The Home Depot Center in Carson will be one of eight sites of the International Rugby Board World Sevens Series tournament, which begins in Saudi Arabia in December.
The tournament has never been played at a North American venue but USA Rugby has been granted a site for the next three years.
About 40 nations, including the United States, will compete in the tournament, to be played in North America, Asia, Europe, New Zealand and the United Arab Emirates from December through next June.
The tournament, in its seventh year, will be at Carson on Feb. 14-15, 2004, and will feature 16 national teams. The teams play seven players a side, instead of the customary 15.
