Partly due to this , from 1964 to the late 1970s it was common practice to shift the playing field to the closed end of the stadium and install end zone bleachers in front of the peristyle , limiting further the number of seats available for sale . For USC &ndash; UCLA and USC-University of Notre Dame games , which often attracted crowds upward of 90,000 , the bleachers were moved eastward and the field was re-marked in its original position . When a larger east grandstand was installed in 1977 – 1978 at the behest of Rams owner Carroll Rosenbloom , the capacity was just 71,500 . With the upcoming 1984 Summer Olympic Games , a new track was installed and the playing field permanently placed inside it . However , the combination of the stadium 's large , relatively shallow design , along with the presence of the track between the playing field and the stands , meant that some of the original end zone seats were as far from the field by the equivalent length of another football field . To address these and other problems , the Coliseum underwent a $ 15 million renovation before the 1993 football season which included the following : Additionally , for Raiders home games , tarpaulins were placed over seldom-sold sections , reducing seating capacity to approximately 65,000 . The changes were anticipated to be the first of a multi-stage renovation designed by HNTB that would have turned the Coliseum into a split-bowl stadium with two levels of mezzanine suites ( the peristyle end would have been left as is ) . However , after the 1994 Northridge earthquake , the $ 93 million was required from government agencies ( including the Federal Emergency Management Agency ) to repair earthquake damage , and the renovations demanded by the Raiders were put on hold indefinitely . The Raiders then redirected their efforts toward a proposed stadium at Hollywood Park in Inglewood before electing to move back to the Oakland – Alameda County Coliseum prior to the 1995 NFL season . The last element of the Northridge earthquake repairs was the replacement of the condemned press box with a new press box in 1995
1994 Northridge earthquake
1994 Northridge earthquake
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum