The January 17 , 1994 Northridge earthquake caused the Sony Jumbotron to collapse onto the upper deck seats beneath it . No injuries were caused , as the stadium was unoccupied when the earthquake occurred in the predawn hours of a national holiday ( Martin Luther King , Jr . Day ) . The damaged section was deconstructed and rebuilt with a new scoreboard structure and Jumbotron , eliminating the A-frame spire that evoked the Big A
1994 Northridge earthquake
1994 Northridge earthquake
Angel Stadium