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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 date stamped April 5, 1965 reads "Los Angeles Lakers' star forward Elgin Baylor, left, limps off the court as his coach Fred Schaus looks on Saturday night during the Lakers' NBA playoff game with the Baltimore Bullets at the Sports Arena. Baylor's knee was operated on yesterday at Daniel Freeman Hospital and the super star will be out for the rest of the season. The Lakers won, 121-115, in the first of the seven-game series."
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