Los Angeles is fully booked this weekend.
Four major sporting events and multiple concerts will converge on the region starting this Friday, making it the perfect storm for Carmageddon-level traffic.
L.A. Mayor Karen Bass said Thursday that the city is prepared to handle the increase in travel and tourism. Freeway and surface street traffic will likely be the worst in the early evening and late night hours, when the various games and concerts start and end.
What’s happening?
This weekend, the four sporting events cross different leagues are:
- Lakers vs. Suns at Crypto.com Arena on Friday at 7 p.m.
- Dodgers vs. Yankees at Dodger Stadium on Friday and Saturday, both starting at 5:08 p.m.
- L.A. Kings vs. Utah Hockey Club at Crypto.com Arena on Saturday at 1 p.m.
- L.A. Galaxy vs. Colorado Rapids at Dignity Health Sports Park on Saturday at 8 p.m.
Doane Liu, the city’s chief tourism officer, said that’s close to breaking a record L.A. set in 2018. There are also high-profile concerts and other sports games, all falling on a popular weekend for Halloween festivities.
- David Gilmour at Intuit Dome on Friday at 7:30 p.m.
- USC vs. Rutgers at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum on Friday at 8 p.m.
- East L.A. Classic (Garfield High School vs. Roosevelt High School) at Sofi Stadium on Friday at 7:30 p.m.
- Jeff Lynne’s Elo at the Kia Forum on Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m.
- Imagine Dragons at the Hollywood Bowl on Saturday and Sunday at 7 p.m.
Bass said L.A.’s jam-packed schedule is practice for when the city hosts the Olympics in 2028. She also said the city is used to being in the spotlight and routinely holds major events.
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