YouTube Theater

YouTube Theater opened in August 2021 at Hollywood Park in Inglewood, tucked under the same roof canopy as SoFi Stadium. It's a three-story indoor room with 6,000 seats, and it can be set up smaller, down to about 3,400, so a show can feel full without selling every seat. After the stadium next door, the view is a relief. The seats curve around the stage in tiers, and even the back rows aren't far away. Concerts fill most of the calendar, and the room also hosts award shows and boxing.

Tickets live in the Hollywood Park mobile app or on Ticketmaster, and there's nothing to print. Everyone three and older needs a ticket. Kids under three can sit on a parent's lap for free, but strollers aren't allowed, so plan around that if you're bringing a toddler.

Bags are simpler here than at SoFi. Clear bags aren't required, but nothing over 11 x 14 inches gets in, and every bag is searched. You can carry one factory sealed plastic water bottle, 20 oz. at most. The theater is cashless, and the parking gates don't take cash either.

Parking runs through Hyundai parking zones on the Hollywood Park site, and your pass is tied to one zone. Buy it ahead, because paying at the gate on show day costs more. Zones open two to four hours before the event and close an hour after it ends. Inglewood bans event parking on its residential streets, and the theater has its own rideshare drop-off and pickup spot, mapped on its website. On a night when SoFi also has a game or a stadium show, leave a lot of extra time for the drive in.