By: Vianna Li

Scott Lupold is concerned whenever a sport other than football or soccer is played at the LA Coliseum and if the meticulously maintained grass is trodden on, buried, or torn up. As the stadium’s grounds manager, Lupold is in charge of keeping the playing field in excellent condition Consider how frequently Crypto.com Arena shifts from basketball hardwood to hockey ice to floor seating for events. This arena is the website for the Coliseum. His venue is not the only one that has to adapt to different arrangements.

For different events, the surface of the Coliseum is covered with dirt, asphalt, ice and even snow. “The Coliseum wasn’t built for just one purpose,” asserts Frank Guridy, a professor at Columbia University and expert on the social effects of stadiums and arenas. “It’s a good, old-fashioned, single-tiered facility big enough to accommodate a bunch of different things.”

“The technology of re-sodding has changed so much,” Lupold says.

In the summer of 1932, the Coliseum hired 1932 Olympic figure skating champion Sonja Henie to perform. Engineers built an 80-foot-long skating rink using coils placed across the field and ice-making equipment.

The event had to be cancelled because the refrigeration equipment could not handle the scorching June sun.

The Coliseum has been home to many sporting events. The Coliseum served as the Dodgers’ temporary home in the late 1950s, with a fence built across the grass and a ridiculously small left field of 250 feet.

People who manage the stadium or the place kept changing the use of the Coliseum for games and the events that fit in one. The Coliseum can transform into anything like events, shows and sport games.