Eight World Cup matches are coming to Inglewood

Published July 18, 2026

SoFi hosts eight FIFA World Cup matches from June 12 to July 10, 2026, and this year an Inglewood owner can raise a legacy tenant between 3.7 and 8.7 percent depending on building size.

In the summer of 2026 Inglewood hosts eight FIFA World Cup matches at SoFi Stadium, from June 12 to July 10, on the back of the NBA All-Star weekend the Intuit Dome held in February. The stadium tram most owners expected got halted. And this year an Inglewood owner can raise a legacy tenant between 3.7 and 8.7 percent, depending on how many units are in the building. Here is the plain read on all of it.

You own in a city that spent the last decade turning itself into a stadium district, and this is the summer the world shows up to look at it. I want to give you the version I see standing in the middle of it, not the version the headline hands you.

Eight matches, one train stop, your block

From June 12 to July 10, 2026, SoFi Stadium hosts eight matches of the FIFA World Cup. That includes the United States against Paraguay to open on June 12, the United States against Türkiye on June 25, and a Spain against Belgium quarterfinal on July 10. That schedule is straight off Metro's own World Cup guide, which also confirms the K Line Inglewood station sits right at the stadium. The train stops where the matches are.

None of this landed in a quiet year, either. February already brought the 75th NBA All-Star Game to the Intuit Dome on February 15, in only the arena's second season. Two of the largest recurring events in sport, in one city, in one calendar year, both a short drive from most of the rentals we manage down here.

A calendar like that is not a one weekend bump you cash and forget. It is the reason demand near this stadium district stays deep and stays willing to pay for a short commute. People want to be near this, and there is only so much near to go around.

The tram is off the table, and most owners missed it

Here is the piece a lot of owners still have wrong, because it got reported one way for years and then the story quietly turned. The $2.4 billion automated people mover, the elevated tram meant to carry crowds from the K Line up to SoFi and the Intuit Dome, was halted after the Rams and Clippers opposed it. Urbanize reported the pivot in April 2025. The real, funded backup is now dedicated bus lanes on Hawthorne, La Brea, and Arbor Vitae, plus mobility hubs around Market Street, all targeted for completion before the 2028 Olympics.

The reason that matters to you, and not only to transit fans, is where the access lands. What a single elevated tram would have concentrated at two or three stations is now spread along the K Line and the Market Street corridor instead. If you own near the train or near downtown Inglewood, that is the version of the access story that actually got built. And if any part of your thinking on a property leaned on a tram stop appearing next door, this is the year to give that assumption a fresh look.

The one number that governs your rent this year

The events are the fun part. This next bit is the part you act on. Inglewood runs its own rent control, and the city publishes the allowable increase every cycle. For the current period, with CPI published on May 12, 2026, a building with five or more units can raise a legacy tenant the greater of 3 percent or CPI, which works out to 3.7 percent. A building with four or fewer units sits on a separate track and can go up to 8.7 percent, which is 5 percent plus CPI. Both live under a hard 10 percent ceiling, and a unit renting below 80 percent of fair market rent can add up to 5 percent more with Deputy Director approval.

The mistake I watch owners make is not raising too much. It is never filing the increase at all, or filing the small building number on a large building and leaving money on the table for the whole life of that tenancy. It compounds. A skipped notice is not one year of a smaller rent. It is every year after that, calculated off a lower base.

Rent control math has real teeth, so confirm your specific building and tenancy with a licensed professional before you serve anything. But the number is public, it is knowable, and it is the single most reliable lever on your table in 2026.

Where I would put my attention

If you have a unit turning over this spring, you are handing it to the strongest demand window Inglewood has had in years, so do not rush a below market lease in April that locks you in straight through the World Cup. Know your rent control tier and file your increase correctly and on time, because that is the boring move that quietly pays for years. And if any part of your thesis on a property rode on the people mover, update it now. The access is real. It is just the train and the bus lanes carrying it, not the tram.

The world is going to be looking at your city this summer. It helps to already know what you own.

This is general information, not legal or tax advice. Confirm with a licensed professional before you act.

Topics: market, inglewood, south-bay, events, rent-control

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