The Grammy Awards were first held at Staples Center in Los Angeles in 2000.
The 42nd Annual Grammy Awards took place at the newly opened arena on February 23, 2000. The venue, now known as Crypto.com Arena, became a regular home for the ceremony and helped reinforce Los Angeles’s role as the center of the American recording industry.
Staples Center opened in 1999 and hosted major sports and entertainment events before welcoming the Grammys. The move gave the ceremony a large modern arena setting, replacing the smaller venues used for many earlier editions. The event featured performances and awards covering recordings released during the previous eligibility year.
People sometimes use the current venue name when discussing older ceremonies. Staples Center was renamed Crypto.com Arena in 2021, but the 2000 ceremony was held under its original name. This makes 2000 the key date for the Grammys’ first appearance at the building.