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Parking At The Rams Game On Saturday Was Ridiculously Expensive
Wait....how much?? (Stephen Dunn/ Getty Images)
The Rams are back in town and kicked off pre-season play on Saturday at the Coliseum in a victory over the Dallas Cowboys. It was very exciting! Nearly 90,000 people clamored into the stadium, which begs the question: where'd everyone park?
Enterprising capitalists apparently asked that question in advance of the game, too, as prices for parking near the Coliseum reportedly fetched prices of up to $100, as USA Today noted.
Social media revealed that some operators were charging up to $100 to park, which is too pricey for Mario Lopez, even! #Ridiculous
LA Rams preseason game today & parking is 100$. What the?! And it's not even close to the stadium.. Whoa #Ridiculous pic.twitter.com/Yrx31cjzOv
— Mario Lopez (@mariolopezviva) August 13, 2016
Welcome back to LA, fans. Now park here... pic.twitter.com/CQAJagATQf
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) August 13, 2016
It appears that there was a far cheaper lot a bit further away, $50— a (comparative) steal!
Here's some "reasonably" priced parking. #Rams pic.twitter.com/dGUNShDEHf
— Dylan Hernandez (@dylanohernandez) August 13, 2016
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Curbed notes that the $100 parking prices are four times what tickets for the actual game against the Kansas City Chiefs next week are going for right now. Plus, they also estimated that an Uber ride from Anaheim to the Coliseum would have been far cheaper, too.
Know what's even cheaper than that? Going Metro, duh. Metro's The Source blog has a helpful guide on how to get to the Coliseum, which seems like the only way, really: it's cheap and easy. For $3.50 roundtrip, you can take the Expo Line, which has a stop that's about a 5 to 10 minute walk from the Coliseum.
But, the reality is, we know Angelenos have a hard time ditching their cars, so USC students with driveways: this is your time to make a few bucks.
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