Overview

• Organizers say the theater setting will host thousands on site alongside an online audience in the tens of millions.
• The move marks a step up from the past two years at Inglewood’s YouTube Theater in the SoFi Stadium complex.
• Summer Game Fest began as a 2020 streaming initiative and has grown into a hybrid live-and-streamed showcase with media previews.
• The change applies only to Summer Game Fest, with The Game Awards slated for Dec. 11, 2025 at downtown LA’s Peacock Theater.
• The Dolby Theater, home of the Oscars since 2002, has also hosted American Idol, the BET Awards, and America’s Got Talent.