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title: "ESPN Makes Inglewood Its LA Base as Hollywood Park Becomes a Media Hub"
description: "ESPN is centering its Los Angeles operations at Hollywood Park in Inglewood — the broadcast campus it inherited alongside NFL Network — deepening the South Bay district's transformation into a capital of sports and media just as the 2028 Olympics approach."
category: "Los Angeles"
category_url: https://herald.la/category/los-angeles
author: "Gabriela Soto"
published: 2026-07-01T22:00:00.000Z
updated: 2026-07-01T22:00:00.000Z
canonical: https://herald.la/article/espn-makes-inglewood-its-la-base-as-hollywood-park-becomes-a-media-hub
tags: ["ESPN", "NFL Network", "Hollywood Park", "Inglewood", "SoFi Stadium", "2028 Olympics"]
---
# ESPN Makes Inglewood Its LA Base as Hollywood Park Becomes a Media Hub

ESPN is centering its Los Angeles operations at Hollywood Park in Inglewood — the broadcast campus it inherited alongside NFL Network — deepening the South Bay district's transformation into a capital of sports and media just as the 2028 Olympics approach.

Inglewood's rise from stadium town to media capital took another step this week.

## From acquisition to address

ESPN is consolidating its Los Angeles operations at Hollywood Park, the 300-acre Inglewood development anchored by SoFi Stadium, [the Los Angeles Times reported](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2026-07-01/espn-is-moving-its-la-operations-to-hollywood-park-in-inglewood). The move builds on ESPN's roughly $3 billion acquisition of NFL Network, NFL RedZone and NFL Fantasy from the league, a deal that closed in February and handed the NFL a stake in ESPN.

With that deal came the keys to the NFL's purpose-built Los Angeles broadcast complex at Hollywood Park — a seven-story campus that opened in September 2021, steps from the SoFi tunnel. NFL Media staff formally became Disney and ESPN employees on April 1, [Front Office Sports reported](https://frontofficesports.com/business-as-usual-espn-takes-over-nfl-network/).

## A facility built for live TV

The building is among the most modern in sports television, with multiple production stages, control rooms and edit suites and a large main studio used for NFL Network's flagship programs. Shows including "Good Morning Football," "Total Access" and NFL RedZone have continued production there under ESPN, Front Office Sports reported — though the company has signaled that layoffs are likely this summer as overlapping East and West Coast roles are consolidated and some programming shifts toward ESPN's new streaming service.

## Inglewood, remade

ESPN's arrival lands amid a broader concentration of media investment along the corridor. A short distance away, developer Stan Kroenke is building Hollywood Park Studios, a production campus set to serve as the International Broadcast Center for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics before converting to film and television use, [NBC Los Angeles reported](https://www.nbclosangeles.com/olympics/2028-los-angeles/hollywood-park-studios-2028-olympics/3699678/). Its first phase spans about 12 acres, with five soundstages and an office building.

The venues around it are already booked for the Games. SoFi Stadium is set to co-host the 2028 Opening Ceremony with the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and to stage Olympic swimming, while the nearby Intuit Dome, the Clippers' arena, will host basketball.

## A bet paying off

For a city that spent years fighting to land the NFL and betting a stadium would draw more, the returns keep arriving. Hollywood Park now holds a major network's LA operations, a future Olympic broadcast hub, entertainment venues and thousands of homes. ESPN's decision to base itself there — purpose-built infrastructure a parking lot away from marquee Olympic sites — gives that bet a further measure of permanence. Inglewood, once defined by the Forum and the Rams' return, is fast becoming the production heart of the 2028 Games.

## Sources

- [ESPN is moving its L.A. operations to Hollywood Park in Inglewood](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2026-07-01/espn-is-moving-its-la-operations-to-hollywood-park-in-inglewood)
- [Business as usual at NFL Network as the ESPN era begins](https://frontofficesports.com/business-as-usual-espn-takes-over-nfl-network/)
- [Hollywood Park Studios to host the International Broadcast Center for the 2028 Olympics](https://www.nbclosangeles.com/olympics/2028-los-angeles/hollywood-park-studios-2028-olympics/3699678/)