JAMES T. BUTTS, JR.
What’s new here? Everything but the people. We're still here.

A DECADE OF CHANGE AND EXCITEMENT
With more than 100 years of groundbreaking and diverse history already behind it, Inglewood is about to enter the most exciting and dynamic decade of its storied existence.

SOFI’S TRIUMPH
The soaring SoFi Stadium is the single most significant catalyst of Inglewood’s recent rebirth as the sports and entertainment center of Los Angeles County.

A SEAT FOR THE FUTURE
Inglewood’s spectacular SoFi Stadium is both a landmark architectural wonder and a pioneering high-tech marvel.

PURE ‘INTUIT’ION
Inglewood and landmark sports venues: Name a better duo. Whether your mind tracks back to the Fabulous Forum,...

THE FABULOUS FORUM
While futuristic renderings of the L.A. Clippers’ under-construction Intuit Dome have been grabbing headlines of late, it is far from Inglewood’s first sports venue.

LET THE GAMES BEGIN (AGAIN)
Inglewood is no stranger to the Olympic Games – the world’s foremost sports competition has widely contributed to its “City of Champions” reputation.

LIVE STREAMING
The opening of YouTube Theater at Inglewood’s new Hollywood Park in August held significance well beyond its 227,000 square feet.

CHOOSING INGLEWOOD
In years past, big business often defined the city or town where they existed. These so-named “company towns” sometimes were created whole-cloth to serve a nearby factory or organization.

AHEAD OF THE CURVE
Luckily, forward-thinking visionaries are making efforts to break this pattern – this mode of thought.

DECONGESTION
Traffic and Los Angeles are so familiarly tied it’s hard to imagine one without the other. This sprawling city and its surrounding regions have been battling congestion for almost a century,...

NON-STOP TRAVEL
There’s a running joke in the Southern California region that if you’re picking someone up at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), they had better be a really good friend.

Welcome to INGLEWOOD City of Champions
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SAFE PASSAGE
Inglewood’s new SoFi Stadium is a world-class concert venue and home to the NFL’s Rams and Chargers.

THERE BEING
Inglewood has been a city catalyzed and sometimes challenged by change. While systemic inequality has affected many South L.A. communities, Inglewood has found itself energized by setbacks; and through vision,...

A BRIEF HISTORY OF INGLEWOOD
Back in 1920, curious Californians trekked to the fledgling Inglewood to see damage caused by a quake just west of the city.

A RECIPE FOR RENEWAL
In the fine print of deals that brought SoFi Stadium and its Rams and Chargers NFL teams to Inglewood, as well as Los Angeles Philharmonic’s YOLA Center,...

A MAIN STREET FOR THE FUTURE
It’s easy, perhaps, living within the bright lights (and oft-false narratives) of Hollywood to have a pre-picture of the idyllic American main street – low-slung business rows,...

SERENE SURROUNDINGS
Inglewood’s new Hollywood Park is living up to its name and then some. For while its 70,000-seat SoFi Stadium has been garnering the bulk of headlines, the 300-acre mixed-use mega-development – the largest such project under construction in the Western U.

A MAN AND A PLAN
Inglewood mayor James T. Butts Jr. doesn't recall where he first heard the phrase "the only thing that has changed in Inglewood is everything." But he likes it. He stands by it.

INGLEWOOD’S HISTORY OF DIVERSE LEADERSHIP
Inglewood is well known for being a diverse, progressive, politically involved city. In fact, Inglewood has the most registered Democrats in any city in California, at a whopping 76% of registered voters.

THE ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF INGLEWOOD
1920s theater buildings dot the landscape as do low-slung,...

PITCH-PERFECT RENEWAL
Nothing reads “blight” like empty buildings lining a city’s main thoroughfare. This may have been at the forefront of Inglewood residents' minds when they passed by a dilapidated,...

VARIED MOVEMENTS – ONE VISION
Inglewood’s wartime and postwar housing growth coincided with the domination of the Modernist movement in architecture.

PRESENTING... RANDY’S DONUTS!
Whether you call it a sculpture or a sign, the big doughnut has been Inglewood’s beloved rooftop icon since 1953, and an uncompromising reminder that anytime you crave one of those tasty fried cakes, they are available right here, at 805 W. Manchester Boulevard 24/7.

YOU’RE CORDIALLY INVITED:
What’s building out a city to be a dynamic entertainment draw without events to fill the calendar? The City of Inglewood is set to play host to sporting events,...