Dodger Stadium was designed by O’Malley and New York based architect and civil engineer, Emil Praeger with support from Los Angeles based Edward Fickett. It is the oldest stadium west of the Mississippi River, and currently it is the third oldest ballpark in Major League Baseball behind Fenway and Wrigley.

Interestingly, there’s a hidden Japanese garden behind parking lot 6, which was commissioned in 1965 by Sportswriter Sotaro Suzuki after he was so impressed by the stadium.

There’s also a time capsule buried in the top deck of the stadium. It was buried in 1962 to commemorate the opening of the stadium and is scheduled to be opened in 2062.

The nearest major airport is Bob Hope (BUR) which is 16 miles away. Other nearby airports include Los Angeles International (LAX) which is 20 miles away, or John Wayne (SNA) and LA/Ontario International (ONT) which are both 42 miles away.

There are no direct flights into Bob Hope from the UK, so flying into Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is the better option.

If you are already in the US, then you have the choice of most US domestic airlines including Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, American Eagle, Frontier Airlines, Jet Blue, Southwest Airlines, Spirit Airlines, United Airways and WestJet.

All public transport options to Dodger Stadium first require you to get to Union Station. All Metrolink subway lines connect to Union Station, as do the LAX shuttles and Amtrak trains from further afield. From Union Station, you go directly to the game for free by the Dodger Stadium Express Shuttle 123. The Dodgers encourage use of the Metro Bus on Sunset Blvd. as well as using the L Line (Gold) in Chinatown.

The No. 2 and No. 4 buses are available from Santa Monica, the Pacific Coast Highway, and downtown Los Angeles, with stops at the B Line (Red) station in Hollywood, traveling to/from the Stadium entrance.

There are several hotels near Dodger Stadium, as well as the Airbnb and Sonder options. For the budget conscious traveller there’s several options available like the Metro Plaza Hotel, Millennium Biltmore, The Metric or Pads on Pasadena Ave Hostel,

The highest rated hotels near Dodger Stadium are Omni Los Angeles at California Plaza, The Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites, DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Los Angeles Downtown, Hilton Checkers Los Angeles, and Freehand Los Angeles.

Any of these options can either be booked directly or via one of the hotel reservation booking sites.

The Los Angeles Dodgers sell their tickets via mlb.tickets and the MLB Ballpark App.

SeatGeek has replaced StubHub as the official ticket resale partner for MLB.

Baseball fans can still use other resale ticket marketplaces to buy and sell tickets to MLB games. MLB will verify those tickets so buyers know they’re getting a legitimate ticket.

Here are links to the main ticket resale sites. Click on the link, which will open up a new window, and you can compare the prices on the different ticket resell sites, bearing in mind that the prices shown are before the selling platforms fees are added, so take time to have a read of my tips to Buying Tickets in North America.

• SeatGeek
• SportsEvents365 (Click on the Search Button)
• StubHub International
• StubHub US
• Ticketmaster US
• TicketNetwork
• Viagogo
• Vivid Seats

I recommend downloading the Ballpark App to your phone as it contains a lot of Gameday information for the Ballpark you are visiting and a place to check in and record all the baseball games you have been to.