Hollywood Legion Stadium - Revision history

Ric at 21:05, 21 May 2025

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	*''The Hollywood Legion Story'' ~~articles (3 parts)~~ by "Gowanus" Ginsburg (1949): [https://ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IBRO.ONL35.16-21~~.pdf], [https://ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IBRO130.63-69.pdf], [https://ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IBRO145.55~~.pdf]		*''The Hollywood Legion Story'' by "Gowanus" Ginsburg (1949): [https://ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IBRO.ONL35.16-21.pdf]
	*"Legion Stadium Television Experiment Starts Tonight" ''Los Angeles Times'', March 15, 1952		*"Legion Stadium Television Experiment Starts Tonight" ''Los Angeles Times'', March 15, 1952
	*Photos: [https://hollywoodphotographs.com/search/legion/]		*Photos: [https://hollywoodphotographs.com/search/legion/]

Ric: 2 more parts added to 1949 Ginsburg piece

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2 more parts added to 1949 Ginsburg piece

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	*''The Hollywood Legion Story'' (~~June 18,~~ 1949): [https://ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IBRO.ONL35.16-21.pdf]		*''The Hollywood Legion Story'' articles (3 parts) by "Gowanus" Ginsburg (1949): [https://ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IBRO.ONL35.16-21.pdf], [https://ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IBRO130.63-69.pdf], [https://ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IBRO145.55.pdf]
	*"Legion Stadium Television Experiment Starts Tonight" ''Los Angeles Times'', March 15, 1952		*"Legion Stadium Television Experiment Starts Tonight" ''Los Angeles Times'', March 15, 1952
	*Photos: [https://hollywoodphotographs.com/search/legion/]		*Photos: [https://hollywoodphotographs.com/search/legion/]

Ric at 16:25, 22 April 2025

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	*''The ~~Main Event~~'' ~~article~~ (~~dated~~ June 18, 1949) ~~about this venue~~: [https://ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IBRO.ONL35.16-21.pdf]		*''The Hollywood Legion Story'' (June 18, 1949): [https://ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IBRO.ONL35.16-21.pdf]
	*"Legion Stadium Television Experiment Starts Tonight" ''Los Angeles Times'', March 15, 1952		*"Legion Stadium Television Experiment Starts Tonight" ''Los Angeles Times'', March 15, 1952
	*Photos: [https://hollywoodphotographs.com/search/legion/]		*Photos: [https://hollywoodphotographs.com/search/legion/]

Ric: linked to a PDF of a great 1949 article

2025-04-21T22:49:46Z

linked to a PDF of a great 1949 article

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			*''The Main Event'' article (dated June 18, 1949) about this venue: [https://ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IBRO.ONL35.16-21.pdf]
	*"Legion Stadium Television Experiment Starts Tonight" ''Los Angeles Times'', March 15, 1952		*"Legion Stadium Television Experiment Starts Tonight" ''Los Angeles Times'', March 15, 1952
	*Photos: [https://hollywoodphotographs.com/search/legion/]		*Photos: [https://hollywoodphotographs.com/search/legion/]
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	*[[:image:HLSProgram1.jpg\|Souvenir Program]] (signed by [[Willie Ritchie]])		*[[:image:HLSProgram1.jpg\|Souvenir Program]] (signed by [[Willie Ritchie]])
	*"Daze with Jordan the Lion" Vlog: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twEFTftGNC0]		*"Daze with Jordan the Lion" Vlog: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twEFTftGNC0]



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	[[Category:Los Angeles Venues]]		[[Category:Los Angeles Venues]]
	[[Category:California Venues]]		[[Category:California Venues]]

Ric: Today ....

2021-03-23T02:32:42Z

Today ....

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	The feature films ''[[Hollywood Stadium Mystery]]'' (1938), ''[[Spirit of Youth]]'' (1938) and ''[[Waltzing Around]]'' (1929) used Hollywood Legion Stadium as a shooting site. The first two films are readily available but the only known copy of ''Waltzing Around'' exists in the Library of Congress.		The feature films ''[[Hollywood Stadium Mystery]]'' (1938), ''[[Spirit of Youth]]'' (1938) and ''[[Waltzing Around]]'' (1929) used Hollywood Legion Stadium as a shooting site. The first two films are readily available but the only known copy of ''Waltzing Around'' exists in the Library of Congress.

