Los Angeles, California Venues:

Centennial Garden
Cerritos Center
Gibson Amphitheater - City Walk
Great Western Forum
Greek Theatre - LA
Grove of Anaheim
Hollywood Bowl
Hollywood Palladium
Honda Center
House of Blues Anaheim
Hyundai Pavilion
Irvine Bowl
Key Club
Kodak Theatre
Long Beach Arena
Pacific Amphitheatre
Santa Barbara Bowl
Santa Monica Pier
Shrine Auditorium
Staples Center
The Forum
The Vault 350
Troubadour
Trump 29 Casino
Universal Amphitheatre
Ventura Theater
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Wiltern Theatre

Inglewood

The Forum, known for a time as the Great Western Forum, is an indoor arena in Inglewood, California owned by the Faithful Central Bible Church, which uses it for its Sunday morning service.

The Forum achieved its greatest fame as the home of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and of the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League from 1967 until 1999, when the teams moved to Staples Center.

The Forum was also the home of the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until they too moved to Staples Center in 2001.

It was the site of the 1972 and 1983 NBA All-Star Game, the 1980 NHL All-Star Game, and hosted the Big West Conference men's basketball tournament from 1983-1988 and also the 1989 Pacific Ten Conference men's basketball tournament.

2000s

Blaming the Great Western Forum for low attendance, the Sparks made 2000 their last season in the venue and then followed the Lakers and Kings to Staples Center.

Faithful Central Bible Church, home to a predominantly African-American congregation numbering over 12,000, purchased the Great Western Forum at the end of 2000 and holds its regular service there each Sunday morning. The church makes the building available for rent (for concerts/sporting events/etc. that require that type of large venue) on other days. As such, ownership is held through the church's for-profit entity, Forum Enterprises, Inc., which continues to welcome to the arena mainstream and secular fare, including concerts by such artists as Madonna, the Rolling Stones, David Bowie and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

The venue also continues to be made available for film use, such as arena interior shots used in the 2002 film Like Mike. Rock band Foo Fighters also used the building in the video for the song "All My Life" in 2003, prominently featuring the outside architecture and name of the building in the opening and closing shots.

In 2003, Great Western's naming rights contract on the building expired, and Forum Enterprises reverted the venue's official name to the original The Forum. Despite this, and despite the fact that Great Western had in 1997 ceased to exist as a separate entity, the Great Western corporate logo and the letters forming the words GREAT WESTERN initially remained on the building's exterior. Great Western's exterior lettering was finally removed from the building in 2006.

The departure of the building's major sports teams has significantly lowered The Forum's profile, especially outside of the Los Angeles area. As a result, the Great Western Forum name is still frequently heard, as many people remain unaware that the original name has been restored.

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