Kia Forum Seating Chart
Opened in December 1967 and designed by Charles Luckman to be reminiscent of Roman coliseums, the Kia Forum is the round, colonnaded arena that housed the Lakers and Kings until they left for downtown in 1999. Bought by Steve Ballmer in 2020, it now runs as a dedicated concert arena seating up to 18,000. Its defining feature is structural: a cable-suspended roof roughly 407 feet across means there are no internal support pillars, so there is no such thing as a blocked-view seat.
Sections at Kia Forum
Here are the 4 main sections on the Kia Forum chart. Ticket price, distance, and sightline all follow from which one you're in, so find yours on this list before you commit — and remember configurations move: a concert, a game, and a private buyout each use the room differently.
- Floor — reserved seating or general-admission standing depending on the tour
- Loge — the lower bowl ring, closest continuous seating to the stage
- Colonnade — the upper bowl ring, steeper and set further back
- Club seating — around 2,400 club seats; the building has no luxury suites
Best seats at Kia Forum
Loge, on the side rather than dead-on, is the sweet spot: elevated enough to see over the floor, close enough for detail, and side positions avoid the flat-on view you get straight behind the mixing desk. On the floor, ten to fifteen rows back sits behind the worst of the sound shadow and still feels close. Because the roof is pillar-free, the Colonnade trades distance for elevation rather than obstruction — a cheap Colonnade seat is a genuinely clear one.
Tips before you go
The Forum sits on Manchester Boulevard in Inglewood, next to SoFi Stadium and the Intuit Dome, so check what else is on that night before you plan a departure time — three venues emptying at once changes the drive considerably. Parking is on-site and paid; rideshare pickup is a walk from the doors on busy nights. The building has no luxury suites, so the premium options are club seats rather than boxes. Verify your exact section, row and any general-admission rules on your ticket before travelling, since floor configuration changes tour to tour.
How to read the Kia Forum seating chart
The Kia Forum chart divides 18,000 seats in a bowl that wraps a central court, rink, or stage across 4 named sections — Floor, Loge, Colonnade, and Club seating. Which of those names is printed on your ticket decides more than location: two sections apart can mean a different level, a different price bracket, and a different side of the room entirely.
Three things decide a Kia Forum seat: how close you are to the floor, whether you face the action square on or from a baseline, and how high you sit. Two sections apart — say Club seating and Floor — can put you a level higher, a price tier over, or on the far side of the Inglewood venue, so which one is the value sweet spot comes down to the event and your budget; the best-seats notes above call it for Kia Forum. Match your ticket to the official Kia Forum map — section, row, and seat — before you buy.
Sizewise, Kia Forum holds 18,000, which puts it 18th of 53 California venues in this guide: Intuit Dome (18,000) is the next size up, PayPal Park (18,000) the next size down.
Building a seating chart for an event at Kia Forum
Planning a group outing, a suite night, or a private function at Kia Forum? The chart above is your starting map — take sections like Floor and Club seating and the tiers around them, then mirror the footprint your event will actually use with tables in the maker. Assign guests, export the PDF, and hand it to the Inglewood event-services team. Full capacity runs to 18,000, but a private block is almost always a club, a suite, or a banquet room — a scale the maker below covers comfortably with dinner rounds, program rows, and head tables where you need them.
Hosting a private event at Kia Forum?
Plan the room for your Kia Forum event before anyone sets a table: dinner rounds, program rows, and head tables, arranged your way. Layouts run to 500 seats and export as a print-ready PDF for the Inglewood event team.
Open the seating chart generatorFrequently asked questions
- How many seats does Kia Forum hold?
- 18,000 at full configuration. In practice the number depends on the event — sections open and close between a concert and a daytime show — and a private buyout uses just the sections booked, usually a club or a suite out of the 4 on the Inglewood chart.
- What are the best seats at Kia Forum?
- Loge, on the side rather than dead-on, is the sweet spot: elevated enough to see over the floor, close enough for detail, and side positions avoid the flat-on view you get straight behind the mixing desk. On the floor, ten to fifteen rows back sits behind the worst of the sound shadow and still feels close. Because the roof is pillar-free, the Colonnade trades distance for elevation rather than obstruction — a cheap Colonnade seat is a genuinely clear one.
- What sections does Kia Forum have?
- Main sections include: Floor — reserved seating or general-admission standing depending on the tour; Loge — the lower bowl ring, closest continuous seating to the stage; Colonnade — the upper bowl ring, steeper and set further back. Full breakdown in the sections list above.
- Where is Kia Forum located?
- You'll find Kia Forum in Inglewood, California. Check the official site shortly before the event for the street address, parking, and the closest transit to sections like Floor — gate assignments, lots, and rideshare zones vary across Inglewood venues.
- How do I plan a private event at Kia Forum?
- Open the maker below and work from Kia Forum's actual geography (Floor and Club seating and neighbors). Drop tables where your event sits, assign each guest, and export the PDF the Inglewood event-services team will set up from.