War between SoFi Stadium and Inglewood takes dramatic turn as judge rules $400M deal is void

The war between Inglewood and the companies behind SoFi Stadium has taken a dramatic turn, with a judge declaring the decade-old $400 million deal void.The Sept.1 decision from Superior Court Judge David Reinert hands the city a major victory in its legal fight with firms tied to Rams owner Stan Kroenke and leaves the financial relationship surrounding the massive Hollywood Park development in limbo.Hollywood Park argues Inglewood owes about $400 million for infrastructure and other investments made under the agreement, while the city maintains the contract cannot be enforced, according to LA Local.The stadium companies sued Inglewood in December 2025 after the city challenged the deal’s validity.“This decision has huge repercussions for the 300-acre SoFi Stadium/Hollywood Park development,” Skip Miller, lead counsel for Inglewood, said in a press release.“It means that without a valid development agreement, Hollywood Park/SoFi Stadium no longer has vested rights and that the City has no further obligations under the 2015 Development Agreement.”Hollywood Park is pushing back and weighing a possible appeal.

“We respectfully disagree with the Court’s ruling,” a spokesman told LA Local.“Hollywood Park has fulfilled every one of its commitments under an agreement that the City unanimously adopted, described as ‘the best [stadium deal] ever’, and benefited from for more than a decade.“We remain hopeful that the City and its leadership will reverse course from their unilateral decision to abandon their commitments under the agreement and will honor their part of the deal.”The court fight threatens to unravel an arrangement that helped transform the former Hollywood Park Racetrack into the sprawling complex that now includes SoFi Stadium, YouTube Theater and other real estate development.Under the 2015 deal, Kroenke’s companies agreed to cover infrastructure costs upfront and be reimbursed by Inglewood later.The city’s payments were not suppo...