Los Angeles

SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, is the most expensive stadium ever built at $5.5 billion, hosting 8 matches including the USA’s opening game against Paraguay on June 12. Its translucent ETFE roof with 46 openable panels creates the first true indoor-outdoor venue, and the 360-degree Infinity Screen—122 feet high and 120 yards wide—makes it 20% larger than the typical stadium display. With 70,240 seats, it offers multimodal access via Metro C and K Lines, connecting to downtown LA and LAX. An LA Fan Festival runs June 11-14 at the Memorial Coliseum, plus 39 days of activations across the city. This stadium is more technically advanced than #3 Dallas’s AT&T Stadium, as its dual-sided screen is visible from aircraft, and its $5.5 billion price tag outperforms every other venue in terms of engineering cost, despite hosting fewer matches than Dallas’s 9.