After breaking ground on December 21, 1921, the Coliseum’s construction was completed on May 1, 1923, with a capacity of 75,000.
The Coliseum was commissioned to be built in 1921 as a memorial to Los Angeles veterans of World War I. The stadium was designed by notable local architects John and Donald Parkinson, a father-and-son architectural team. The original bowl’s preliminary construction costs were $954,873.