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Originally Posted by homebucket
My goal is to try to watch the Men's Basketball Finals, gold medal game at Intuit Dome.
Initially, I was thinking of staying with a friend that lives in the western part of the SFV, but after looking at the Metro map, it seems like it would take a really long time and a cumbersome route (5 Lines, G -> B -> E -> K -> IPM) to get to the Intuit Dome via public transit, even with the 28 by 28 initiative. I'm guessing it would save more time, although cost more, to find a hotel or Airbnb along a Metro line that would require fewer transfers.
Also as you mention, it seems uncertain that the IPM would even be built in time for the Olympics. I'm no engineer or construction expert, but it feels like if they want it operational for the Olympics, they should have started construction already. I'm guessing there will be a shuttle instead, hopefully with dedicated lanes.
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I think your best bet would be to stay along one major transit line, or even book a hotel/Airbnb near the Intuit Dome that you'd be willing to walk to/from. I'm thinking come Olympics time, there'll be bus shuttles from various rail stations and temporary "mobility hubs" (read "park-n-rides"). It probably won't be as inconvenient as you'd think.
BTW I'm really excited for the upcoming LA Olympics. Gold medal game for basketball would be really fun to watch! Don't know how much tickets will be, but I'm hoping to catch ANYTHING in person. I wouldn't mind watching rugby sevens in Carson (I got into it during the Paris Games) or even BMX freestyle in the Sepulveda Basin. The marquee events of gymnastics and athletics will probably be expensive, but easy to get to by rail transit, being that they're in downtown and Exposition Park. Diving in Exposition Park would be fun to watch too.
I was thinking of volunteering for the Olympics but from what I've heard, you'd have to be available for 4 weeks. And it's done by lottery, they randomly select people based on a questionnaire, and people who speak more than one language are more likely to be chosen. And you can be assigned to do anything anywhere, from greeting athletes at the airport, or greeting them and directing them at the Olympic Village, to greeting and directing spectators at venues.
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Funny, I don't know if this'll be the case with the Olympics, but the Intuit Dome, which opens today with a Bruno Mars concert (performing tomorrow as well), will have free shuttle service from mobility hubs for all ticketed concertgoers going forward:
Intuit Dome providing free shuttle service to all concerts