We’ve updated the route of our SoFi Stadium Shuttle for this NFL season. Rams and Chargers fans have a new way to get to SoFi Stadium this season —our free SoFi Stadium Shuttle will be running from the newly-opened LAX/Metro Transit Center Station served by the C Line, K Line and local buses.
Point-of-emphasis: the old SoFi Stadium Shuttle route between Hawthorne/Lennox Station and the stadium will no longer be served. If you’re riding to the game on the C Line, ride to the LAX/Metro Transit Center — which is just a few minutes from Hawthorne/Lennox Station.
The SoFi Stadium shuttle will continue throughout the NFL season for all pre-season, regular season and playoff games starting with the Rams vs. Cowboys game on Saturday, August 9, and the Chargers vs. Saints on Sunday, August 10.
A few details:
•The shuttle boards at Bay 8 at the LAX/Metro Transit Center Station.
•Buses will be every 3 to 5 minutes beginning three hours before kickoff. Return service starts at the beginning of the 4th quarter and continues for 90 minutes after the game or until all fans are onboard.
•At SoFi Stadium, buses use the lot on the southeast side of Prairie Avenue and Arbor Vitae Street.
•While there is no public parking at the LAX/Metro Transit Center, nearby park-and-ride lots are available at many Metro Rail stations — some are free, others have a daily fee of $3. On the C Line, stations with parking include Aviation/LAX, Crenshaw, Hawthorne/Lennox, Willowbrook/Rosa Parks and Norwalk, among others. On the K Line, stations with parking include Redondo Beach (K Line), El Segundo (K Line) and Fairview Heights (K Line). All parking info is here.
•The SoFi shuttle is free to the public but regular fares apply on the rest of our system on game days. Regular adult fare is $1.75 one-way or $3.50 round-trip. You can purchase a TAP fare card from TAP machines at all Metro rail and busway stations or — for convenience — use your smartphone as a TAP card with our TAP app.
•LAX/Metro Transit Center has a ton of amenities, including a Metro Customer Center, wide rail platforms and — by popular demand — public restrooms 🙂
•To plan your transit trip, we recommend using Apple Maps, Google Maps, the Moovit or Transit apps or the trip planner at metro.net.
It should be a great NFL season with high expectations for the Rams and Chargers. The Rams host the Lions on Dec. 14 in a contest that could be an NFC championship game preview. And The Source anticipates the Bolts will welcome Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals next Jan. 25 in a matchup for the AFC trophy.
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It’s bizarre that SoFi Stadium could be built without better transit access, especially by train. Shuttle buses are a poor substitute.
You are absolutely correct. MTA has done a poor job with public transit and SoFi/Intuit/Kia events.
This is really disappointing news. Metro should use Downtown Inglewood Station for the shuttle! There’s already multiple bus bays there. Making fans go anll the way to LAX adds so much additional time, especially if you’re coming from North or West of SoFi. It’s probably going to be faster to walk to the DT Inglewood Station that it will be to wait for the shuttle, backtrack two stations, and then get on the train. Once again Metro is prioritizing simplicity over speed, and speed is the only thing people care about. Having the shuttle at LAX only works for those flying in to LAX for the game or going North on the K Line. It adds time for those going South on the K or West on the C.
This looks like it’s being done properly. The shuttle to the stadium coming out of a major transit center and straight down one street to the stadium. This is being fed by 3 light rail lines and a 14 bay bus center for connections from other areas.
Simple, straight forward and a lot cheaper than the stupid people mover idea.
List the days you’ll run the game shuttles. I’m pretty sure that you’ll support preseason but why not make it easy and just list dates for Rams and Charger games.
arbor vitae is not the best road. while on paper it looks like a straight shot, arbor vitae actually narrows down to a one lane road east of the 405.
you must make dedicated bus lanes for this to work. I recommend either a bigger street like manchester or century.
if using arbor vitae, you will have to get rid of all street parking, significantly disturbing residential areas.
i think joe’s comment is also worth it. a shuttle from existing stations with dedicated bus bays and arguably less bus distance is also a good alternative. C line passengers can just transfer to the K line from LAXMTC. I’m sure you would prefer a free transfer on a train rather than sitting in a bus shuttle for longer.
do better metro
Before: 1. Park at Hawthorn/Lennox, 2. simply hop on the shuttle, shorter distance to Sofi
Now: 1) Park at one of the other stations, take the metro or free shuttle to LAX/Metro Transit Center, 3) get off the shuttle to get on another shuttle at Bay 8, longer distance to Sofi
Going from 2 steps with a shorter distance to 3 steps with a longer distance, and very likely longer trip time… why is this better for commuters? Who’s the Metro genius behind this workflow?
Why built this without parking? Really?
I want to simply Park then hop on the Free shuttle to Sofi like before at Hawthorn/Lenox station.
When will the parking lot on West Boulevard and Redondo in Inglewood be finished?
Will there be a fee to park?
Whatever street is used long term, there needs to be dedicated bus-only lanes for this to be remotely efficient. Currently, it takes over a half hour post game for shuttle buses to travel between the stadium and Hawthorne / Lennox, or for regular buses to travel up to the downtown Inglewood station. That’s completely unacceptable. There MUST be a better way and I fear this transit trip will still be incredibly slow without some sort of dedicated infrastructure to get transit vehicles in and out of the sofi area. It’s just common sense. Period. Quite frankly it’s insane that there hasn’t been a more definitive plan for this in light of the people mover being scrapped. Peak Los Angeles. [Facepalm]
No Parking at LAXMTC, Hawthorne lennox has plenty of parking
Is there going to be a bus only temporary BRT lane? It really doesn’t make sense to have a shuttle wait in the gameday traffic and it would be a significantly more appealing option if this is the case.