Attending a Dodger Game
 

It's been a long time since I went to a Dodger game so I wanted to get some tips. Do I need to get tickets ahead of time or is it no problem to buy tickets at the stadium? How early to I need to get to the stadium in order to get situated in time for the start of the game without feeling rushed? Where is a good place to sit? I don't need the best seats but I don't want to be in the nosebleeds either. Do Dodger fans sit in a certain part of the stadium?

Thanks!

the dodgers are going to be so lousy this year (again) that you should have no issues picking up tix.

and dud fans have a reputation for showing up to the game late and leaving early, so i would say plan to show when the game begins (what a novelty!) and leave when it's over, to avoid the crowds.

You posted this identical question on March 19th.

Why the repost? Why didn't you just take your previous post and move it to the top?

Curious

Because I couldn't find the post. I just looked for it now and I still can't find it.

All you have to do is click on your name. All of your posts will be right there.

Curious

Almost all of the field and all of the dugout tickets are season tickets, so you won't get those unless you know someone or buy them through a ticket company, ebay, or from the local newspaper (i.e. L.A. Times). Also the scalpers outside, or those with extra season tickets that sometimes just give them away. You can get loge, reserved, and upper level tickets usually without a problem, unless it's a Mets game or sometimes a Giants game.

Dodger fans sit all over the stadium.

It's true that Dodger fans arrive late and leave early. If the game is at 7:30 on a weekday, you'll have to fight rush hour traffic to get there on time (which is why most fans arrive late) unless you know the side street routes. If you get there 15 minutes early, it will take about 10 minutes to walk from the parking lot to the stadium and another 5 minutes to locate your seat. If you have good field tickets near home plate (for season ticket holders), you'll find it better to get there a little early or some joker will be sitting in your seat and messed it up with peanuts and popcorn all over the seat and on the floor. They do move, but you're stuck with the remains of someone else's dinner.

The closer to home base, in my view, is the best, but between home and 3rd, you're over the Dodger dugout (and likely to catch fouls) and between home and first, you're over the visitor's dugout (and also likely to catch fouls).

The best and most hassle-free way to get Giants tickets is to go on their official web site and click on the "Double Play Ticket Window", where Giants season ticket holders sell their tickets. There is a 10% service charge and you can pick up the tickets the day of the game at will call (they can even be printed out via an ATM at the ball park).

Right now there are hundreds of listings for the April 17,18 and 19 Dodger games. Every type of seat is available from $30 for bleachers to $500 for field club seats. I think best values are for the Lower Box seats. I usually try for Section 106 (1st base, visitors) or 125 (3rd base, home team) because these are the closest lower box sections that extend down to the field. Any other lower box sections i.e. between 107 and 124 in approx. row 22 will get you right behind the field club seats.

The only place that might not be safe for you would be in the bleachers...you might not want to wear your Dodger blue out there (:

Giants?

A thousand pardons...I guess I'm so Bay Area-centric that I thought anyone going to a Dodger game would prefer SBC Park. I will immediately invest in a pair of reading glasses.

Anyhow, it's still good information.
Go Giants!

Go to SBC Park?!? When we have Dodger Stadium?!? And Dodger Dogs?!?
Bite your tongue! :)

Dodger Staduim does't hold a (insert favorite word) to SBC Park (It's still PacBell Park as far as I'm concerned).

If you have ever been to PacBell Park, you would know what I'm talking about. On top of everything else, the air is fresh and smog free and the people are real, not the typical LA phonies (that will get a few of you going!).

If I was stuck living in Southern California, I would go watch a good team (Angels) in the Big A.

GO GIANTS!!!!

Curious

Watch for traffic getting to the park. It can be brutal. I say get there early and grab a beer!

And, sit anywhere you want-you will have a great time.

At Dodger stadium the lodge level seats are the best deal; don't spring for field level unless you have to. As is mentioned above, most of the good seats are season tickets so anything you get at the stadium is going to be far right or left field or in the pavilions above the outfield. That being said, many of these season tickets are available through various outlets as noted. People who have been to various ballparks tell me that Dodger stadium is still one of the best places to watch a game in the country! No matter how bad the team is, you will still be comfortable in a clean family-style enviroment.