{"id":284170,"date":"2026-04-24T18:45:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T18:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/284170\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T18:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T18:45:09","slug":"the-best-things-to-do-in-inglewood-los-angeles-near-sofi-stadium-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/284170\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Things to Do in Inglewood, Los Angeles\u2014Near SoFi Stadium and Beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"

As one of the highest-profile destination cities for the 2026 FIFA World Cup<\/a>, Los Angeles<\/a>‘ Inglewood will host eight matches at SoFi Stadium beginning June 12, 2026. The stadium, which opened in 2020 at a cost of $5.5 billion, remains the most expensive ever built. Another major addition is the $2 billion Intuit Dome, which opened in August 2024 as the new home of the LA Clippers. After hosting Super Bowl LVI in 2022, Inglewood is set to host it again in 2027 and play a central role in the highly anticipated 2028 Olympic Games.<\/p>\n

Additionally, Hollywood Park, a 300-acre shopping center and residential development, began rolling out in 2023, with 25 acres of parks, green walkways, and bike paths surrounding the stadium. More recent enhancements include Cin\u00e9polis Luxury Cinemas Inglewood IMAX<\/a>\u2014the first movie theatre to open in Inglewood in 30 years; Cosm Los Angeles<\/a> in 2024, a 1,500-seat venue with an 87-foot LED dome, often compared to Las Vegas\u2019 Sphere; and a flurry of new restaurants and nighttime spots.<\/p>\n

Visitors can also expect an uptick in hotel availability, including The Anthem Hotel<\/a>, part of Hilton\u2019s Tapestry Collection, which opened in February 2026 with 179 rooms within walking distance of Intuit Dome. The Kali Hotel and Rooftop, Autograph Collection<\/a>, a 300-key property at Hollywood Park, is slated to open in September 2026.<\/p>\n

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the transformation has come with tradeoffs, causing traffic gridlock and sending rents and home prices skyrocketing<\/a>. To help offset traffic issues, a LAX Metro<\/a> expansion improved airport connectivity in 2025, adding new rail stations serving Inglewood, Westchester, and the Crenshaw corridor. Direct terminal access should improve further with the planned opening of LAX\u2019s Automated People Mover<\/a> in 2026.<\/p>\n

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Opened in 2020 as a state of the art NFL and concert stadium on the former site of the LA Racetrack, SoFi Stadium sits between LAX airport and South Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

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The city has also approved $8.5 million<\/a> in grant funds to revitalize Downtown Market Street. In parallel, the Inglewood Transit Connector<\/a> plan aims to improve mobility between Market Street and the city\u2019s sports and entertainment district, with elements including mobility hubs, bus rotaries, pickup and dropoff areas, and a public parking structure.<\/p>\n

Alongside this wave of development, Inglewood remains a historic Black community navigating rapid change and rising costs as development surges. Beyond these mega-events, the neighborhood remains home to longstanding local businesses, artists, and some of the best soul food in Los Angeles. Supporting these institutions is essential to preserving the soul of the city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As one of the highest-profile destination cities for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Los Angeles‘ Inglewood will host…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284171,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[6030,20750,70060,413,118221,48,52,51,47,50,49,127],"class_list":{"0":"post-284170","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-arts-culture","9":"tag-destination-guides","10":"tag-fitness-recreation","11":"tag-food","12":"tag-historic-cultural-attractions","13":"tag-la","14":"tag-la-headlines","15":"tag-la-news","16":"tag-los-angeles","17":"tag-los-angeles-headlines","18":"tag-los-angeles-news","19":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}