SoFi Stadium

Situated on the former site of the Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California, SoFi Stadium is a 70,240-seat sports and entertainment venue that cost 5.50 billion dollars to construct. Privately financed by Los Angeles Rams owner Stan Kroenke and opened in September 2020, it is the most expensive sports venue ever built. Designed by architecture firm HKS, the stadium features an independently supported canopy of translucent ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) that covers the playing field, an adjacent 6,000-seat performance theater, and an outdoor pedestrian plaza. Suspended beneath the canopy directly above the field hangs the Infinity Screen by Samsung, a double-sided oval 4K video board measuring 120 yards long and weighing 2.2 million pounds. Because the venue sits three miles from Los Angeles International Airport along active flight paths, builders excavated 100 feet into the ground to lower the overall profile without reducing interior seating tiers. Ranks sixth globally with a private development cost of $5.50 billion, standing as the most expensive sports stadium ever built. Key benchmarks: Nominal Construction Cost: $5.50 billion; Inflation-Adjusted Cost: $5.94 billion; Standard Seating Capacity: 70,240 seats; Opening Date: 8 September 2020.