South Bay Fan Zone

Los Angeles is a sports city, and a remarkable amount of the machinery sits in the South Bay. Not the stadiums, mostly. The training centers, the headquarters and the practice courts, which is where professional teams actually spend their week. El Segundo alone is now home to four professional franchises’ operations, and one of them represents the largest single-team investment in the history of women’s sport.

Which professional teams are based in the South Bay?

Four, with a fifth venue in Carson. The Los Angeles Lakers, the Los Angeles Kings and the Los Angeles Chargers all run their training operations out of El Segundo, and the Los Angeles Sparks are building there now. The LA Galaxy play in Carson.

Team	Facility	City	Detail
Los Angeles Lakers (South Bay Lakers through 2025-26)	UCLA Health Training Center	El Segundo	120,000 sq ft, opened summer 2017. Includes a 750 seat arena and the Lakers’ offices
Los Angeles Kings and Ontario Reign	Toyota Sports Performance Center	El Segundo	A fully operational Kings facility since 2019
Los Angeles Chargers	The Bolt	El Segundo	$250 million, 150,000 sq ft across 14 acres, opened July 2024. Three natural grass fields
Los Angeles Sparks	New headquarters and practice facility	El Segundo	$150 million on Rosecrans Avenue, due to open 2027
LA Galaxy	Dignity Health Sports Park	Carson	18400 South Avalon Boulevard, 26,000 for soccer

Two details from that table.

The Lakers’ G League team played here through the 2025-26 season. As the South Bay Lakers it used the 750-seat arena inside the UCLA Health Training Center. The Lakers relocated the team to Palm Desert for 2026-27, where it plays at Acrisure Arena as the Coachella Valley Lakers. The Lakers themselves still train in El Segundo, and the building still holds the team’s offices.

The Sparks facility is a landmark. The team spent thirty seasons moving between borrowed practice sites before committing to a dedicated headquarters on Rosecrans Avenue. At $150 million it is reported as the largest investment ever made in a single women’s sports team, and it is being built here. When it opens in 2027, El Segundo will host the training operations of an NBA team, an NHL team, an NFL team and a WNBA team inside a few square miles.

The reason all of this clusters here is the same reason the aerospace industry did. Land, freeway access and proximity to the airport. Our El Segundo community page goes into how that shaped the city, and it is the clearest example of the South Bay doing the work while the rest of Los Angeles takes the photograph.

Where do you go to watch a game?

The major venues sit just north and east of the South Bay, close enough that a weeknight game is realistic rather than an expedition.

Venue	City	Teams and use	Capacity
SoFi Stadium	Inglewood	Los Angeles Rams, Los Angeles Chargers, major events	About 70,000, expandable toward 100,000
Intuit Dome	Inglewood	LA Clippers, opened August 2024	About 18,000
Kia Forum	Inglewood	Concerts and events	About 17,500
Dignity Health Sports Park	Carson	LA Galaxy, national team matches, track and tennis	26,000

From the beach cities, Inglewood is a straightforward drive up the 405 or along Manchester, and Carson is a short run east. The practical caution is the same for all of them: on event nights the surrounding surface streets back up well beyond the venue, and SoFi and Intuit Dome sit close enough together that a doubled-up night compounds it. Check whether both are hosting before you plan a route through Inglewood, and consider the Metro C and K Lines instead.

What about women’s professional sport?

The picture is changing quickly, and the South Bay is at the center of it.

The Los Angeles Sparks are building their permanent home in El Segundo, a $150 million headquarters and practice facility on Rosecrans Avenue due to open in 2027, reported as the largest investment ever made in a single women’s sports team. For a franchise that went thirty seasons without a dedicated practice home, it is a significant statement, and it puts a WNBA team’s daily operations in the South Bay.

Angel City FC plays in the National Women’s Soccer League at BMO Stadium in Exposition Park, a 22,000 seat stadium it shares with LAFC, and has drawn some of the strongest crowds in the league since it began play.

Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson has a long history of hosting United States national team matches on both the men’s and women’s sides, which makes it the closest venue where a women’s international is likely to be played.

Two professional volleyball teams start play in 2027. The Los Angeles Orbit of League One Volleyball will play at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, with a first season that begins in January 2027. The Los Angeles Thunder of Major League Volleyball, named on October 6, 2026, has its operations base in El Segundo and debuts in the 2027 season. Its home arena has not been announced.

Cali War plays women’s tackle football in the Pro division of the Women’s Football Alliance, at Culver City High School, with a season that runs April to June.

Three events round out the calendar. The LPGA’s JM Eagle LA Championship is at Wilshire Country Club from Thursday, April 15 to Sunday, April 18, 2027. Unrivaled, the three-on-three women’s basketball league, plays at Intuit Dome on Friday, January 8, 2027. The U.S. Women’s National Team holds its January camp in Carson and played Paraguay at Dignity Health Sports Park on Saturday, January 24, 2026.

