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The Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, located at 3939 S. Figueroa Street, was officially opened on July 4, 1959 by then Vice President Richard M. Nixon and was designed by Welton Becket; general contractor was L.E. Dixon Company. The last event at the arena was a Bruce Springsteen concert. The arena was closed on March 19, 2016 and demolished to make room for a new soccer stadium. Photograph caption dated June 15, 1964 reads "Home show queen Dianne Libby tries out novel phone service at the Lake Havasu City exhibit at Home and N.S.I.D. Decorators Show at Sports Arena which runs through Sunday from noon to 11 p.m. Her Highness is a San Fernando Valley housewife, Mrs. Richard Rector, 14710 Blythe Ave., Panorama City. Her husband is a food chain executive and both are ardent water ski enthusiasts and like all forms of sports."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (Los Angeles, Calif.) Women--California--Los Angeles Beauty contestants--California--Los Angeles Exhibitions--California--Los Angeles Telephone calls--California--Los Angeles Telephone--California--Los Angeles Signs and signboards--California--Los Angeles Arenas--California--Los Angeles Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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