I need help and advice!

[Corbin]

Holy shit! lol I posted this before going camping with no service and came back and thought nobody responded and just was looking for an old thread and found this! YOu guys are amazing and I really do appreciate your insights, advice and help and taking your little time out to give me some info!

I live 15 minutes form the Colesium and I went to the Rams/Cowboys game. they were charging 80$ to park close to the stadium. and the cheapest I saw to park was 30$ several blocks away. The traffic jam was horrible. Some people missed half the game trying to park.
Your best bet is to do like I did and take the metro-tram to Exposition Park which is a block from the Colesium and walk the rest of the way to your seat.

Pregame event will be fanfest. We will definitely be stopping there before Seattle game. You can bring in cans of beer there, but keep it on the down low. They also have food trucks and restrooms too. Kinda like tailgating.

Like BRF said Metro is your best bet. It may be a little packed after game though. There's a parking structure on Florence and expo blvd stop (I believe) on the west side of town. May need to get there a little early to park there and it is free parking.

I saw on the news Tuesday night that the Metro is adding special routes for Ram home games. I don't have any particulars but I do know that they recently added a new line a couple of months ago in Santa Monica which is adjacent to Venice on the north side. But public transportation is definitely the way to go. See what info you can get online. Go to www.metrolinktrains.com

I would say take an Uber or Lyft. You can get an estimated fee prior to getting there. (http://uberestimate.com/) or (https://lyftrideestimate.com/). But when the game is over, there's going to be a Surge Fee. So you may think about Uber or Lyft before hand if that's the plan because Surge Fee can be very high.

Otherwise, I recommend parking a little bit further away at someone's place. Some homeowners charge $45-$60 to park on their lawn and it's not that far off from the Coliseum.

Universal Studios is a great place to visit IMHO. Six Flags, Dodgers, Angels, Griffith Observatory, Getty Museums (one in Malibu and one near UCLA), Santa Monica Pier, Malibu, Laguna Beach, Huntington Beach, Long Beach, California Science Center (right next to the Coliseum) those are great places to see as well. The California Science Center has the Endeavor Space Shuttle and that is a sight to see. I'd stay away from Disneyland. Disneyland is overcrowded and overpriced. Lines are long unless you pay extra for a Fast Pass.

There are so many sights to see in So Cal. Check out Hollywood Blvd for the Walk-Of-Fame. You'll also be surprised to see different characters walking there as well.

Park at Union station and take the Metro. Just did it for the Pre-season opener. Easy peasy.

I'm for sure taking the tram from Santa Monica to the stadium which seems to be the best time and cheapest way to get there.

On Fan day, prior to week one of the pre-season Parking was $20-$40, I've heard that since then the Parking is going for $40-$90! And that's not RV parking!!
And look for it to take a Loooong Time to get their in Traffic!! Also they do not allow camera's in the Coliseum! And No strollers are allowed!
Get their Early!!! I hear the "Tail-Gating" Has been something to write Home about, IN A VERY GOOD WAY!!
" Have Fun, the Fans have all been GREAT!!:yess:

Really? You sure? I just bought me a great zoom lens for the Seattle game!

Where can I verify this, not that I doubt you Dave but come on, you and I ain't no spring chicks so we all know what's the first thing to go!

I've never heard of this. I don't think this is the case.

When I went to the Fan Appreciation Day at the Coliseum they told my, wife she couldn't bring hers in because it was against the Rules.
Then instead of making her take it back to the car, because the lines where stacked up, they relented and let her pass with it!
Then I saw other Fans around us, when we were seated, with camera's! There where 3 different sets of Security Officers their, and each one was too sure about Rules regarding different things! So IDK what to tell you!
One other thing, while I'm thinking of it, in case I haven't mention it before. When Buying Beer at the Coliseum, They "Card EVERYONE!" They Carded me, and I thought the guy was joking, he wasn't! After showing him my ID he said "You look very young fore you age." I told him it was California Living!!"

I think that is actually the normal rule during fan days - not sure. As to the ID for buying beers, it is actually the law here in Oregon and probably CA as well. You have to have ID period. Been that way for many moons but most places don't enforce it.

They didn't when I went their on Fan appreciation day, BUT Cell phone, which most take photos and videos these days, where OK! go figure!

WTF? I was planning on bringing a GO Pro with me to document everything for it being the first game back In LA in 21 years (regular season of course) against the Rainy city Bitch Pigeons....
I got a seat at the 45 yard line about 20 rows up ( wasnt f'n cheap) to be in the middle of the Ramdom Nation and be somewhat close to the players... was planning on editing and making a vid out of everything...
So If i take just a normal go pro this wouldn't be cool? :/

Oh and last advice, watch out for those crazy ass away fans, Cowboys game - has these guys in our seats when we came back. Literally got in my face after I asked them to leave, handed my beer and sun glasses to my buddy and they ended up leaving.

