INGLEWOOD, Calif.— SoFi Stadium and Hollywood Park have unified their physical security operations using Genetec Security Center, just in time for games to be played during the FIFA World Cup 2026.
Home to the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers, SoFi Stadium is a sports and entertainment destination located at Hollywood Park. The stadium “has established itself as a world-class venue, hosting record-breaking concerts and global sporting events while consistently ranking among the top venues in the world,” according to a Genetec announcement.
To support events of this scale, the organization standardized on Security Center to unify video surveillance, access control, automatic license plate recognition (ALPR) and other physical security systems in the 3.1 million-square-foot venue and across the 300-acre Hollywood Park development.
Operators manage more than 3,000 cameras, 700 readers and numerous other systems and sensors from three security control rooms, helping teams maintain situational awareness while streamlining day-to-day operations.
Why Did SoFi Stadium Choose Genetec Security Center?
“Genetec Security Center has improved our response time efficiency by giving us all the information we need in one platform. We’re able to understand what’s happening and make decisions quickly,” says Nick Bermensolo, vice president of security and safety at SoFi Stadium and Hollywood Park.
Since deploying Security Center, the SoFi Stadium IT team has a scalable and cybersecure platform that runs on an isolated network and connects back to centralized servers. During big events, they support security operations by monitoring system performance from the Network Operations Center. The security team can handle daily tasks while IT keeps systems running on the back end.
“The Genetec team doesn’t just understand physical security systems, but IT systems too. With their help, we’ve been able to deploy a reliable and high-performing security platform at scale,” says Paul Maldonado, vice president of IT infrastructure and operations at SoFi Stadium and Hollywood Park.
Looking ahead, both teams are focused on getting more value out of Security Center, exploring artificial intelligence-based tools and more automation.
“Genetec has really helped us establish a technology standard,” says Maldonado. “Security Center is reliable and cybersecure, integrates well with our network, and reduces overhead for both IT and security. That’s the type of technology we want to continue implementing across our business.”
