12
JUN
GROUP A · MD1★ Tournament opener
🇺🇸USAvs🇨🇦Canada
Co-hosts' opener · the SoCal night kicks the cycle off
20:00 PT03:00 GMT
70,240
Capacity (WC config)
8
WC 2026 matches
2020
Opened · $5 B build
Grass
Surface · converted for WC
3 mi
From LAX
02 · The Soul
Hollywood's bowl, LA's loudest.
The most expensive stadium ever built. $5 billion, opened in 2020 as Hollywood Park's reboot — the Rams and Chargers split it, the WC reshapes it.
The translucent roof is the signature: not a real roof, not an open sky. It looks like Hollywood for the same reason a film set looks like Hollywood — because it was designed that way.
The pitch is the rebuild. Out: the artificial turf the NFL has played on since opening. In: Bermuda overseed grass, installed three weeks before kickoff and ripped out the moment WC 2026 ends.
03 · The Fixtures · 8 matches
Every game played here.
From the West Coast group rounds through a knockout marquee.
18
JUN
GROUP D · MD1
🇦🇷Argentinavs🇸🇦Saudi Arabia
2022 rematch · Messi back where Lusail wasn't
18:00 PT01:00 GMT
23
JUN
GROUP F · MD3★ Group decider
🇳🇱Netherlandsvs🇯🇵Japan
Final group game · likely worth top spot
17:00 PT00:00 GMT (24th)
03
JUL
ROUND OF 32
Group A 2ndvsGroup B 3rd
Single elimination · winner to R16
17:00 PT00:00 GMT (4th)
07
JUL
ROUND OF 16
R32 winnervsR32 winner
The cleanest LA matinee of the round
13:00 PT20:00 GMT
11
JUL
QUARTER-FINAL★ Last 8
R16 winnervsR16 winner
SoFi's biggest WC game on the West Coast
14:00 PT21:00 GMT
04 · The Map
Pinned.
The bowl, the LAX walk, the fan zones, and where to eat.
🏆SoFi Stadium
—Stadium · Inglewood
2026 WC venue. 70,240 capacity in WC config, retractable seating.
🛍Hollywood Park
0.1 miShopping · Inglewood
Connected entertainment complex — food, bars, hotel right at the gate.
🚆Inglewood Transit Center
0.8 miTransit · Inglewood
Metro K Line · the new rail option · runs to LAX and Crenshaw.
🎉YouTube Theater
0.1 miFan zones · Inglewood
Fan-festival viewing parties next door — full match-night programming.
🛏Cassell Hotel Inglewood
1.4 miHotels · Inglewood
The closest full-service hotel · walking distance · books out two months ahead.
🍽Randy's Donuts
2.1 miRestaurants · Inglewood
The most-Instagrammed donut shop in LA. The pre-match line is part of the experience.
✈LAX International
3 miAirports · Los Angeles
The closest airport to any WC venue in the tournament. Easiest international landing in the calendar.
06 · Getting There
Three ways in.
LA traffic is the home defence. Public transit only just arrived. **Stay near LAX if you can.**
🚆 From DTLA / Crenshaw
Metro K Line · the new one
35 mindoor to gate
$1.75one-way
8 minevent freq.
1
Board the K Line southbound from Expo/Crenshaw.
2
Two stops to Westchester/Veterans station.
3
8-minute walk to the gate via Hollywood Park.
🚗 From LAX
Drive · 15 minutes off-peak
15 minoff-peak
$40+parking on-site
12 lotscolour-coded
1
North on Sepulveda → east on Century Blvd.
2
Pre-pay parking strongly recommended.
3
Rideshare drop at Hollywood Park rideshare zone — 5 min walk.
🚌 From Santa Monica / West LA
Big Blue Bus + Metro
60 mindoor to gate
$3.50one-way
12 minfrequency
1
Big Blue Bus 7 east → connect to Metro at Aviation/LAX.
2
Metro K Line south to Westchester/Veterans.
3
Pro tip: avoid the 405. It will not move on match nights.
07 · The Pitch & the Stands
The first NFL stadium built for football, too.
Translucent canopy, indoor climate, $5B build. The pitch transition is the same Wisconsin-grown bluegrass blend the rest of the WC venues use.
Field specifications
// FIFA-spec for WC 2026
SurfaceNatural grass · Bermuda overseed
SourceWest Coast Turf, CA
Dimensions105m × 68m (FIFA standard)
RoofTranslucent canopy · semi-open
LightingLED · 3,500 lux
Pitch installed3 weeks before opener
After WCReverts to FieldTurf for NFL season
LowerClubUpperVIP
08 · The History
Before it was a football venue.
Opened in 2020. The biggest moments before WC 2026, in reverse.
2026
🏆 FIFA World Cup · 8 matches · group + knockouts
The bowl hosts the world.
Eight matches from the opener to the quarter-finals. The biggest international football slate the West Coast has ever hosted.
2028
🏅 LA28 Olympic opening ceremony
The Olympics start here.
Already booked: SoFi opens and closes the 2028 Games. The decade of LA at the centre of world sport.
2022
🏈 Super Bowl LVI · Rams 23-20 Bengals
LA's first home Super Bowl win.
The Rams won their first home Super Bowl. Cooper Kupp MVP. The bowl's first major football night.
2023
🎤 Concerts · Taylor Swift · Beyoncé · Bad Bunny
The Eras Tour · 6 nights.
Taylor Swift's six-night Eras run set the all-time record for any artist at a single venue. ~420,000 fans in nine days.
2020
🏟 Opening · empty stadium · COVID year
The bowl that opened to no one.
First Rams game was played behind closed doors during the pandemic. $5 billion stadium, zero fans on opening night.
★ The deepest line on this file
The QF.
Saturday · 11 July 2026 · 14:00 PT
38
Days
07
Hours
33
Minutes
55
Seconds
SoFi's biggest WC game · the West Coast quarter-final.
09 · Stadium trivia
Five facts that travel well.
Drop these in the line for a Randy's donut.
$5 billion to build
The most expensive stadium ever built. Beat MetLife (2010) by a factor of three, and counting.
The roof isn't a roof
The translucent canopy is for shade and rain, not climate. SoFi is semi-open, semi-stadium — the only major NFL venue built that way.
Two NFL tenants
The first joint NFL stadium on the West Coast. Rams and Chargers split the calendar 50/50.
Olympic doubles
Will host the 2028 Olympic opening + closing ceremonies. The decade where SoFi anchors the LA sports cycle.
Bigger than the Maracanã for Swift
Taylor Swift's six-night Eras run drew ~420,000 fans — bigger than the Maracanã ever held for a tour.
The deepest truth in the file
Eight matches.The most expensive stadium ever builtputs the West Coast quarter-final on the calendar.
Host venue2026 QF70,240 capacityLA bowlLAX gateway