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Dodger Stadium
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Dodger Stadium:
| K-Point: | 50 m |
| Further jumps: | no |
| Plastic matting: | no |
| Year of construction: | 1963 |
| Year of destruction: | 1963 |
| Status: | destroyed |
| Coordinates: | 34.074055, -118.239906 ✔ 
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History:
In October 1963, the "Giant International Ski Show and Grindelwald Ski Swap" took place at Dodger Stadium, during which a wooden ski jumping hill 165 feet (approximately 50 meters) tall was built near the right field of the stadium. The event included two ski jumping competitions, a slalom race, and a ski fashion show. Among the participants was Gene Kotlarek, the American ski jumping distance record holder, who was preparing for the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.
Kotlarek was a distinguished jumper who represented the United States at two Winter Olympics: in 1960 in Squaw Valley and in 1964 in Innsbruck, where he placed 14th on the normal hill. In 1963, he won his first U.S. national ski jumping title, followed by additional titles in 1966 and 1967. That same year, he finished fourth in the prestigious competition at Holmenkollen in Oslo, just missing the podium.
In 1964, he set the American ski jumping distance record by jumping 138 meters (454 feet) in Oberstdorf. That record stood for nine years.
Snowmaking machines were used to cover the hill, spraying crushed ice to create a suitable surface for jumping.
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