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LA Coliseum Bans Raves After Teen's Death

(July 1) -- The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum has temporarily banned raves after a 15-year-old died Tuesday after a suspected drug overdose last weekend at a counterculture festival that drew 185,000 to the stadium. The Coliseum Commission president, Barry Sanders, said Wednesday he was instructing Coliseum managers not...

Rave in LA Sends 120 to Hospital; Docs Urge Ban

LOS ANGELES (June 29) -- A massive two-day rave at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum that sent 120 mostly drugged-out teens and young adults to emergency rooms -- and may have led to the death of one -- has sparked a call by some doctors for the dance parties to be banned. The Los Angeles Times reported late today that a...

Adventures In Fandom: 3-D College Football Stadia in Google Maps

Now, you too can be like Rudy's father and cry inside Notre Dame stadium -- from the comfort of your home computer.Google has just released the Google Earth plug-in for Internet browsers using Windows. This means you'll be able to view Google Earth and college stadiums in 3-D right from the comfort of your...

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum News From the Web

08/31/11 Historic stadium in need of upgrades Source: Daily Trojan - Univ of Southern California - Los Angeles CA Stadiums don't get much more historic than the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
03/04/11 Calif says LA Coliseum allowed teen rave boozing Source: NBC - KMIR TV 6 - Palm Springs CA California regulators say the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum violated its license to sell alcohol by allowing teenage boozing during the Electric Daisy Carnival rave last year.
01/11/11 USC in talks to buy Coliseum from the state Source: Daily Trojan - Univ of Southern California - Los Angeles CA USC is currently involved in negotiations to buy state-owned property in Exposition Park, which includes the land under the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and Sports Arena and five surrounding parking lots.
11/04/10 Raves to resume at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Source: The Fresno Bee - Fresno CA A ban on raves at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum has ended, four months after the death of a 15-year-old girl who overdosed on ecstasy.

Background on Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is a large outdoor sports stadium in the University Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, at Exposition Park, that is home to the Pacific-12 Conference's University of Southern California Trojans football team.

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