New Bus Service: Go Metro to Dodgers Games

As Dodger fans reliant on public transit, it's nice to hear that there's a new bus service to the stadium.  Details after the jump...

Thanks to a grant by Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee (MSRC), Metro will start the Dodgers Stadium Express beginning April 1st.  More details:

• Cost: Dodgers game ticket holders ride free; without tickets base fare is $1.25.
• Route: From Union Station (Patsaouras Bus Plaza - Bay 3) to Dodgers Stadium via Sunset Blvd. and Cesar Chavez Avenue
• Drop-off/Pick-up: Passengers will be dropped off and picked up in the Dodgers parking lot behind Left/Center field.  
• Time: Buses will run every 10 minutes, 90 minutes before the game starts until the 3rd Inning.  From then until the 7th Inning, buses will run every 30 minutes.  Return service goes from the 7th inning onward until 30 minutes after the game ends. 

Need more info?  Check out Metro's blog - The Source:  http://thesource.metro.net/2010/03/22/bus-service-returns-to-dodger-games/

Think Blue!  

-ExperienceLA Staff

"Think Blue, Act Green"

The City of LA has restored public transit from Union Station to Dodger Stadium. The free round trip service started July 25th and is provided on Game Days, starting 90 minutes before game time and ending 60 minutes after the game ends.

And so it goes... the quietest launch ever.

-ExperienceLA Staff


*Editor's Note: Turns out that several ExperienceLA staffmembers were out experiencing other states for a change when LA decided to pull this one on us. So maybe it wasn't the quietest launch, but a welcome one indeed. Here's to a more public and family friendly environment.

Freeway Series

So the Angels lost on Saturday in a historic no hit game against the Dodgers. And it was painful to watch. And as usual, I was miffed anyway that it's seemingly impossible to get to the Dodgers stadium via public transportation. Or really, just impossible, period. The day the stadium reinstates public transit access will be the day that I wholeheartedly agree that it's indeed a family friendly environment.

The super dogs and garlic fries, on the other hand, did NOT disappoint.

Either way, I think it's a great idea that the Dodgers and Angels play one another in the annual Freeway Series. Because really, despite seeing the Angels lose, I love the idea of being able to attend a baseball game with ALL of my Dodgers and Angels rooting friends... and rubbing it in their faces when the Angels DO win. All in the name of fun, of course.

-Sarah Koo, ExperienceLA Marketing Assistant

Thinking Blue... Almost

I'll be honest. I am not an avid baseball fan, and to the horror of my die hard baseball loving friends, I freely admit my allegiance to both the Dodgers and the Angels (and I'll maybe even throw in a little Red Sox love depending on the game). To my defense, living outside of the West coast meant taking whatever allegiance I could with the West, be it one or several teams. My theory was that as long as any California team made it to the finals, I'd be happy. Oh, and the Red Sox love is just my personal mix of Boston nostalgia and underdog favoritism.

Uh, moving along now (before I keep digging myself into a bigger hole)...

Anyway, on the contrary, if there's a chance to go to a live game, I'd be a fool to pass up on it. Why? Because it's not "just a game". It's so much more than that. Superdogs with a side of garlic fries, joining in on the multiple attempts at a successful stadium wave, collectively booing Heidi and Spencer from The Hills as their presence at the game was highlighted on the Jumbotron... such unadulterated bliss indeed.

And avid fan or not, tough luck to the fool who tries to distract me while I'm focused on the game... you might as well befriend your cracker jack. The Dodgers game last Monday lasted until 10:30pm, but with a tied score and bases loaded at the bottom of the ninth, and the rookie Blake DeWitt's single that helped win the game, was that a great game or what?

My only complaint is that it's seemingly impossible to get to the Dodgers Stadium via public transportation. In fact, it's easier to hop on the Metrolink and get dropped right off at the Angels Stadium down in Orange County. Sigh. If only thinking blue would lead to thinking green...


-Sarah Koo, ExperienceLA Marketing Assistant