In January 2014, St. Louis Rams’ owner Stan Kroenke purchased 60 acres of land north of Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, Calif. Kroenke’s intention was to build a multibillion-dollar stadium for the Rams upon moving the team to the Los Angeles metropolitan area.
Six years later, Kroenke’s intention was completed in the form a $5-billion stadium five miles west of Los Angeles International Airport.
When Was SoFi Stadium Built?
SoFi Stadium officially opened on Sept. 8, 2020, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony five days before the Los Angeles Rams hosted the Dallas Cowboys in Week 1 of the 2020 NFL season.
The stadium’s opening came six years after Kroenke purchased the land and nearly four years after construction began with a groundbreaking ceremony on Nov. 17, 2016. It’s the largest stadium in the NFL by expandable capacity (100,240) but sits behind 11 other stadiums for standard capacity (70,000).