	The Hollywood Legion Stadium closed in 1959. It became the Legion Lanes Bowling Alley, between North Gower Street and Centro Avenue. Today it is a LA Fitness facility.		The Hollywood Legion Stadium closed in 1959. It became the Legion Lanes Bowling Alley, between North Gower Street and Centro Avenue. Today it is a LA Fitness facility: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twEFTftGNC0]

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Ric at 03:11, 26 May 2019

2019-05-26T03:11:05Z

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	*Actress Mae West: see the 2016 book by Springs Toledo ''[[In the Cheap Seats]].'' He dedicates an entire lengthy chapter to Mae West entitled "The Ringside Belle." (Her father, Jack West, was a boxer based in Brooklyn, New York, who fought under the name Battlin’ Jack West in the 1880s-1910s.)		*Actress Mae West: see the 2016 book by Springs Toledo ''[[In the Cheap Seats]].'' He dedicates an entire lengthy chapter to Mae West entitled "The Ringside Belle." (Her father, Jack West, was a boxer based in Brooklyn, New York, who fought under the name Battlin’ Jack West in the 1880s-1910s.)

	~~==External links==~~		---------------------------
	*"Legion Stadium Television Experiment Starts Tonight," ''Los Angeles Times'', March 15, 1952		*"Legion Stadium Television Experiment Starts Tonight" ''Los Angeles Times'', March 15, 1952
	*Photos: [https://hollywoodphotographs.com/search/legion/]		*Photos: [https://hollywoodphotographs.com/search/legion/]
	*Only in Hollywood.org: [http://onlyinhollywood.org/]		*Only in Hollywood.org: [http://onlyinhollywood.org/]

Ric at 03:07, 26 May 2019

2019-05-26T03:07:51Z

Ric at 03:00, 26 May 2019

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	The feature films ''[[Hollywood Stadium Mystery]]'' (1938), ''[[Spirit of Youth]]'' (1938) and ''[[Waltzing Around]]'' (1929) used Hollywood Legion Stadium as a shooting site. The first two films are readily available but the only known copy of ''Waltzing Around'' exists in the Library of Congress.		The feature films ''[[Hollywood Stadium Mystery]]'' (1938), ''[[Spirit of Youth]]'' (1938) and ''[[Waltzing Around]]'' (1929) used Hollywood Legion Stadium as a shooting site. The first two films are readily available but the only known copy of ''Waltzing Around'' exists in the Library of Congress.

	The Hollywood Legion Stadium closed in 1959. It became the Legion Lanes Bowling Alley, between North Gower Street and North El Centro Avenue. ~~Currently,~~ it is ~~the site of~~ a LA Fitness ~~club~~. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twEFTftGNC0]		The Hollywood Legion Stadium closed in 1959. It became the Legion Lanes Bowling Alley, between North Gower Street and North El Centro Avenue. Today it is a LA Fitness facility. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twEFTftGNC0]

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Ric: now it's a LA Fitness facility

2019-05-25T01:35:33Z

now it's a LA Fitness facility

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	The feature films ''[[Hollywood Stadium Mystery]]'' (1938), ''[[Spirit of Youth]]'' (1938) and ''[[Waltzing Around]]'' (1929) used Hollywood Legion Stadium as a shooting site. The first two films are readily available but the only known copy of ''Waltzing Around'' exists in the Library of Congress.		The feature films ''[[Hollywood Stadium Mystery]]'' (1938), ''[[Spirit of Youth]]'' (1938) and ''[[Waltzing Around]]'' (1929) used Hollywood Legion Stadium as a shooting site. The first two films are readily available but the only known copy of ''Waltzing Around'' exists in the Library of Congress.

	The Hollywood Legion Stadium closed in 1959. It became the Legion Lanes Bowling Alley, between North Gower Street and North El Centro Avenue. Currently, it is the site of ~~Bally Total~~ Fitness ~~Center~~.		The Hollywood Legion Stadium closed in 1959. It became the Legion Lanes Bowling Alley, between North Gower Street and North El Centro Avenue. Currently, it is the site of a LA Fitness club. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twEFTftGNC0]

