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The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum seen from outside, with its arched entrance
The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, 3911 South Figueroa Street, April 2012. MikeJiroch · CC BY-SA 3.0

The film’s Texas stadium is in Los Angeles and its press box is a stage at Sony. Sign each place on the roster and find out who it really is.

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Signing day

Sign the roster

Six places, six parts. Each file says what the place plays on screen. Sign it to see where it really is.

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0 of 6 signed

Client No. 1 · Los Angeles area

Plays: A high-school stadium in Odessa, Texas

The photograph and the real address are held back until you sign.

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Pick a client file, then sign it.

Roster sheet

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Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

Coliseum guided tour

Exposition Park, Los Angeles

A 75-minute walking tour of the stadium that played Odessa, Texas. Mondays and Tuesdays at 10:00 and 13:00 when the page was read; the schedule can change.

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Arizona State Parks

Lost Dutchman State Park

Apache Junction, Arizona

The desert park where Rod’s commercial was filmed, open year-round with trails and camping. Entry is by vehicle or bicycle.

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A stadium roofline beyond a desert park, a canal and rocky hills
Sun Devil Stadium seen across Tempe Town Lake, 6 December 2013. Visitor7 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Home ground

One place needed no stand-in

ASU says the stadium doubled as the site of a fictional showdown between the Arizona Cardinals and the Dallas Cowboys.

Wikipedia says the Cardinals played there from 1988 through the 2005 season, then moved to Glendale in 2006.

Wikipedia says the stadium opened in 1958 with a first game on 4 October 1958.

A fan location guide says the final game was filmed during an actual game, with Rod’s dance shot there. Arizona State University says the film’s finale returned Hollywood to Mountain America Stadium.

A working stadium on the ASU campus, now called Mountain America Stadium. Open on event days; check before you travel.

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Sign-off

Go and see the clients

The Coliseum, John Wayne Airport, Pote Field and the state park are open to visit. The stadium in Tempe is open on event days, and the Sony lot is seen from its gate.

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Where it is now

6 places across Arizona and the Los Angeles area.

Pins mark public places; private homes are named but not pinned.

  • Building reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working stadium on the ASU campus, now called Mountain America Stadium. Open on event days; check before you travel.

  • Site reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Open year-round; trails 06:00 to 20:00. Entry is by vehicle or bicycle only: walk-ins are not allowed.

  1. A stadium roofline beyond a desert park, a canal and rocky hills
    Sun Devil Stadium seen across Tempe Town Lake, 6 December 2013. Visitor7 · CC BY-SA 3.0

    Arizona · 500 East Veterans Way, Tempe, Arizona

    Sun Devil Stadium

    Arizona State University says the film’s finale returned Hollywood to Mountain America Stadium.

    A working stadium on the ASU campus, now called Mountain America Stadium. Open on event days; check before you travel.

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  2. Desert scrub in front of the rocky Superstition Mountains
    The Superstition Mountains from Lost Dutchman State Park, July 2021. Beyond My Ken · CC BY-SA 4.0

    Arizona · 6109 North Apache Trail, Apache Junction, Arizona

    Lost Dutchman State Park

    A fan guide says Rod’s Camel Chevrolet commercial and Jerry’s dating advice were filmed here.

    Open year-round; trails 06:00 to 20:00. Entry is by vehicle or bicycle only: walk-ins are not allowed.

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Stay

A room by the sea.

A beachfront Santa Monica hotel on the Los Angeles side of the roster.

Hotel Casa del Mar

Hotel Casa del Mar

Santa Monica, Los Angeles

A beachfront hotel in Santa Monica, on the Los Angeles side of the roster. Pictured: the Sony Pictures lot entrance in Culver City, 2008.

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Go there

Walk the field.

A Coliseum tour, a desert state park and Los Angeles film location tours.

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

Coliseum guided tour

Exposition Park, Los Angeles

A 75-minute walking tour of the stadium that played Odessa, Texas. Mondays and Tuesdays at 10:00 and 13:00 when the page was read; the schedule can change.

Plan a tour
Arizona State Parks

Lost Dutchman State Park

Apache Junction, Arizona

The desert park where Rod’s commercial was filmed, open year-round with trails and camping. Entry is by vehicle or bicycle.

See the park
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The archive

Every place and moment behind this page, with sources.

6 of 6 places · 8 of 8 stories

  • Sun Devil Stadium

    500 East Veterans Way, Tempe, Arizona

    • The finale game

      The Cardinals–Cowboys showdown is filmed at Sun Devil Stadium, in the Cardinals’ real home.

  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

    3911 South Figueroa Street, Exposition Park, Los Angeles

    • Odessa, Texas

      A Texas high-school stadium in Odessa is shot at the Coliseum in June 1996.

    • Outside Veterans Stadium

      Rod and Jerry talk outside “Veterans Stadium”, shot near Gate 5 of the Coliseum.

  • John Wayne Airport

    18601 Airport Way, Santa Ana, Orange County

    • The airport goodbye

      Dorothy and Ray drop Jerry off before the NFL Draft at John Wayne Airport’s Terminal A.

  • Pote Field

    Crystal Springs Drive, Griffith Park, Los Angeles

    • The ball comes back

      Ray tosses a ball back to the Little Leaguers at Pote Field.

  • Lost Dutchman State Park

    6109 North Apache Trail, Apache Junction, Arizona

    • The commercial

      Rod’s Camel Chevrolet commercial and Jerry’s dating advice are filmed at Lost Dutchman State Park.

  • Sony Pictures Studios

    10202 West Washington Boulevard, Culver City

    • The press box

      The “Veterans Stadium” press box is a built set on Stage 21 at Sony.

    • Up Close

      Rod’s television interview and tearful reaction are shot on Stage 8.

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