SoFi Stadium in Inglewood among venues selected to host 2026 World Cup matches
2 years, 6 months ago

SoFi Stadium in Inglewood among venues selected to host 2026 World Cup matches

LA Times  

SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, home to the Rams and Chargers, has been selected as a game venue for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Ten games will also be played in Canada, at Vancouver’s BC Place, site of the 2015 Women’s World Cup final, and in Toronto’s BMO Field, the smallest stadium chosen with a current capacity of 45,500. “How are you going to amuse yourself?” As big as the World Cup is, however, Freedman noted that it’s just part of an unprecedented series of major sporting events that will be held in Southern California in a six-year window that opened last winter when SoFi played host to the Super Bowl. Next up is Major League Baseball’s All-Star game at Dodger Stadium in July, the college football national championship game at SoFi in January and then after the World Cup, the 2028 Olympics. An aerial view showing MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. Gillette Stadium : Suburban Foxborough played host to games at the 1994 World Cup but Gillette Stadium is a different venue.

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L.A. 2026 World Cup committee hosts art contest to select official poster design
2 months, 1 week ago

L.A. 2026 World Cup committee hosts art contest to select official poster design

LA Times  

A proposed logo for the FIFA World Cup in 2026 is displayed on the video screens at SoFi Stadium. The L.A. World Cup host committee is holding a contest to create the official poster for matches in 2026. The Los Angeles World Cup 2026 host committee is offering local artists and designers the chance to create the official poster for …

SoFi Stadium guide: What to know about the Los Angeles Rams’ home field
3 months, 3 weeks ago

SoFi Stadium guide: What to know about the Los Angeles Rams’ home field

New York Times  

This article is part of the Stadium Guides series, a comprehensive guide to your NFL team’s stadium experience. Buy tickets on StubHub to Los Angeles Rams games at SoFi Stadium here. SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif., is the home of two teams — the Los Angeles Rams and the L.A. Chargers — but was built and funded by Rams owner …

Everything we know about LA 2028: No cars, zero-build and Team GB’s base 360 miles away
4 months, 1 week ago

Everything we know about LA 2028: No cars, zero-build and Team GB’s base 360 miles away

The Telegraph  

After Tom Cruise plunged into the Stade de France on Sunday, Paris officially handed over the Olympics to the Hollywood state of California. Here’s all you need to know about the next Games in Los Angeles 2028: Sports For the first time since 1900, cricket will be played at the Games in its T20 format. Sports making debuts at the …

SoFi Stadium passes the grass and atmosphere test among players as World Cup looms
5 months, 4 weeks ago

SoFi Stadium passes the grass and atmosphere test among players as World Cup looms

LA Times  

Omar Duran had never been to SoFi Stadium until Monday. In 2026, SoFi will stage eight World Cup matches, including the U.S. team’s opener, the first men’s World Cup match to be played on American soil in 32 years. So every little detail is something that we’re looking at to understand how that works.” The bigger things will be dictated …

How New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium won a bitter battle to host the 2026 World Cup final
10 months, 2 weeks ago

How New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium won a bitter battle to host the 2026 World Cup final

The Independent  

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Venues made impassioned pitches to Fifa for the right to stage the …

SoFi Stadium to install retractable corner seats this spring, increasing field size for soccer
10 months, 2 weeks ago

SoFi Stadium to install retractable corner seats this spring, increasing field size for soccer

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — SoFi Stadium will begin work Monday on renovations to increase the size of its playing field area in preparation for hosting eight matches during the 2026 World Cup. The only difference will be a few of the rows in the corners will be on retractable seating versus permanent seating.” SoFi Stadium was not awarded the World Cup …

New Jersey to host 2026 World Cup final and Mexico City to stage opening game
10 months, 2 weeks ago

New Jersey to host 2026 World Cup final and Mexico City to stage opening game

The Independent  

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy MetLife Stadium in New Jersey will host the …

FIFA World Cup 2026: Mexico to stage opener at Azteca, New York to host final
10 months, 2 weeks ago

FIFA World Cup 2026: Mexico to stage opener at Azteca, New York to host final

The Hindu  

The FIFA World Cup 2026 will be played from June 11 to July 19, with Mexico playing opening fixture at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City, the governing body of football announced on Sunday. AS IT HAPPENED: FIFA World Cup Schedule announcement highlights The United States will kick off its group stage campaign at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on …

U.S. to open 2026 World Cup play at SoFi Stadium
10 months, 2 weeks ago

U.S. to open 2026 World Cup play at SoFi Stadium

LA Times  

SoFi Stadium, home to the Rams and Chargers and in 2026, World Cup games. The stadium is set to host eight World Cup games in 2026, including the U.S. group opener. When the tournament returns to this country in 2026, it will start there, with Inglewood’s SoFi Stadium announced Sunday as the site of the U.S. team’s opening game. “We …

Why SoFi might be odd stadium out for 2026 World Cup final
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Why SoFi might be odd stadium out for 2026 World Cup final

LA Times  

A 21-member FIFA delegation visits SoFi Stadium in November 2021. SoFi Stadium in Inglewood could host up to eight World Cup games in 2026. That gives Arlington a huge advantage over SoFi and MetLife, said Alan Rothenberg, a former U.S. Soccer president who was the driving force behind the 1994 World Cup, still the most successful ever. It’s clear that …

