9th June 2025
Perhaps the most spectacular of the US’s mega stadiums, the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, with its wrap-around video screen, will host the first group game of the Gold Cup 2025. The SoFi will also be a host venue for the 2026 World Cup and the venue for the finals of the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028. Before then the pitch will need to be enlarged to meet FIFA requirements.
**FIFA World Club Cup Stadium 2025 (as Los Angeles Stadium to ensure only FIFA-approved branding appears during broadcasts and on-site.)**
In 2028, SoFi Stadium will co-host the opening ceremony alongside the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, marking the first time an Olympics will open simultaneously in two stadiums.
The home of the Los Angeles Chargers and the Super Bowl LVI Champion Los Angeles Rams, it is located at Hollywood Park, a near 300-acre sports and entertainment destination being developed by Los Angeles Rams Owner/Chairman E. Stanley Kroenke.
The Infinity Screen by Samsung is a groundbreaking 70,000-square-foot, dual-sided 4K HDR video board suspended 120 feet above the field. It weighs 2.2 million pounds and houses 268 speakers, providing an immersive audio-visual experience.
The stadium features a 1.2 million-square-foot ETFE (ethylene tetrafluoroethylene,) translucent roof canopy that covers the stadium, YouTube Theater, and American Airlines Plaza. The canopy includes 27,000 embedded LED pucks capable of displaying images and videos visible from airplanes approaching Los Angeles International Airport
**The YouTube Theater** is a 6,000-seat performance venue located beneath the same roof canopy, designed for concerts and other live events.
**The American Airlines Plaza** is a 2.5-acre covered outdoor plaza that serves as a communal gathering space for fans and visitors
**SoFi stadium is surrounded by** a 12-acre public park featuring a 6-acre artificial lake designed for stormwater harvesting.The lake captures 70-80% of the rainwater in the complex, reclaiming approximately 26 million gallons annually for irrigation purposes.
The Hybrid Matrix Turf surface is optimized for soccer with advanced irrigation and sub-air systems
The 3.1 million square-foot SoFi Stadium is the largest stadium in the NFL, as well as the first indoor-outdoor stadium. It seats approximately 70,000, expandable up to 100,000, with more than 260 luxury suites and more than 13,000 premium seats. Luxury areas include the Google Cloud Club & Suites, the Patio club, Chairman’s club, Pechanga Founders Club, Sofi Social club and Bootsy Bellows suite..
**Location** : 1001 S. Stadium Drive, Inglewood, CA
**Capacity :** 70,240 (expandable to over 100,000 for major events)
**FIFA World Cup 2025 Stadium**
**Olympics 2018 :** hosting **Swimming.**
**CONCACF 2025 Matches**
Saturday, June 14 at 22.15 h (ET). Mexico vs. Dominican Republic (Group A)
**Previous events:**
It’s first soccer hosting was a sold out Leagues Cup series of matches in 2022, featuring LAFC, LA Galaxy,
Super Bowl LVI in 2022,
**2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final**: Held on July 16, 2023, with an attendance of 72,963 fans
It was the first time the Gold Cup has visited the SoFi and the stadium’s first major soccer showpiece final.
**Club Friendlies**: Arsenal defeated FC Barcelona 5–3 on July 26, 2023, in front of 70,223 spectators
**2025 CONCACAF Nations League Finals**: Hosted semifinals, third-place match, and final from March 20–23, 2025
**Women’s International Friendly**: The U.S. Women’s National Team faced Brazil on April 5, 2025, marking the first professional women’s sporting event at the stadium
Looking ahead, SoFi Stadium is set to host eight matches during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, including the U.S. Men’s National Team’s opening match on June 12, 2026 .
Other sporting events include the SoFi Stadium was host to Super Bowl LVI in 2022, Super Bowl LXI 2027. The annual College football bowl game since 2021 and
College Football National Championship in 2023, WrestleMania 39 in 2023.