Sacramento Memorial Auditorium

The Sacramento Memorial Auditorium, located at 1515 J Street, is a 3,867 seat multi-purpose venue. Completed in 1926, the Auditorium opened in February, 1927. Closed in 1986, the building fell into disrepair, and re-opened in 1996, after renovation, as part of the Convention Center Complex. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Auditorium hosts a variety of events, including concerts, high school graduations, and hosted the 2007 inauguration of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Boxing History

The Memorial Auditorium held it's first boxing show on March 3, 1927. In it's early years it shared the staging of boxing shows with the smaller L Street Arena. With the closure of the L Street Arena in 1945, the Memorial Auditorium held nearly all Sacramento boxing shows until the 1980s. The venue has been used for boxing as recent as 2012, with over 600 shows put on during the over 90 years of it's existence.;