25 best college football stadiums to watch a college football game
By Nick Villano
20. Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, USC
Here this starts to hit the truly historic stadiums around college football. The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum has been home to some of sports’ biggest moments since it was built in 1923. It’s been home to the Los Angeles Rams and Raiders of the NFL, the Los Angeles Dodgers of the MLB, and in 2028 it will be the first stadium to hold three different Olympic event years. It was also the temporary home of the UCLA Bruins. There aren’t many places that have been home to the Super Bowl, Olympics, and the World Series. It’s also seen appearances by six different presidents, Pope John Paul II, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Dalai Lama. This stadium is a living version of the city it calls home.
The bread and butter of the Coliseum is USC Trojans football. It’s been home to the Trojans for close to 100 years, and after signing a new 98-year lease in 2013, it looks like they’ll come close to 200 years in the same stadium.
The self-proclaimed “Greatest Stadium in the World” has a lot of traditional amenities as well. It holds 76,000 people after renovations actually made seats wider and cut capacity. The good thing about recent renovations is getting some of the best scoreboards in football. The Coliseum boasts two HD video screens on the east side.
Still, the reason the Coliseum makes the list is just the history fans feel just walking in. There’s something about going here, and just feeling a century of history with every step. There is no other stadium on this list where more important events happened, not only in sports but in history in general.