My very first visit to Gold's Venice was in the summer of 1982. Gold's was at it's current location of 360 Hampton, but they only leased the first room I believe, not the entire four room structure.
I always wondered when they expanded and if they went straight to the four rooms at once.
My first visit was May 1998. Crazy amount of famous people there that day and I even worked in on the pec fly with that Erika chick from Baywatch without even realizing it straight away. Oliver Stone, Jean Claude, Fred Ward plus some others. Equipment was amazing too all the old hammer before they screwed it up.