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USA ★ Quarterfinals · July 11 Groups D · I + Round of 16 + Quarterfinals + Semifinals 8 matches

Los Angeles
LAX.

The world's most expensive stadium ($5.5 billion) hosts 8 matches and reaches the quarterfinals. Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Venice Beach, Capitol Records — within the next 21 square kilometers from SoFi Stadium lie more cultural icons than in any other World Cup host city.
13 million residents in Greater Los Angeles June Gloom · +25°C PT · UTC −7 (DST)
SoFi Stadium2020, Inglewood
Stadium
70 240up to 100,000 at concerts
Capacity
85 groups + Round of 16 + Quarterfinals + Semifinals
Matches
$5.5 billionthe most expensive stadium in history
Budget
Main arena

Stadium
«SoFi».

SoFi Stadium — General View
General view · tribuna.com, photos from open sources
SoFi Stadium — Architecture
Architecture · terra.com, photos from open sources
SoFi Stadium — Facade · day
Facade · day · Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA
SoFi Stadium — Interior
Interior · isecinc.com, photos from open sources

SoFi Stadium

The most expensive stadium in history — $5.5 billion, opened in Inglewood in 2020. The oval bowl is sunken 30 meters into the ground, while above it hovers a massive transparent ETFE roof on steel columns with an oval oculus at the center. Inside — Infinity Screen: a two-sided LED oval suspended by cables above the field, the arena's primary visual symbol. Home to NFL teams Rams and Chargers — the only U.S. stadium where two teams from the same league play on one field.

Opened
September 8, 2020
Budget
$5.5 billion
Field size
105 × 68 m
Surface
Hybrid grass
Architect
HKS Architects
Clubs (NFL)
Rams + Chargers
Match Days in Los Angeles

Eight matches,
through the quarterfinals.

12Fri · June 12
USA — ParaguayGroup D · Matchday 1
18:00 PT
★ USA Home
16Tue · June 16
France — SenegalGroup I · Matchday 1
17:00 PT
Group
22Mon · June 22
France — IraqGroup I · Round 2
16:00 PT
Group
25Thu · June 25
Turkey — USAGroup D · Matchday 3
18:00 PT
Group
26Fri · June 26
Senegal — IraqGroup I · Round 3
14:00 PT
Group
28Sun · June 28
2D — best 3rdRound of 16 · Match 81
17:00 PT
Knockout Stage
5Sun · July 5
Winner 1/16 — Winner 1/16Quarterfinals · Match 92
17:00 PT
1/8
11Sat · July 11
Winner QF — Winner QFQuarterfinal · Match 99
17:00 PT
★ Quarterfinals
Atmosphere · role · route

What you need to know
about the city.

Atmosphere

Hollywood hype, longboards and traffic.

Los Angeles during World Cup 2026 — five parallel events at once. At SoFi, they cheer for the USA in Hollywood style — half-court jumps, LeBron selfies in the front row. On Venice, they surf boards with Cars-2-cinema-merch. In Mar-a-Lago style, bars on Sunset Strip are packed with European fan groups who came to support France. And at every traffic light — a Tesla. It's the most "spectacular" of the tournament's American cities.

Hollywood-style June Gloom · fog until noon No car — no way
Role

Main hub of the Pacific Coast.

5 group matches (3 from Group D, 2 from Group I) plus Round of 16, quarterfinals and semifinals. SoFi becomes the venue where one of the semifinalists is determined. If the USA advance from Group D, they will almost certainly return here for R32 or R16. The favorites of Group I — France, Senegal — play all three matchdays right here.

5 group matches · 3 KO ★ Quarterfinal · Match 99
Route — for fans

LAX → Joshua Tree.

On a free day — 2 hours east to Joshua Tree National Park. Monzogranite rocks, yucca trees, observatory at night. You can make it there and back in a day between matchdays. Alternative — Malibu: 30 minutes west.

Climate

+25°C, June. June Gloom.

Morning fog from the ocean (June Gloom) until noon — a feature of California summers. By the 18:00 kickoff — sunshine, +24°C, ocean breeze. Rain — once every two weeks, usually a 30-minute downpour. SoFi — indoor, rain is not an issue.

Fan zone

LA Live · downtown. 25 000.

In front of Crypto.com Arena. Giant LED screen, In-N-Out food trucks, streetcars, billboards on the state. Evenings — DJs on the Sky Forest rooftop. For outsiders — the most extensive American fan zone of World Cup 2026.

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Where to go,
what to see.

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Facts

Seven things
about LA.

♫ · Sound of the City · G-Funk · West Coast rock · Sunset

Voice of California — from The Doors to Kendrick.

LA — birthplace of G-Funk, surf-rock, classic rock ballads and today's Compton rap. A selection of artists for whom LA is both home and laboratory.

  1. 01
    Eagles — Hotel California 1976 · Los Angeles

    No. 1 Billboard. The defining California rock ballad, synonymous with LA's mirage-like image.

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  2. 02
    2Pac feat. Dr. Dre — California Love 1995 · South LA

    Top 6 Billboard. 2Pac grew up in Baltimore, but built his career on the LA Death Row scene.

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  3. 03
    Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Dogg — Still D.R.E. 1999 · Compton

    Dre's comeback manifesto. The defining piano riff of the '90s.

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  4. 04
    N.W.A. — Straight Outta Compton 1988 · Compton

    The debut of gangsta rap. Without this track, there would be no Dre, Cube, Snoop, Kendrick.

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  5. 05
    The Beach Boys — Good Vibrations 1966 · Hawthorne, CA (LA metro)

    No. 1 Billboard. The most complex pop composition of the '60s; surf-rock in a LA-Hollywood setting.

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  6. 06
    Red Hot Chili Peppers — Californication 1999 · LA

    Album sold 16+ million copies. RHCP — LA's most famous funk-rock band.

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  7. 07
    Kendrick Lamar — Alright 2015 · Compton

    Grammy. Anthem of Black Lives Matter; "we gon' be alright" became the line of an era.

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  8. 08
    The Doors — Light My Fire 1967 · Venice, LA

    No. 1 Billboard. The Doors formed in Los Angeles on Venice Beach.

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  9. 09
    Snoop Dogg — Gin and Juice 1993 · Long Beach

    Top 10 Billboard. A long playboy track — the original G-Funk blueprint.

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  10. 10
    Guns N' Roses — Welcome to the Jungle 1987 · Sunset Strip, LA

    The benchmark hard rock of the '80s. The band formed on Sunset Strip and declared: "Welcome to the jungle, baby — you're gonna die".

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