INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Responding to a surge of noise complaints following last weekend’s Hard Summer techno-music festival outside SoFi Stadium, Inglewood Mayor James Butts said Friday music performance stages will no longer be permitted at the venue’s elevated American Airlines Plaza.
In a statement Friday, Butts said the elevated stage in the plaza was determined to be a “major contributor to the issue.”
“Consequently, no stages will be permitted in this area for future events,” Butts said.
He also said the city will “require even greater sound engineering with a more comprehensive plan when it comes to addressing sound and bass frequency management.”
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Complaints began pouring in Saturday from some South Bay communities, most notably neighboring El Segundo, with residents reporting vibrations and booming noise coming from the festival, which featured acts such as Nelly Furtado, Disclosure and Camden Cox.
Butts said the …