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Ric: added more info

2019-02-26T21:28:21Z

added more info

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	The '''Hollywood (American) Legion Stadium''' was one of the two major boxing venues of Los Angeles from the 1920s on, the other being the [[Olympic Auditorium]]. It was the most stable and most successful venue in California during the 1920s and 1930s. Its cards were held on Fridays. It opened as an 8,000-seat venue August 12, 1921, under the auspices of World War I veterans, American Legion Post No. 43. ~~[http://www.boxrec.com/date_search.php?yyyy=1921&mm=8&dd=12&SUBMIT=Go]~~ It was closed for a short time to add an arched roof over the formerly open-air venue, and reopened Dec. 16, 1921. It once again was closed briefly on July 11, 1923, to sink the boxing ring six feet, increasing the pitch of ringside seats so that all patrons had a good view of the ring, and to add a ventilation system that recycled the air every 10 minutes. According to the ''Los Angeles Times'' of the day, the venue then accommodated 5,100 people. (Other sources say the seating was reduced to 4,500.) A second version of this venue opened ~~in late~~ 1938 with a capacity of about 6,300. Black boxers were not allowed to fight here until 1940.		The '''Hollywood (American) Legion Stadium''' was one of the two major boxing venues of Los Angeles from the 1920s on, the other being the [[Olympic Auditorium]]. It was the most stable and most successful venue in California during the 1920s and 1930s. Its cards were held on Fridays.

			It opened as an 8,000-seat venue [[Show:307921\|August 12, 1921]], under the auspices of World War I veterans, American Legion Post No. 43. It was closed for a short time to add an arched roof over the formerly open-air venue, and reopened Dec. 16, 1921. It once again was closed briefly on July 11, 1923, to sink the boxing ring six feet, increasing the pitch of ringside seats so that all patrons had a good view of the ring, and to add a ventilation system that recycled the air every 10 minutes. According to the ''Los Angeles Times'' of the day, the venue then accommodated 5,100 people. (Other sources say the seating was reduced to 4,500.)

			A second version of this venue opened on [[Show:82651\|Sept. 2, 1938]] with a capacity of about 6,300, and at a cost of $250,000.

			Black boxers were not allowed to fight here until 1940.

	On March 15, 1952, shows moved from the regular Friday night slot to Saturday nights. The reason for the move was the televising of boxing shows from the East Coast on Friday nights, which had eroded attendance and made sell-outs rare. With the move, the Legion Stadium intended to televise their shows as well, showing them locally on television station KECA.		On March 15, 1952, shows moved from the regular Friday night slot to Saturday nights. The reason for the move was the televising of boxing shows from the East Coast on Friday nights, which had eroded attendance and made sell-outs rare. With the move, the Legion Stadium intended to televise their shows as well, showing them locally on television station KECA.

			The feature films ''[[Hollywood Stadium Mystery]]'' (1938), ''[[Spirit of Youth]]'' (1938) and ''[[Waltzing Around]]'' (1929) used Hollywood Legion Stadium as a shooting site. The first two films are readily available but the only known copy of ''Waltzing Around'' exists in the Library of Congress.

	The Hollywood Legion Stadium closed in 1959. It became the Legion Lanes Bowling Alley, between North Gower Street and North El Centro Avenue. Currently, it is the site of Bally Total Fitness Center.		The Hollywood Legion Stadium closed in 1959. It became the Legion Lanes Bowling Alley, between North Gower Street and North El Centro Avenue. Currently, it is the site of Bally Total Fitness Center.
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	*[[Hap Navarro]]: Matchmaker who replaced Cal Working from 1953 to October 1, 1955. Prior to that, he had been the Assistant Matchmaker since late 1948, whose duties was to put out the weekly program, including the cover story "Parade of Champions." He also had a column in the programs called "The Latin Touch."		*[[Hap Navarro]]: Matchmaker who replaced Cal Working from 1953 to October 1, 1955. Prior to that, he had been the Assistant Matchmaker since late 1948, whose duties was to put out the weekly program, including the cover story "Parade of Champions." He also had a column in the programs called "The Latin Touch."
	*[[Jackie Leonard]]: Replaced Hap Navarro, lasting until September 1959, when he defaulted on the lease at Hollywood Legion Stadium, thus becoming the final matchmaker at this venue.		*[[Jackie Leonard]]: Replaced Hap Navarro, lasting until September 1959, when he defaulted on the lease at Hollywood Legion Stadium, thus becoming the final matchmaker at this venue.
			*Actress Mae West: see the 2016 book by Springs Toledo ''[[In the Cheap Seats]].'' He dedicates an entire lengthy chapter to Mae West entitled "The Ringside Belle." (Her father, Jack West, was a boxer based in Brooklyn, New York, who fought under the name Battlin’ Jack West in the 1880s-1910s.)

