| Statue of Shaquille O'Neal | |
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 The sculpture in 2022 | |
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| Subject | Shaquille O'Neal |
| Location | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| 34°2′36.5″N118°15′57.9″W / 34.043472°N 118.266083°W | |
A statue of American basketball player Shaquille O'Neal by artists Omri Amrany and Julie Rotblatt-Amrany is installed outside Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California. [1] [2] The 9-foot-tall, 1,200 pound sculpture was installed in 2017. [3] [4]
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