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 Dame, attract a capacity 92,000 person crowd. The current official capacity of the Coliseum is 93,607. The Coliseum Commission also rents the Coliseum to various events, including international soccer games, musical concerts and other large outdoor events.
Celebrating their 50th anniversary in Los Angeles, the Dodgers and Boston Red Sox played an exhibition baseball game at the Coliseum on March 29, 2008; a Los Angeles and MLB record for attendance was broken, where 115,300 people attended the game.
On June 17, 2009, the Coliseum played host to the 2009 NBA Champion Los Angeles Lakers as the end point of the championship parade. Player and coach speeches were given at the Coliseum following a procession that began at the Staples Center.
The 2003 and 2010 editions of the X Games were partially held at the Coliseum.
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