We’re honored to have been recognized as a Net Zero Waste Champion by the Green Sports Alliance for achieving a waste diversion rate of over 90%!

When we started our Zero Waste Program in 2015, we implemented compostable & recyclable products and dedicated a sorting team to ensure trash goes into the proper waste streams to help us reach our goal of achieving zero waste. In the past seven years, we’ve received 10 different awards for our program, including the 2021 Pac-12 Zero Waste Challenge Overall Winner.

To further our sustainability efforts, this school year, University of Southern California has implemented the Single-Use Plastics Elimination – Beverage Bottles Policy for all campus operations, including the Coliseum.

Learn more about this award on GreenSportsAlliance.org.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Nov. 9, 2021) – NASCAR today announced the qualifying elements and race format for the first-ever Busch Light Clash at the Coliseum, the unprecedented 150-lap main event highlighting two days of racing action at the iconic Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Saturday, Feb. 5 and Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022.

On Saturday, NASCAR Cup Series competitors will take to the track for practice sessions prior to single car qualifying runs to determine the starting order for the four scheduled heat races. The field will be open to 40 entrants.

On Sunday, on-track action will begin at 5 p.m. ET on FOX, with four 25-lap heat races consisting of 10 cars each. Below is a breakdown on how the heat races will be filled out:

• The top four fastest qualifiers from Saturday’s single vehicle qualifying session will be on the pole for each heat race, while cars that qualified fifth through eight will make up the other half of the front row in each heat.
• The remainder of each field will be filled out using this methodology (Ex. – heat one will be made up cars with qualifying positions of one, five, nine, 13, 17, 21, 25, 29, 33, 37).
• The top four finishers (16 total cars) from each heat race automatically advance through to the Busch Light Clash (8 p.m. ET, FS1), with the winner of heat one winning the pole and the heat two winner earning the outside pole.
• The winners of heats three and four will fill out the second row, with the remaining order of these 16 cars being determined in the same manner.

The remaining six finishing positions from each heat (24 total cars) that did not advance will continue through to one of two 50-lap Last Chance Qualifying races. Below is a breakdown on how the Last Chance Qualifiers will be filled out:

• The starting order for these two events will be determined based on finishing positions in the heat races.
• Those that did not advance from heats one and three will make up the first Last Chance Qualifying race while the second race will be made of up those from heats two and four.
• The fifth-place finishers from heats one and two will be on the pole in their respective Last Chance Qualifying races. The fifth-place finishers from heats three and four will be on the outside pole.
• This pattern will continue to fill out 12 cars in each event.
• The top three finishers (six total cars) from both Last Chance Qualifying races will advance to the Busch Light Clash, filling out positions 17 – 22 of the 23 available positions.

The final spot in the Busch Light Clash is reserved for the driver who finished the highest in the 2021 points standings who does not transfer on finishing position in the heat races or Last Chance Qualifying races. All other drivers will be eliminated from competition for the remainder of the event weekend.

“There has already been an enormous amount of buzz around next year’s Busch Clash at the Coliseum, and we feel that this race format and the accompanying programming throughout the entire weekend will only build on that already established momentum,” said Ben Kennedy, NASCAR senior vice president of strategy and innovation. “The unprecedented nature of this event, coupled with the fact that our sport will be in the spotlight in the middle of downtown Los Angeles, makes this a can’t miss event when we get our 2022 season underway next February.”

“I’ve had the chance to drive on the track through iRacing and make some laps in the NextGen car at Bowman-Gray on a similar layout, and there’s no doubt that this race is going to be awesome,” said Clint Bowyer, longtime former NASCAR Cup Series driver and current FOX Sports analyst. “The different qualifying events and format for the Clash are only going to add to what will be an unforgettable weekend. This is definitely a race you’re not going to want to miss!”

The Sunday schedule of events is below:

Date	Event	Network	Start Time (ET)
Sunday, February 6	NASCAR RaceDay	FOX	4 p.m.
Sunday, February 6	Heat Races and Last Chance Qualifying Races	FOX	5 p.m.
Sunday, February 6	NASCAR RaceDay	FS1	7 p.m.
Sunday, February 6	Busch Light Clash at the Coliseum	FS1	8 p.m.

