YouTube Theater is a 6,000 seat music and theater venue in
Inglewood,
California
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, U.S. Located under the same structure that houses
SoFi Stadium
SoFi Stadium () is a 70,240-seat sports and entertainment indoor stadium in the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood, California, United States. SoFi occupies the former site of the Hollywood Park Racetrack, from Los Angeles International Airport an ...
, the home of the
National Football League
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's
Los Angeles Rams
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and
Los Angeles Chargers
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. It is part of the Hollywood Park entertainment complex, a master planned neighborhood in development on the site of the former
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 ...
.
History
Plans for a 6,000 seat performance venue go back as far as 2015 when
Stan Kroenke
Enos Stanley Kroenke (; born July 29, 1947) is an American billionaire businessman. He is the owner of Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, which is the holding company of Arsenal F.C. of the Premier League and Arsenal W.F.C. of the WSL, the Los ...
, owner of the then-named
St. Louis Rams
The St. Louis Rams were a professional American football team of the National Football League (NFL). They played in St. Louis from 1995 to the 2015 season, before moving back to Los Angeles, where the team had played from 1946 to 1994.
The arr ...
, announced his plan to build an NFL stadium and entertainment complex on the former Hollywood Park Racetrack. Construction on the stadium and theater broke ground the following year in November 2016.
On June 28, 2021, it was announced that
Google
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's video sharing website
YouTube
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had acquired the naming rights to the theater for 10 years.
The venue opened on August 9, 2021 with an official ribbon-cutting ceremony. Mexican rock band
Caifanes
Caifanes is a rock band from Mexico City. Formed in 1987, the group achieved international fame during the late 1980s and early 1990s. The original line-up was Saúl Hernández (vocals and guitar), Sabo Romo (bass guitar), (drums) and Diego ...
held the first event at the theater on September 4, 2021. The venue hosted its first
esports
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event in late March 2022, with the
Rocket League Championship Series
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(RLCS) Winter Major, marking RLCS's first live event in two years.
Design
YouTube Theater was designed by Dallas-based architectural firm
HKS, Inc.
HKS, Inc. is an American international architecture firm headquartered in Dallas, Texas (USA).
History
The firm was founded in 1939 by Harwood K. Smith.
In 2002, HKS expanded its international presence by opening HKS Arquitectos in Mex ...
The 227,000 square foot, three-story venue can seat anywhere between 3,400 to 6,000 spectators. The venue also features six luxury boxes and a 3,500 square foot club with 140 premium seats. The theater is designed to be an intimate venue, with the furthest seat being situated 164 feet from the stage. The venue features a sound system designed by
L-Acoustics
L-Acoustics is a French manufacturer of loudspeakers, amplifiers, marketing materials, and signal processing devices for rental and installed sound markets. Headquartered in Marcoussis, south of Paris, the company has offices in the United State ...
.
References
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{{Google LLC
Kroenke Sports & Entertainment
2021 establishments in California
Concert halls in California
Google real estate
Hollywood Park
Music venues in Los Angeles
Theatres completed in 2021
Theatres in Los Angeles County, California
YouTube
Esports venues in California
Buildings and structures in Inglewood, California