At the youth and club level the South Bay is already strong on the women’s side. Girls’ club soccer, volleyball and water polo here are as competitive as anywhere in California, and beach volleyball in Manhattan Beach and Hermosa Beach has produced Olympians on both the men’s and women’s sides for decades.

What is there at the amateur and college level?

• Beach volleyball. The South Bay is one of the sport’s global centers. The Manhattan Beach Open is among the oldest and most prestigious events in the sport.
• El Camino College, Torrance. Community college athletics with a serious record across multiple sports, free or inexpensive to attend.
• High school programs. Local schools compete at a high level in volleyball, water polo, swimming, track, soccer, lacrosse, golf and tennis. Games are free and they are the fullest expression of how seriously this area takes sport.
• Surfing and paddling. Competitive year round, with the International Surf Festival as the annual centerpiece.

Which fan events can you go to?

Several of the teams hold events for fans at their South Bay buildings, and most are free. They follow the same calendar each year, so the 2026 dates below show when to look for the next ones.

When	Event	Where	Cost
Late June	Kings Development Camp. The team’s words: “all on-ice camp practices are free and open to the public.” June 29 to July 2 in 2026	Toyota Sports Performance Center, 555 North Nash Street, El Segundo	Free
Late July to mid August	Chargers training camp. Twelve public practices in 2026, 10:00 AM to noon, 2,000 fans at each, with registration released every Monday for that week	The Bolt, One Chargers Way, El Segundo	Free with registration. Offsite parking $10 with a shuttle
Late July to early August	Rams training camp. Seven public practices in 2026, with a fan zone, youth clinics and food trucks	Loyola Marymount University, Westchester	Free with registration
The week before the NFL opener	Charge Up to Kickoff, with Chargers legends signing autographs and handing out schedule posters. In 2026: Rock & Brews on September 9 and Chargers Commons on September 12	El Segundo	Not listed by the team
Mid September	LA Kings 5K with host Daryl Evans, benefiting the Kings Care Foundation. September 12 in 2026	Riviera Village, Redondo Beach	Race entry fee
Mid September	Kings Training Camp Fan Rally, a festival with a raffle, games and a team store pop-up before practice. September 18 in 2026	Toyota Sports Performance Center, El Segundo	Free
Every Galaxy home match	SoccerFest, the pre-match area on the main concourse with club booths, performances and photo spots	Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson	With a match ticket
Every Rams home game	American Airlines Plaza, the pregame plaza inside Entries 8, 9 and 10, from two hours before kickoff	SoFi Stadium, Inglewood	Inside the stadium entries

On the calendar now

• Saturday, October 31, 2026. The Galaxy host Austin FC at 2:00 PM in what the club bills as its Fan Appreciation match, on Halloween.
• Saturday, November 28, 2026. USC at UCLA. The USC Alumni Association’s game watch map lists Five Point Five Brewing, 137 Nevada Street in El Segundo, for the game. Kickoff time is still to be announced.
• Sunday, February 14, 2027. Super Bowl LXI at SoFi Stadium. The Los Angeles Super Bowl Host Committee says the Super Bowl Experience, Opening Night and NFL Honors will be held around the Los Angeles region, and has not yet named the venues or dates.
• Wednesday, July 28 to Sunday, August 1, 2027. The 64th International Surf Festival, with Redondo Beach as host city.

Where do fans watch the away games?

The Galaxy publish a list of viewing locations for each away match. The list for October 11, 2026 included Absolution Brewing Company and Hermosa Brewing Company in Torrance, Hennessey’s Tavern on Pier Avenue in Hermosa Beach and El Pescador in Carson. LAFC names American Junkie on Pier Avenue in Hermosa Beach among its bar partners. Rock & Brews in El Segundo shows the Rams, Chargers, Dodgers, Kings, Lakers, Galaxy, LAFC, USC and UCLA. The Kings hold their official watch parties at Tom’s Watch Bar at L.A. Live, downtown.

When a Rams playoff game is on the road, the team has shown it on the Infinity Screen at SoFi Stadium. The January 25, 2026 watch party cost $10, with proceeds going to the Rams Foundation.

West Harbor in San Pedro hosted the Los Angeles FIFA World Cup 26 Fan Zone in July 2026. The South Bay cities have not posted a watch party or fan zone for this fall. When one is announced it will appear in This Week in the South Bay.

What is coming in 2028?

The Olympic Games return to Los Angeles in 2028 and the venues above are central to the plan. That changes transit, hotel demand and traffic in the South Bay well before the opening ceremony. We cover what is confirmed and where in our guide to the 2028 Olympic events in the South Bay.

Facilities under construction, team affiliations, venue names and capacities all change, and naming rights change most often of all. The Sparks facility is under construction with a stated 2027 opening. Details were verified against team, venue and league sources in September 2026. The Lakers’ G League relocation, the fan events and the newer women’s teams were added from team, league and organizer pages on October 13, 2026. The Dignity Health Sports Park soccer capacity was corrected to the venue’s own figure the same day. Confirm schedules and ticketing with the venue.

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