Tickets for the NASCAR Busch Light Clash at the Coliseum are on sale now. Tickets start at $65 for adults and kids 12 & under starting as low as $10. The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum offers a variety of seating options from lower to upper bowl, midfield start/finish line seats to premium club seats with access to the exclusive Lou Galen Club Lounge. For tickets and all event information visit nascar.com/lacoliseum.

About NASCAR

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the sanctioning body for the No. 1 form of motorsports in the United States and owner of 16 of the nation’s major motorsports entertainment facilities. NASCAR consists of three national series (NASCAR Cup Series™, NASCAR Xfinity Series™, and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series™), four regional series (ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East & West and the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour), one local grassroots series (NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series) and three international series (NASCAR Pinty’s Series, NASCAR Peak Mexico Series, NASCAR Whelen Euro Series). The International Motor Sports Association™ (IMSA®) governs the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship™, the premier U.S. sports car series. NASCAR also owns Motor Racing Network, Racing Electronics, and ONE DAYTONA. Based in Daytona Beach, Florida, with offices in eight cities across North America, NASCAR sanctions more than 1,200 races in more than 30 U.S. states, Canada, Mexico and Europe. For more information visit www.NASCAR.com and www.IMSA.com, and follow NASCAR on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat (‘NASCAR’).

About The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, a living memorial to all who served in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War I, has been a civic treasure for generations of Angelenos. The legacy of events and individuals hosted in nine-plus-decades reads like no other: the only venue to host two Summer Olympics (Xth Olympiad in 1932, XXIIIrd Olympiad in 1984) and soon a third (XXXIVth Olympiad in 2028); home to college football’s USC Trojans since 1923 and the UCLA Bruins (1928-1981); professional football’s Los Angeles Rams (1946-1979 and 2016-2019), Raiders (1982-1994) and Chargers (1960); hosting three NFL Championships and two Super Bowls; home to the Los Angeles Dodgers (1958-1960) and the 1959 World Series; appearances by U.S. Presidents Franklin D Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Ronald Reagan; and international dignitaries such as Martin Luther King, Jr., Pope John Paul II, the Dalai Lama, and Nelson Mandela.

On March 29, 2008, the LA Dodgers and the Boston Red Sox set a Guinness World Record for the largest attendance ever at a baseball game with a crowd of 115,300. Other historic events include Billy Graham’s appearance in 1963 in front of 134,254 guests (still an all-time Coliseum record), Nelson Mandela’s 1990 triumphant return to the United States, the first ever Papal Mass by Pope John Paul II in 1987, and the 1976 Bicentennial Spectacular.

Enjoy this article about the Los Angeles Memorial’s recent renovation in the Los Angeles Business Journal

UPROAR is a hip-hop music festival that celebrates culture and community through live performances, dance teams, interactive experiences, art, food, and beverage.  UPROAR will debut with feature Lil Wayne, Young Money and Friends on August 13th at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

Uproar Fest will adhere to all state, county, and city public health guidelines regarding COVID-19 safety protocols, the venue may shift seating configurations and adjust capacity.

Cannabis will not be allowed to be sold, distributed, or sampled during the Uproar Festival. The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is a non-smoking venue.

Bad Bunny, two-time Latin Grammy Award winner, four-time Billboard Music Award winner, dropped “Yo Visto Asi” last week, a star-studded music video with a huge finale. Featuring big names like Ricky Martin, Sofia Vergara, and Karol G, the video closes out with a massive motorcycle cage stunt set-up and fireworks on the Coliseum’s field. The track comes from the Grammy nominee’s new album, El Último Tour Del Mundo. 

The Grammy-nominated rapper also earned the honor of being named the most streamed artist in 2020 by Spotify. Now that’s colossal.

Thom Browne Spring Collection
Buzz from the Runway

Designer Thom Browne debuted his 2021 Spring collection with an Olympic-themed film shot at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Imagined as a futuristic Olympic runway, the monochromatic collection was showcased on the iconic Coliseum stairway, with the Peristyle as the backdrop. A humorous film of the fashion show starring comedian Jordan Firstman can be viewed below:

Thom Browne Spring Collection

Buzz from the Runway

Vogue

Architectural Digest

Women’s Wear Daily 

W Magazine

Los Angeles Times