All we hear about lately is how the Oakland Coliseum is falling apart - but when the facilities opened 50 years ago, it was state-of-the-art. | KPIX CBS San Francisco Bay Area

A new era is about to begin at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. As we look forward, we also are looking back at some rare footage of the stadium's unparalleled history that I didn't know existed. This place has hosted multiple Olympics, Super Bowls, the World Series, Presidents, the Pope, rock stars, and virtually every sports team in L.A. In our Fox 11 Los Angeles archives, we found Coliseum speeches from FDR, JFK, MLK, Ronald Reagan, Nelson Mandela, Billy Graham, plus home games for the Troj