Pan-Pacific Auditorium
Four Streamline Moderne pylons advertised Los Angeles modernity long after the arena behind them closed; fire finally consumed the abandoned landmark.
Quick facts
- Existence state
- Officially Gone
- Peak stage
- general availability
- Research confidence
- high
- Last verified
What it was
A large indoor exhibition and entertainment venue in Los Angeles designed by Wurdeman and Becket.
The auditorium hosted ice shows, political events, sports and consumer exhibitions behind a celebrated green-and-white facade.
Existence timeline
The Streamline Moderne venue welcomes exhibitions.
Sports, shows and conventions fill the hall.
The building loses its regular public function.
Los Angeles recognises the architecture.
The abandoned structure deteriorates.
The remaining auditorium is consumed.
Why it ended
It closed in 1972, decayed while reuse proposals failed, and was destroyed by fire on 24 May 1989.
Last confirmed trace
Los Angeles records, news photographs, film appearances and a small modern recreation of the facade preserve its image.
What it left behind
Its entrance remains an emblem of Streamline Moderne and of the vulnerability of vacant civic entertainment buildings.
How we classified it
The archive unit reached normal public release or operation and is no longer obtainable in its original public form.
Verified normal public availability maps to 100 under Arrival Score V1.
Sources & verification
Last reviewed 2026-08-01. Sources are linked so readers can inspect the evidence directly.