Code Subsequent Inglewood, powered by Hollywood Park and with help from Google, formally opened its doorways on Might 30, marking a step towards increasing entry to know-how and synthetic intelligence (AI) schooling for native youth.
The celebratory occasion welcomed greater than 50 college students, group leaders, and particular friends for a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open home on the new lab, positioned on the Outlets at Hollywood Park.
Hosted by Tremendous Bowl Champion, Walter Payton NFL Man of the 12 months, and Los Angeles Rams Legend Andrew Whitworth, the occasion featured remarks from Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts, Travis Sampson, senior vice chairman and chief know-how officer at SoFi Stadium and Hollywood Park; Angela Courtin, vice chairman of Advertising and marketing at YouTube and native Google workplace chief; and Dr. Jim Morris, county administrator of Inglewood Unified Faculty District.
The brand new Code Subsequent Lab—the primary in Southern California—presents a free tech and AI schooling program that meets highschool college students in their very own communities and supplies the talents and inspiration they want for lengthy and rewarding careers in know-how. Inside the Code Subsequent Lab, native college students will achieve entry to hands-on coaching, mentorship, state-of-the-art technical tools, and a complete curriculum masking matters from JavaScript programming to consumer expertise (UX) design. The Inglewood lab will even have a singular concentrate on gaming and manufacturing.
“We’re honored to host the primary Code Subsequent Lab throughout Southern California proper right here at
Hollywood Park and are proud to work with our companion Google to assist encourage the following
technology of innovators,” stated Sampson.
“Media, leisure and know-how infuse all that we do at SoFi Stadium and Hollywood Park, throughout our award-winning venues, world occasions, and groundbreaking experiences like COSM, Cinepolis and CineVita.
“Code Subsequent Lab embodies each the innovation and dedication to group which function the inspiration of what we proceed to construct right here at our game-changing stay, work, play vacation spot.”
“That is what significant group funding appears like—schooling, entry, and a dedication to our youth,” stated Butts.
“The Code Subsequent Lab at Hollywood Park, a spot the place leisure, media and know-how converge, will assist domesticate a pipeline of native expertise for the burgeoning tech trade, proper right here in our yard — extra jobs, extra alternative and a extra vibrant economic system. It’s a win for our metropolis and a mannequin for the way public-private partnerships can ship actual, lasting influence in our group.”
“We consider within the energy of know-how to unlock new alternatives and form brighter futures for the following technology,” stated Courtin.
“We’re proud to assist present these proficient college students important abilities and inspiration to turn out to be the innovators and problem-solvers of tomorrow.”
“Rising up, I by no means may’ve imagined an area like this in my very own neighborhood—a spot
the place youngsters can stroll in, get hands-on with actual know-how, and see a future in tech and AI that
consists of them. Code Subsequent Inglewood is greater than a lab—it’s a launching pad,” stated Whitworth.
“It’s about breaking obstacles, constructing confidence, and displaying our youth they belong in these
rooms. I’m proud to be part of this unimaginable second and may’t wait to see the following technology
of innovators stand up proper right here in Inglewood.”
The occasion concluded with a group open home and celebration, the place college students, households, and group members explored the lab’s collaborative areas, skilled examples of the programming and linked with companions and educators.
