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SoFi Stadium Opens in Inglewood With a Ribbon-Cutting

SoFi Stadium Opens in Inglewood With a Ribbon-Cutting

Starts 09/08/2020

SoFi Stadium, 1001 Champion Drive, Inglewood, California, United States

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Happened as dated, per the source^[1]: "An official ribbon-cutting ceremony was hosted on September 8".

Start: Sep 8, 202090% CONFIDENCEfrom the source

SoFi Stadium Opens in Inglewood With a Ribbon-Cutting

The most expensive stadium ever built opened as the new home of the LA Rams and Chargers, with its first NFL game days later.

SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, opened September 8, 2020, on the former Hollywood Park Racetrack site; groundbreaking was November 17, 2016^[2]
It is home to the Rams and Chargers, with capacity 70,240 expandable to over 100,000, and a translucent ETFE canopy^[2][3]
Designed by HKS with a cable-net canopy of 302 ETFE panels and Samsung's double-sided Infinity Screen (80 million pixels, 2.2 million pounds)^[2][3]
The seating bowl sits 100 feet below grade due to FAA height limits near LAX^[3]
Financing raised the total to $5.5 billion, making it the most expensive stadium ever built^[2]
It has hosted Super Bowl LVI (2022) and will host 2026 World Cup matches and the 2028 Olympics opening ceremony^[2][3]

Cost $5.1B

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Happened as dated, per the source: "An official ribbon-cutting ceremony was hosted on September 8".
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SoFi Stadium: The Story of an LA Icon
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