Home of the Los Angeles Dodgers for four years, the L.A. Coliseum was the most inadequate place for baseball to be played at. When Walter O’Malley decided to move the Brooklyn Dodgers to Los Angeles, three playing sites were waiting. The sites included L.A. Wrigley Field, the Rose Bowl or the L.A. Coliseum. Until a new stadium could be constructed, O’Malley chose the L.A. Coliseum. Originally constructed for the 1932 Olympics, the stadium served mainly as a football stadium and continues to today. However, in order for the stadium to be suitable for baseball three banks of lights were added, dugouts were built, a press box was constructed and two screens were put into place. One screen was placed behind home plate and the other was located from the left field foul pole to centerfield because it was only 251 feet from the foul pole to home plate.

The Dodgers played their first game in Los Angeles at the coliseum on April 18, 1958. A massive one tier grandstand circled the entire playing field. The main entrance was at the opposite end of home plate. With a capacity over 90,000, the coliseum became the largest stadium ever to host baseball. The Dodgers attracted more than 1.8 million fans in 1958. In 1959, a football game between USC and Ohio State was played at the coliseum. A hour after its completion, the first World Series game in California was played. While the Dodgers played at the coliseum, a new ballpark was being built at Chavez Ravine. The last Dodgers game at the coliseum was on September 21, 1961. The Dodgers moved into Dodger Stadium the next year. The L.A. Coliseum still stands today and is the home of the USC football team. In celebration of their 50th year in Los Angeles, in November 2007 the Dodgers announced they would play an exhibition game at the coliseum. The Dodgers spent $250,000 to build temporary dugouts, construct a baseball diamond and fences in left field. Renovations to the LA Coliseum since the Dodgers left in 1961 have added more seats closer to the field. Therefore, for the Dodgers exhibition game, the left field fence was 201 feet from homeplate with a 60 foot fence. On March 29, 2008 the Los Angeles Dodgers played the Boston Red Sox at the coliseum. A new baseball record was set as over 115,000 fans attended the game.