	==Sources==		==Sources==
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	==External links==		==External links==
	*Photos: [https://hollywoodphotographs.com/search/legion/]		*Photos: [https://hollywoodphotographs.com/search/legion/]
			*Only in Hollywood.org: [http://onlyinhollywood.org/]
			*Google Search Results: [https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&authuser=0&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1280&bih=543&ei=IoV0XJbuIKSt_QbkprqoAQ&q=%22Hollywood+Legion+Stadium%22&oq=%22Hollywood+Legion+Stadium%22&gs_l=img.3...3441.8593..8901...0.0..0.260.637.0j1j2......1....1j2..gws-wiz-img.....0..0i24.Qw5Ww2F3ovE]
	*[[:image:HLSProgram1.jpg\|Souvenir Program]] (signed by [[Willie Ritchie]])		*[[:image:HLSProgram1.jpg\|Souvenir Program]] (signed by [[Willie Ritchie]])

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	The feature films ''[[Hollywood Stadium Mystery]]'' (1938), ''[[Spirit of Youth]]'' (1938) and ''[[Waltzing Around]]'' (1929) used Hollywood Legion Stadium as a shooting site. The first two films are readily available but the only known copy of ''Waltzing Around'' exists in the Library of Congress.		The feature films ''[[Hollywood Stadium Mystery]]'' (1938), ''[[Spirit of Youth]]'' (1938) and ''[[Waltzing Around]]'' (1929) used Hollywood Legion Stadium as a shooting site. The first two films are readily available but the only known copy of ''Waltzing Around'' exists in the Library of Congress.

	The Hollywood Legion Stadium closed in 1959. It became the Legion Lanes Bowling Alley, between North Gower Street and ~~North El~~ Centro Avenue. Today it is a LA Fitness facility. ~~[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twEFTftGNC0]~~		The Hollywood Legion Stadium closed in 1959. It became the Legion Lanes Bowling Alley, between North Gower Street and Centro Avenue. Today it is a LA Fitness facility.

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	*Actress Mae West: see the 2016 book by Springs Toledo ''[[In the Cheap Seats]].'' He dedicates an entire lengthy chapter to Mae West entitled "The Ringside Belle." (Her father, Jack West, was a boxer based in Brooklyn, New York, who fought under the name Battlin’ Jack West in the 1880s-1910s.)		*Actress Mae West: see the 2016 book by Springs Toledo ''[[In the Cheap Seats]].'' He dedicates an entire lengthy chapter to Mae West entitled "The Ringside Belle." (Her father, Jack West, was a boxer based in Brooklyn, New York, who fought under the name Battlin’ Jack West in the 1880s-1910s.)

	==~~Sources~~==		==External links==
	*"Legion Stadium Television Experiment Starts Tonight," ''Los Angeles Times'', March 15, 1952		*"Legion Stadium Television Experiment Starts Tonight," ''Los Angeles Times'', March 15, 1952

	~~==External links==~~
	*Photos: [https://hollywoodphotographs.com/search/legion/]		*Photos: [https://hollywoodphotographs.com/search/legion/]
	*Only in Hollywood.org: [http://onlyinhollywood.org/]		*Only in Hollywood.org: [http://onlyinhollywood.org/]
	*Google Search Results: [https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&authuser=0&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1280&bih=543&ei=IoV0XJbuIKSt_QbkprqoAQ&q=%22Hollywood+Legion+Stadium%22&oq=%22Hollywood+Legion+Stadium%22&gs_l=img.3...3441.8593..8901...0.0..0.260.637.0j1j2......1....1j2..gws-wiz-img.....0..0i24.Qw5Ww2F3ovE]		*Google Search Results: [https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&authuser=0&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1280&bih=543&ei=IoV0XJbuIKSt_QbkprqoAQ&q=%22Hollywood+Legion+Stadium%22&oq=%22Hollywood+Legion+Stadium%22&gs_l=img.3...3441.8593..8901...0.0..0.260.637.0j1j2......1....1j2..gws-wiz-img.....0..0i24.Qw5Ww2F3ovE]
	*[[:image:HLSProgram1.jpg\|Souvenir Program]] (signed by [[Willie Ritchie]])		*[[:image:HLSProgram1.jpg\|Souvenir Program]] (signed by [[Willie Ritchie]])
			*"Daze with Jordan the Lion" Vlog: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twEFTftGNC0]

	{{DEFAULTSORT:Hollywood Legion Stadium}}		{{DEFAULTSORT:Hollywood Legion Stadium}}
	[[Category:Los Angeles Venues]]		[[Category:Los Angeles Venues]]
	[[Category:California Venues]]		[[Category:California Venues]]