ESPN is moving its L.A. operations to Hollywood Park in Inglewood

ESPN is pulling up stakes from downtown Los Angeles and heading to the NFL’s office astatine Hollywood Park successful Inglewood.

“We look guardant to each of ESPN’s L.A. based workplace content, originating from a azygous location, further enhancing creativity and collaboration with enlargement imaginable successful the future,” the Walt Disney Co.’s sports media portion said Wednesday successful a statement.

ESPN produced “NBA Today” and “WNBA Countdown” retired of the L.A. Live location, which opened successful 2009. A precocious nighttime variation of “SportsCenter” was produced determination until past year. The productions volition determination into the NFL’s Los Angeles office adjacent SoFi Stadium.

ESPN’s section vigor outlet, KSPN, volition proceed to broadcast retired of the L.A. Live determination adjacent to Crypto.com Arena.

The NFL took a 10% equity involvement successful ESPN past year. As portion of the deal, ESPN oversees the NFL Media, including the NFL Network and the RedZone channel, which has its accumulation facilities astatine the Hollywood Park determination that opened successful September 2021.

The moves, expected to beryllium completed by aboriginal September, travel up of ESPN producing its archetypal Super Bowl, which volition aerial connected ABC successful February 2027 from SoFi Stadium.

Although a caller circular of layoffs is reportedly expected astatine ESPN, a idiosyncratic acquainted with the substance who could not remark publically said determination volition beryllium nary occupation cuts related to the determination to Hollywood Park.

About 160 employees enactment astatine the L.A. Live location. People progressive successful ESPN’s productions volition relocate to Hollywood Park portion others volition determination to a Disney determination successful Glendale, Calif.