Design being implemented
$ 2.6 bn / mld
17.11.2016 - 08.2020
HKS Architects
Description: SoFi Stadium
Designed by HKS Architects, the stadium for relocating NFL team Rams will accommodate 70,000 seated spectators, but will also provide standing room for 25,000 further people for largest events. Along the description given by its designers, it's in fact able to hold over 100,000 people at peak.
The seating, divided into 4-5 tiers and numerous hospitality balconies, the seating bowl will be partly sunken into the ground (up to 27.5m) so the building won't dominate the landscape. However, locally it would still be the largest building as its canopy will rise to over 53 meters.
Spreading well beyond the stadium itself, the roof will create a transparent dome with ETFE cover, providing shelter from the elements also to neighbouring plazas and also covering an indoor event hall for 6,000 people, south of the stadium. Both the ETFE sheets and lack of external walls are to provide an open-air feeling to fans.
The stadium is being built in Inglewood, south of central Los Angeles. The entire planned complex will spread across 298 acres (120.5 hectares). Apart from the event facilities there will be a hotel (300 rooms), over 2,500 apartments and massive 93,000 m2 of office and commercial space.
Back in 2014 the project was expected to cost $ 1.86 billion. This is when ground clearing works were launched, demolishing the old Hollywood Park race track. By official groundbreaking in November 2016 the price tag grew to $2.6 billion.
2018 © Chargers
2016 © Hollywood Park Land Company
01.2015 © Hollywood Park Land Company
03.01.2020 Los Angeles: SoFi Stadium progress at over 85%
With regular NFL season now over, so is the tenancy of L.A. Rams at the Memorial Coliseum. From the 2020 season the team will welcome fans to the world's most expensive stadium ever. The project has now exceeded 85% advancement, according to Rams.
17.09.2019 Los Angeles: Naming rights announced, please welcome SoFi Stadium
It's still 10 months before opening, but naming rights partner is already announced. SoFi is said to have agreed the most expensive contract of all NFL stadia. No wonder, the stadium has unprecedented price tag, too.
23.04.2019 Los Angeles: Roof shell ready in Hollywood Park
The world's most expensive stadium is two thirds complete at this point and will be able to welcome visitors in just 16 months. April saw the completion of its main canopy shell.
22.09.2018 Los Angeles: Inglewood giant reaches milestone
First steel trusses already adorn the imposing columns, while overall progress exceeds 50%. In 2020 the world's most expensive stadium will see its opening. For now 3,000 workers are on site non stop to make it happen.
18.05.2018 Los Angeles: Inglewood stadium at over $4 billion?
According to a surprisingly detailed report by Sports Business Journals, the world's most expensive stadium is now expected to cost in excess of $4 billion, although over $850 million of that amount will cover surrounding infrastructure.
29.03.2018 Los Angeles: Most expensive stadium even more expensive
It was a bombshell tweet that grabbed headlines across USA yesterday, claiming the new stadium for Rams and Chargers could cost as much as $5 billion. This would make it three times more expensive than current record holder.
19.05.2017 Los Angeles: Rams stadium delayed by almost a year
It's only been in progress for half a year and already lost 60 days due to heavy rainfall. Because of that the Hollywood Park stadium will be opened in mid-2020 rather than fall of 2019.
14.01.2017 Los Angeles: Inglewood stadium not a threat to airspace
Especially relevant in association with Levi's Stadium airspace issues, the new LA Rams stadium has been cleared by the Federal Aviation Administration.
19.11.2016 New construction: Groundbreaking on world's most expensive stadium
$2.6 billion is a budget hard to grasp, but the most expensive stadium ever planned is now officially under construction. By the 2019 NFL season Los Angeles will change the American football map.
13.01.2016 USA: NFL greenlights world's most expensive stadium
American football league allowed St. Louis Rams to relocate to Los Angeles, effectively meaning the team will build the new Inglewood Stadium. Situation of San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders is less clear.
18.04.2015 Los Angeles: Inglewood and Carson compete for NFL
A series of meetings took place in Los Angeles this week. Next week presentations will be made in New York as two visions of the world's most expensive stadium compete for glory. LA Times report.
27.03.2015 Los Angeles: Carson stadium bid a step closer
Supporters of the joint stadium of Chargers and Raiders gathered over 15,000 signatures, nearly twice the needed number. Yesterday they delivered them to the city hall.
23.03.2015 Los Angeles: World's most expensive stadium for two teams?
Stan Kroenke managed to get everyone's attention yet again. Not only is he planning to privately build the world's most expensive stadium. That stadium may also be home to two franchises.
10.03.2015 Los Angeles: Farmers Field scheme shelved by AEG
Anschutz Entertainment Group officially backed out of the race to build a new NFL stadium in Los Angeles. Despite spending a fortune on preparations, in this race they could not win.
25.02.2015 Los Angeles: Inglewood council fast-tracks stadium
Inglewood City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve an 80,000-seat stadium at the site of the old Hollywood Park racetrack. Public referendum isn't necessary now.
24.02.2015 New design: (One more) Los Angeles Stadium
It's highly unlikely that any city in history ever had so many so lucrative bids to build large stadiums. Now Chargers and Raiders join the fight to colonise Los Angeles for the NFL again.
15.02.2015 Los Angeles: Grounbreaking on 80,000-seater this year?
Billionaire Stan Kroenke is pushing forward with his plan of relocating the NFL franchise to Los Angeles. He seems closer than any bidder so far with latest attempt to shorten the bureaucratic route.
05.01.2015 Los Angeles: Third bidder to build NFL stadium in LA
While two contenders have been gearing up for a couple years now, billionaire Stan Kroenke announced he also is interested in establishing his NFL franchise in Los Angeles.