SoFi Stadium, Sports stadium in Inglewood, United States
SoFi Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Inglewood, California, designed by HKS, with a bowl of dark blue seating around a green field and a translucent canopy of 302 ETFE panels, 46 of which open for ventilation. The canopy, held by a cable net, carries 27,000 embedded LED pucks and covers the stadium, a pedestrian plaza and the attached YouTube Theater.
Construction started in 2016 on the former grounds of Hollywood Park Racetrack and the facility officially opened in September 2020. The project emerged as part of a broader urban redevelopment effort in southern Los Angeles.
The facility serves as home field for both of the city's professional football teams, the Rams and the Chargers, drawing tens of thousands of fans on game days. Beyond regular season matches, it hosts concerts and large gatherings where crowds fill the surrounding plazas and walkways.
The stadium stands about 5 km from Los Angeles International Airport, next to the Kia Forum and Intuit Dome within the Hollywood Park complex. The bowl has open sides despite the roof, so games remain exposed to weather and lightning delays; the first such NFL delay came on October 4, 2021. The playing surface is artificial turf, not grass.
The Infinity Screen by Samsung, suspended from the roof over the field, is a double-sided 4K HDR video board weighing 2.2 million pounds (1,000 t) and displaying 80 million pixels. It also houses the stadium's 260-speaker JBL audio system and 56 5G antennas.
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