The Eagles are the first act to play the newly renovated Forum in Inglewood. The 46-year-old venue, which famously hosted many classic rock bands in addition to Lakers and Kings games, has undergone extensive changes to remake it from a sports arena into a live entertainment destination, thanks to a $100-million investment by Madison Square Garden Co. The Eagles perform at the newly renovated Forum on January 15, 2014 in Inglewood, California. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Audience members search for their seats for the sold-out Eagles concert Wednesday at the Forum. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Glenn Frey, front, and Don Henley perform. Frey at one point chided some dancing people up front for obscuring the view of fans behind them. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Bassist Timothy B. Schmit plays harmonica during the Eagle’s sold-out show Wednesday. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
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Timothy B. Schmit, left, Bernie Leadon, Don Henley and Glenn Frey play Eagles classics. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Don Henley, left and Glenn Frey opened the show Wednesday with just the two of them playing “Saturday Night,” from the Eagles album “Desperado.” (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
The Eagles’ guitars are lined up backstage before the first of six Forum dates. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
The Eagles perform to a sold-out Forum crowd. Their manager, Irving Azoff, has a business venture with the Madison Square Garden Co. called Azoff Music Management and is taking a leading hand in booking acts at the Inglewood arena. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
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A sold-out crowd listens to the Eagles perform at the newly renovated Forum, where the old hard-plastic seats have been replaced with high-back upholstered ones. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Fans cheer in the foreground as the Eagles perform a set that included such classics as “Hotel California,” “Take It to the Limit” and “The Long Run.” (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Not every hit played was an Eagles song: Lead guitarist Joe Walsh also performed his solo hits “Life’s Been Good” and “Rocky Mountain Way.” (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