Super Bowl LXI at the end of the 2026-27 season will be played at SoFi Stadium
1 year ago

Super Bowl LXI at the end of the 2026-27 season will be played at SoFi Stadium

LA Times  

SoFi Stadium shown decorated for Super Bowl LVI, won by the Rams over the Cincinnati Bengals. Super Bowl LXI, at the end of the 2026-27 season, will be played at the stadium in Inglewood, five years after the Rams won the Lombardi Trophy in Super Bowl LVI on their home field with a win over Cincinnati. It marks the ninth …

LA's SoFi Stadium 'will NOT be a 2026 World Cup venue after owner Stan Kroenke opted against making necessary changes, leaving New York's MetLife and Dallas' AT&T to battle it out for the final'
1 year, 2 months ago

LA's SoFi Stadium 'will NOT be a 2026 World Cup venue after owner Stan Kroenke opted against making necessary changes, leaving New York's MetLife and Dallas' AT&T to battle it out for the final'

Daily Mail  

SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles is very close to losing out on, not just hosting the World Cup final, but being a venue for the tournament at all, according to a report. MetLife Stadium, home of the New York Jets and Giants, the Dallas Cowboys' AT&T, and SoFi Stadium, where both the LA Rams and Chargers play, were originally thought …

SoFi Stadium and Rose Bowl are among venue finalists for 2026 World Cup matches
2 years, 6 months ago

SoFi Stadium and Rose Bowl are among venue finalists for 2026 World Cup matches

LA Times  

FIFA will choose host cities for the 2026 World Cup from among 23 candidates in the U.S., Mexico and Canada on Thursday, setting the stage for the largest, most challenging tournament in World Cup history. Canada has proposed staging games in Vancouver, Edmonton and Toronto while Mexico is offering Monterrey, Guadalajara and Mexico City’s Azteca Stadium, which has already played …

Curious about SoFi Stadium? Some key questions, answered
2 years, 10 months ago

Curious about SoFi Stadium? Some key questions, answered

LA Times  

Sam Lubell, an architecture writer, explained in The Times: “In classic SoCal fashion, the stadium, its edges open to the outdoors along the sides, blurs the line between interior and exterior, inviting visitors, and views, inside. It pulls in ocean breezes through its aerodynamic shape, its permeable flanks, the lifting of its seating bowl above the ground-level concourse and massive …

The 5 best places to be — architecturally speaking — at SoFi Stadium
2 years, 10 months ago

The 5 best places to be — architecturally speaking — at SoFi Stadium

LA Times  

If a stadium opens without crowds in the middle of a pandemic, does it make a sound? Inglewood’s $5-billion football stadium hosted its first game in September of 2020 — Rams vs. Cowboys; Rams won — without any fans in the stands due to the ravages of COVID-19. Times Sports columnist Bill Plaschke was at that first game and described …

SoFi Stadium ready to bring Hollywood opulence to Super Bowl
2 years, 10 months ago

SoFi Stadium ready to bring Hollywood opulence to Super Bowl

Associated Press  

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — The Super Bowl will come as a culmination of sorts for the NFL’s return to the Los Angeles area, a game featuring the home team that will bring Hollywood glamor to a superstar stadium in Inglewood, where Lakers, Kings and thoroughbreds once thrilled crowds. “I can’t wait to see how the NFL, the world stage, the global …

SoFi Stadium wasn’t built in a day, or 7,000; the inside story of what turned the tide
3 years, 3 months ago

SoFi Stadium wasn’t built in a day, or 7,000; the inside story of what turned the tide

LA Times  

The NFL’s meandering odyssey back to the Los Angeles market inspired enough renderings, blueprints and financial statements to paper a path from Irwindale to Inglewood. “We had a pretty good sense of what we wanted at that time.” After years of fielding fantastical proposals from billionaires, politicians and other power brokers, Goodell delivered in broad strokes a simple set of …

Rams open SoFi Stadium in style with 20-17 win over Cowboys
4 years, 3 months ago

Rams open SoFi Stadium in style with 20-17 win over Cowboys

Associated Press  

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — The Los Angeles Rams ran through their tunnel and into empty SoFi Stadium for the very first time amid sparkling fireworks, flashing lights and the prerecorded cheers of fans watching from home. “It’s not the way you’d imagine it, but I think we’ll look back on this a long time from now and realize the importance of …

10 photos that give you a look at SoFi Stadium
4 years, 3 months ago

10 photos that give you a look at SoFi Stadium

LA Times  

What does a $5-billion stadium look like? Stan Kroenke, owner of the Rams and project developer, participated in an official opening of SoFi Stadium in Inglewood this week with Chargers owner Dean Spanos and Inglewood Mayor James Butts to a limited number of members of the media. Photo op Rams owner Stan Kroenke with his son, Josh Kroenke, left, during …

Commentary: How SoFi Stadium makes a revolutionary design promise: A place for all to play
4 years, 3 months ago

Commentary: How SoFi Stadium makes a revolutionary design promise: A place for all to play

LA Times  

In less than two weeks, if the NFL moves forward as planned, SoFi Stadium will open in Inglewood after more than five years of design and construction. SoFi Stadium is a porous, indoor-outdoor, year-round complex featuring, yes, a 70,000-seat stadium and lots of parking, but also a 2.5-acre public plaza, an adjacent 6,000-seat performance space and a layered landscape filled …

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