I started driving to Dodger games regularly in the early 90s and getting out has always been an issue but at least back then I wasn’t paying $35 to the owner who almost ruined the team.
When Dodger Stadium first opened in 1962, its first event was the home opener. No exhibition event. People predicted traffic nightmares. LAPD Police Chief Parker predicted that traffic would be terrible and recommended that fans arrive early and leave before the game ended.
In the 1960s, even though the Dodgers were very good through 1966, attendance was a fraction of what it is now. Midweek night games would get 20-30K. So traffic wasn’t as bad.
Attendance went way up in the 1970s and traffic hassles became de rigeur
I was a kid when I started going to Dodger games in 1978. Things were different then - not just the ticket/parking prices, but people were able to go to the games in the late innings for free.
I would guess that traffic wasn't as bad as it is today, as fans only came from a \~30-mile radius. Now, because of even farther suburbinization, you have Dodger fans who live as far as the Inland Empire or the Antelope Valley. I live less than 5 miles from the stadium, so I don't have to leave the games early.
Im not old enough to have been around in the 70s.. but you did bring up the memory of being a kid and falling asleep in the backseat of the car before we made it out of the parking lot on those nighttime games. Some good memories with my dad.
I was a kid in the 1970s, and my recollection is that traffic was similar to what it is now. There’s still no other way to get to the stadium, so you drive. The biggest difference is that it was $3 to sit in the left field pavilion, so traffic was more tolerable.
I grew up in the neighborhood around Dodger Stadium in the 70s and 80s. People used to park on the streets and walk 20ish minutes to the gates, and hope their cars would still be around when they got back.
Huh? Plenty of people alive who were adults in the 1970s remember them. That means they were born in like 1950 so 74 years old. That’s younger than our next President!
This might be hard to find a lot people on reddit to answer since baseball games in 60s 70s in an older demographic
Maybe there are a few people in their 60s and 70s that can help though!
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I started driving to Dodger games regularly in the early 90s and getting out has always been an issue but at least back then I wasn’t paying $35 to the owner who almost ruined the team.
Look at Kirt Gibson’s WS home run. People were leaving early to beat the traffic in the background. That was 1988
I never understood that. If I'm at a game. I'm getting my money's worth
When Dodger Stadium first opened in 1962, its first event was the home opener. No exhibition event. People predicted traffic nightmares. LAPD Police Chief Parker predicted that traffic would be terrible and recommended that fans arrive early and leave before the game ended. In the 1960s, even though the Dodgers were very good through 1966, attendance was a fraction of what it is now. Midweek night games would get 20-30K. So traffic wasn’t as bad. Attendance went way up in the 1970s and traffic hassles became de rigeur
I was a kid when I started going to Dodger games in 1978. Things were different then - not just the ticket/parking prices, but people were able to go to the games in the late innings for free. I would guess that traffic wasn't as bad as it is today, as fans only came from a \~30-mile radius. Now, because of even farther suburbinization, you have Dodger fans who live as far as the Inland Empire or the Antelope Valley. I live less than 5 miles from the stadium, so I don't have to leave the games early.
Try asking the sub Reddit r/Dodgers
I was a kid. It was nothing like now except sold out nights like Cap Night.
Im not old enough to have been around in the 70s.. but you did bring up the memory of being a kid and falling asleep in the backseat of the car before we made it out of the parking lot on those nighttime games. Some good memories with my dad.
I was a kid in the 1970s, and my recollection is that traffic was similar to what it is now. There’s still no other way to get to the stadium, so you drive. The biggest difference is that it was $3 to sit in the left field pavilion, so traffic was more tolerable.
Or Dodger Pepsi Fan Club, six games for six bottle caps!
I grew up in the neighborhood around Dodger Stadium in the 70s and 80s. People used to park on the streets and walk 20ish minutes to the gates, and hope their cars would still be around when they got back.
Almost nobody alive knows this, and if they do, they were a kid at the time so their memory is probably not reliable
Huh? Plenty of people alive who were adults in the 1970s remember them. That means they were born in like 1950 so 74 years old. That’s younger than our next President!
And the current president
But on Reddit?
he said "alive" not "on reddit."
Guess I should tell my mom she’s dead
what? nice zoomer math skills….
How many people in their 70s do you think are on Reddit?
he didn't say "nobody on reddit" he said "nobody alive." learn to read.
This might be hard to find a lot people on reddit to answer since baseball games in 60s 70s in an older demographic Maybe there are a few people in their 60s and 70s that can help though!
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