Downtown Inglewood station is an at-grade light rail station on the K Line of the

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system. It is located alongside

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between Market and Locust Streets in the central business district of the city of

Inglewood, California Inglewood is a city in southwestern Los Angeles County, California, in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 107,762. It was incorporated on February 14, 1908. The city is in the South Bay ...

. The station opened on October 7, 2022. Metro held a ceremonial ribbon cutting ceremony for the station on September 10, 2022. The station incorporates artwork by the artist Kenturah Davis. During the

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, the station will serve spectators traveling to and from venues located in Inglewood including opening and closing ceremonies and

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

games at SoFi Stadium,

Archery Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In m ...

Rivers Lake Rivers Lake is the colloquial name of a man-made lake located in Inglewood, California. It is part of the Hollywood Park entertainment complex which includes SoFi Stadium. The lake is located just south of the stadium itself. Purpose Rivers Lake ...

, and

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Kia Forum Kia Forum (formerly The Forum) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Inglewood, California, United States, adjacent to Los Angeles. Located between West Manchester Boulevard, across Laffit Pincay Jr., Pincay Drive and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem Co ...

Service

Station layout

Hours and frequency

Connections

, the following connections are available: *

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: , , , , *

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: 10X * SoFi Stadium Shuttle

Notable places nearby

The station is within walking distance of the following notable places: *

Centinela Park Edward Vincent Jr. Park is a municipal park in Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California. Originally Centinela Park, the historic location was renamed in 1997 to honor Edward Vincent Jr., the first African-American mayor of the city."Lawsuit F ...

, including the

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monuments *

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’s massive WPA-era ''History of Transportation'' petrochrome mosaic mural at Grevillea Art Park * Inglewood City Hall * Inglewood Post Office, a WPA Moderne-style building with a New Deal sculpture,

Archibald Garner Lorraine Archibald “Archie” Garner (February 24, 1904 – May 7, 1969) was an American sculptor. During the New Deal he was commissioned by the Public Works of Art Project and Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture to create several nota ...

’s “Centinela Springs” mahogany carving, and the bas relief “Buffalo, Bear, Ram, Lion” (Newell & Peticolas) on the exterior, created 1937 * Inglewood Public Library (at Inglewood City Hall), with its substantial collection of framed original children’s book illustrations * Inglewood Courthouse * Market Street **

Fox Theatre Inglewood The Fox Theater Inglewood in downtown Inglewood, California is a now-closed but architecturally significant movie theater that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The building, designed in the Streamline Moderne style, was design ...

Downtown Inglewood station and nearby Fairview Heights station are both within walking distance of the following sporting venues: *

Hollywood Park Casino Hollywood Park Casino is a casino and sports bar in Inglewood, California. Originally part of the Hollywood Park Racetrack, the casino moved to a new building in 2016 after the closure and demolition of the racetrack in 2013. History In 1994, ...

, originally part of

Hollywood Park Racetrack Hollywood Park was a thoroughbred race course located in Inglewood, California, about 3 miles (5 km) from Los Angeles International Airport and adjacent to the Forum indoor arena. In 1994, the original Hollywood Park Casino was added to the ...

(1938–2013), still offers off-track betting on horse races *

, commonly known as the Forum * SoFi Stadium

People mover

The

Inglewood Transit Connector The Inglewood Transit Connector Project is a fully elevated, automated guideway transit system proposed in Inglewood, California that will connect the Downtown Inglewood station on the K Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system to the major ...

is a

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line planned to be built by the City of Inglewood. A new elevated station will be constructed nearby and will act as the northern terminus of the line, which will serve a station at the

Forum Forum or The Forum (plural forums or fora) may refer to: Common uses * Forum (legal), designated space for public expression in the United States *Forum (Roman), open public space within a Roman city **Roman Forum, most famous example *Internet ...

and a station at

Hollywood Park Hollywood Park may refer to: Places United States * Hollywood Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California * Hollywood Park, Chicago, a neighborhood in North Park, Chicago, Illinois * Hollywood Park, Inglewood, an entertainment complex and m ...

(connecting to SoFi Stadium, the

and

Intuit Dome Intuit Dome is an indoor arena under construction in Inglewood, California. Located south of SoFi Stadium, it will be the future home of the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), moving from Crypto.com Arena. After t ...

References

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