The Hollywood Bowl, which is celebrating its one centesimal anniversary this yr, is one in every of the most iconic locations in Los Angeles to expertise a reside efficiency. It’s the summer season house of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. It’s the place your mates packed a picnic dinner for the “Sound of Music” sing-along. The reminiscences created there are so priceless that it’s value determining the typically tough commute — and parking scenario.
There are on-site tons, however even the Hollywood Bowl’s reps encourage alternate choices.
“We really advise people to catch our Park & Ride buses and shuttle service as a convenient option and avoid disappointment in case our parking lots sell out,” stated Laura Connelly, common supervisor of the Hollywood Bowl.
For some, it could be best to get dropped off. There are simple dropoff and pickup places for the shuttle or any drivers (Uber/Lyft, vital different, pal who owes you a favor) who aren’t staying for the present.
But listed below are the choices if you favor to take your personal automobile.
On-site parking tons
There are 4 on-site parking tons — A, B, C and D. Prices and availability fluctuate relying on the present.
All parking is stack parking. That means there aren’t any early exits, and your journey house can have to wait till the automobiles in entrance of you go away. How lengthy that takes will rely on how full the tons are.
Accessible parking, which the Bowl’s web site notes usually sells out prematurely, is accessible in Lots A and B.
For occasions offered by the L.A. Philharmonic: Tickets for Lot A, which is closest to the fundamental gate, can be found 10 or extra days earlier than your occasion by contacting Audience Services between midday and 6 p.m. at (323) 850-2000 or in particular person at the Box Office. Lot B — which can be shut to the amphitheater — is accessible for advance buy on-line. Lots C and D, that are close to the intersection of Highland Avenue and Odin Street, require lower than half a mile of strolling. They will not be accessible for advance buy.
For different occasions: Advance purchases for Lots A and B should be made in particular person at Hollywood Bowl Box Office up to in the future earlier than the occasion. Lots C and D could be bought upon arrival.
Unofficial parking tons
Connelly recommends checking the ParkWhiz app to discover parking tons close by.
A few the nearer examples embrace:
- The American Legion lot (charges fluctuate relying on occasion): It’s a half-mile south of the Bowl and an estimated 11-minute stroll, in accordance to Google Maps. This lot will not be stack parking.
- The United Methodist Church lot ($10 to $30 per automobile, relying on the occasion): According to its web site, it’s first-come, first-served and it opens about 2½ hours earlier than the present begins. It’s additionally not stack parking, and all the cash collected goes to the church.
If you arrive very, very early
The Food + Wine market, in the field workplace plaza, and the Hollywood Bowl retailer are open at 5 p.m. You can peruse the merchandise or look at the wine, beer and picnic choices, together with sandwiches and salads. You also can preorder picnic containers for pickup at this location.
The picnic areas are all open, and 12 of the 15 could be accessed earlier than the theater opens, a Bowl rep stated. (There are 14 official picnic areas; the fifteenth is unofficial and is named Toyon Terrace.)
You also can go to the Hollywood Bowl museum. During the summer season season, the museum is open from 10 a.m. till showtime Tuesday to Saturday. On Sunday and Monday, it opens 4 hours earlier than the present.
Park close to the Ovation Hollywood shuttle
If you park at the lot at Ovation Hollywood (previously referred to as Hollywood & Highland), it’s $3 for up to 2 hours with validation; $1 for each quarter-hour thereafter. Daily most is $20, and there’s a shuttle that goes immediately to the Hollywood Bowl. It departs each 15 to 20 minutes, starting 2½ hours earlier than the live performance.
There are quite a few tons in Hollywood inside strolling distance of the Ovation Hollywood shuttle. Parkopedia is one other useful resource that maps out the place the tons are and what they cost.
Depending on time or mobility restrictions, you may additionally stroll or get a rideshare to drive you up to the Hollywood Bowl dropoff places.
Use a Park & Ride lot close to you
Hollywood Bowl supplies quite a few Park & Ride tons all through Southern California, from Ventura, Pasadena, Torrance, Lakewood and extra.
Prepurchased spherical journeys price $7 per particular person — it;s $12 when bought at the lot (actual change solely). The buses will take you immediately to the Hollywood Bowl and again to the lot afterward. Search by present to discover which places are working close to you.
Valet (if you’re a high-level donor)
One of the perks of being a devoted donor to the L.A. Phil is valet parking — topic to availability. Any patron could buy a single-night valet for a $500 donation, plus a parking payment of $55. Different donation ranges, from bronze to gold to platinum, are defined on the web site.