Which Way, L.A.?
The Forum’s Revival and Inglewood’s Future
The Forum in Inglewood has been eclipsed by other LA venues. Now, that’s about to change with a total investment of nearly 100 million dollars by Madison Square Garden.
By Warren Olney • • 31m ListenThe City of Inglewood may have fallen on hard times, but boosters have local officials dreaming about Pasadena—or at least Culver City. The Fabulous Forum will re-open in January, and conversion of the Hollywood Park racetrack into a major mixed-use complex is back on. We’ll hear from an enthusiastic Mayor James Butts—and from others who say, “don’t hold your breath.”
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Read the story1 minThe City of Inglewood Looks to the Future
The City of Inglewood may have fallen on hard times, but boosters have local officials dreaming about Pasadena—or at least Culver City. The Fabulous Forum will re-open in January, and conversion of the Hollywood Park racetrack into a major mixed-use complex is back on.
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