Chiefs game - a fight broke out like 5 rows above us and it got all the Chief fans hot around us. One of my buddys has 4 tickets next to ours and his dad didn't end up going so he had a empty seat, some drunk ass SOB Chiefs fan walked from the nose bleeds down and hit him up like "HEY THATS MY SEAT, HERES MY TICKET(as he waves around half of a ticket not showing the details) we went over to check on my buddy since we seen all this going down, dude realizes theres now 7 people looking at him like WTF are you talking about and we watch him walk allllllll the way back up to the nose bleeds and sit down.

I know there's going to be a crap load of Seahawk fans at the home coming game, just hope everyones chill and aint stupid like the last 2 games.

There are like 0 ushers around the seats its like a free for all with seat jacking. Definitely trying to get home side tickets next year.

haha thanks for the advice man I'll get there early after the pre game tail gate party thing to make sure I can stay my seat early enough. I'm on the rams side so hopefully i wont have to deal with many Sea Chicken fans! lol



Anybody know where to get a good yellow and blue hat with a nice white yellow and blue legit jersey in la? probably the malls? Want to be decked out when i get there!

p.s.

 

[OnceARam]

Road rage is a thing, so be careful.

 

[MadGoat]

Park at Union station and take the Metro. Just did it for the Pre-season opener. Easy peasy.

I drove from Sacramento, parked at Union Station for $7, and enjoyed the Metro ride to the Coliseum. Plenty of Rams fans to talk to (and even a few nice Cowboy fans). The 6 hour drive home sucked, but traffic wasn't too bad from Union Station.

 

[DaveFan'51]

Anybody know where to get a good yellow and blue hat with a nice white yellow and blue legit jersey in la? probably the malls? Want to be decked out when i get there!

There will be venders selling Official Hats at the Coliseum! Mine Cost me $44 their!

 

[FaulkSF]

I drove from Sacramento, parked at Union Station for $7, and enjoyed the Metro ride to the Coliseum. Plenty of Rams fans to talk to (and even a few nice Cowboy fans). The 6 hour drive home sucked, but traffic wasn't too bad from Union Station.

Sacramento representing! I live in Natomas, what area you from?

 

[Corbin]

Road rage is a thing, so be careful.

I'm not really going to be driving except to and from the airport and maybe to Universal studios and to Compton. So I hope i Dont run into much trouble!

There will be venders selling Official Hats at the Coliseum! Mine Cost me $44 their!
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Haha that's actually a pretty damn nice hat Dave! How much did you pay for it?

 

[DaveFan'51]

I'm not really going to be driving except to and from the airport and maybe to Universal studios and to Compton. So I hope i Dont run into much trouble!


Haha that's actually a pretty damn nice hat Dave! How much did you pay for it?

I wasn't kidding, w/ tax at the Coliseum the Hat cost me a total of $44 and change! And I love it!

 

[Corbin]

I wasn't kidding, w/ tax at the Coliseum the Hat cost me a total of $44 and change! And I love it!

Yeah I bought a draft hat and it was $44. THose hats are getting expensive! lol Needing to get a jersey to! Maybe a Gurley jersey? I want to get a nike blue and yellow one that fits good for the ladies to see

 

[MadGoat]

Sacramento representing! I live in Natomas, what area you from?

I'm in Lincoln. I plan on making a couple games this year.

 

[raised_fisT]

I posted in the ROD events forum and can't believe there aren't more folks attending. DO NOT drive there, brother...traffic, parking and cops are going to make life hell for everyone. We are about 40 minutes away and are planning to metro it in the morning. Not sure exactly how we're gonna do it , but we want to take some brewskies with us. We'll see how it goes.

Not sure what to expect with the FanFest.. but I definitely intend on being lit by noon. Would be awesome to hook up and chug a brew with fellow ROD members out there.

 

[Corbin]

I posted in the ROD events forum and can't believe there aren't more folks attending. DO NOT drive there, brother...traffic, parking and cops are going to make life hell for everyone. We are about 40 minutes away and are planning to metro it in the morning. Not sure exactly how we're gonna do it , but we want to take some brewskies with us. We'll see how it goes.

Not sure what to expect with the FanFest.. but I definitely intend on being lit by noon. Would be awesome to hook up and chug a brew with fellow ROD members out there.

Yeah man I'm taking the San ta Monica metro and will be there early as well! Thanks to the great advice there is no way in hell im driving especially if I'll be drinking ( and depending how they do alot or normal ) lol jk But seriously I'm down to drink a brew or two with you man! Everything is booked for me and I'm flying out there Friday!

 

[Corbin]

Is anybody else going out there?

Note for Mods...
If you see this can you change the title to Rams vs Squaks game attendees or something like that? Probably fits the bill more. ( gives more people to cheers with) :grouphug: