiders abandoned the area last year. But this time, Coliseum officials said, the proposal comes with the influential imprimatur of Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum Sport, the Kansas City, Mo.,-based architectural firm that has designed 28 of the 30 NFL stadiums and 25 of 28 Major League Baseball stadiums The following is a list of current and former Major League Baseball stadiums. Current stadiums Team name Stadium name Year completed Capacity Initial cost Government funding Other tenants Arizona Diamondbacks Chase Field 1998 49,033 $355 million 76% . ``This is a great first step,'' said Steve Soboroff, vice chairman of Football L.A., the group commissioned by Mayor Richard Riordan to pursue a new team. ``This puts the Coliseum on par with everything else. I talked with the (National Football) League today, and they said the same thing.'' Soboroff said HOK's credibility with the league, which has deemed the Coliseum's condition unacceptable, makes the proposal very competitive with new stadium proposals by the owners of the Los Angeles Dodgers "Dodgers" and "Brooklyn Dodgers" redirect here. For the American football team, see Brooklyn Dodgers (football). For the Eastern Basketball Association team, see Brooklyn Dodgers (basketball). and Hollywood Park racetrack Hollywood Park is a thoroughbred racecourse and poker cardroom located in Inglewood, California, USA, about 3 miles (5 km) from Los Angeles International Airport and next door to The Forum. History The track was opened in 1938 by the Hollywood Turf Club. . The Coliseum, built for the 1932 Olympics and recently bolstered with about $100 million in seismic repairs and upgrades, would be gutted under HOK's plan, though the quake reinforcements and historic exterior would remain intact. Two tiers of 35,000 regular seats would sandwich a level of 8,000 to 10,000 ``club seats'' with their own special facilities beneath the upper level of seats, said Ronald J. Labinski, HOK's director. Above the club seats but beneath the highest tier of seats would be 150 to 200 luxury suites, as well as press and broadcasting facilities. The plan calls for better seating, concessions and restrooms within the stadium walls as well. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: This 73,000-seat configuration was one of more thana Tha·na See Thane. dozen layouts in Wednesday's Coliseum presentation. |
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