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EnterpriseSol wrote:Hey guys,

I'm looking to visit LA from TO this Fall, in hopes of catching Kobe play one last time (saw him at GSW during the beginning of the season).

Few questions:
- what's a good place to stay at in the LA area?

JW Marriot

- any way to get around the city without a car?

Take the bus, it could be fun. Also theres some app called UBER.

- looking to buy the best possible tickets I can, any idea when they're on sale?

Ticketmaster still around?

- I'm assuming Kobe will be ready for the home-opener right...?

Fo sho

Thanks guys!

TylersLakers wrote:I imagine StubHub would be cheaper than Ticketmaster, would it not?

And I'll be going to LA as well in November for the Raptors game. Let's get to the real talk.. I'm a recently single guy (thank god) in my mid 20's who wants to party somewhere around the Staples Center/Downtown -- Ideas? Suggestions?

TylersLakers wrote:I imagine StubHub would be cheaper than Ticketmaster, would it not?

And I'll be going to LA as well in November for the Raptors game. Let's get to the real talk.. I'm a recently single guy (thank god) in my mid 20's who wants to party somewhere around the Staples Center/Downtown -- Ideas? Suggestions?

Slava wrote:

TylersLakers wrote:I imagine StubHub would be cheaper than Ticketmaster, would it not?

And I'll be going to LA as well in November for the Raptors game. Let's get to the real talk.. I'm a recently single guy (thank god) in my mid 20's who wants to party somewhere around the Staples Center/Downtown -- Ideas? Suggestions?

I don't think there's much of a partying downtown, you'd probably be doing yourselves a disservice by not going to the west hollywood area if you wanted a good club scene.

TylersLakers wrote:

Slava wrote:

TylersLakers wrote:I imagine StubHub would be cheaper than Ticketmaster, would it not?

And I'll be going to LA as well in November for the Raptors game. Let's get to the real talk.. I'm a recently single guy (thank god) in my mid 20's who wants to party somewhere around the Staples Center/Downtown -- Ideas? Suggestions?

I don't think there's much of a partying downtown, you'd probably be doing yourselves a disservice by not going to the west hollywood area if you wanted a good club scene.

Hm, interesting, how's the transportation and getting to West Hollywood from Downtown?

EnterpriseSol wrote:Hey guys,

I'm looking to visit LA from TO this Fall, in hopes of catching Kobe play one last time (saw him at GSW during the beginning of the season).

Few questions:
- what's a good place to stay at in the LA area?

- any way to get around the city without a car?
2 years ago I would have said you have to rent a car.
but now, forget that, use the UBER or LYFT apps.

- looking to buy the best possible tickets I can, any idea when they're on sale?
The Cheapest possible way, is to go to the local ticket brokers around staples centers as the game is starting and calmly ask for single ticket, as if you don't even care about going to the game.

Or just buy on stubhub for convenience.
- I'm assuming Kobe will be ready for the home-opener right...?
I assume so

There are TONS of stuff to do Downtown now, it's booming.
The Exchange is a club that's pretty good, you can pre buy tickets.

There's the ACE hotel which is a hot spot.

Honestly, Once you get here, Just go on Yelp and look at what's good.
Thanks guys!

dan-fantastic wrote:Got tickets myself to the Raptors game in Nov. Very excited. Its been a couple years since I've been excited to see a game. Cant wait to see the new kids.

Lot's to do in downtown. Get a hotel there...and there are a bunch of places to party. Lots of food, and everything. You can walk everywhere. DONT walk too far......it's get real bad, really quick. But if you stick to the core of the downtown area, you should be fine. Some great places in china-town to eat. Yang-Chow is an awesome place. Get the slippery-shrimp. So good. It looks a little ghetto, but go in...they are huge Laker fans. Alot of the old Showtime Lakers used to go there alot.

Not a club guy...cant help there. But I have been dragged to a couple clubs in downtown...so I know they exist

EnterpriseSol wrote:Hey guys
Any thoughts on what I should do here?
I will be at the Mavs game on Sun Nov 1st, so that wraps up around 9:30 and then my flight is at 11AM.
I packed very light for this trip, so my goal would be to roam around downtown LA on Sunday and then head to LAX and crash for my early morning flight. Basically saving a good $100 on my hotel. Given how busy LAX will be Monday morning with the business crowd, I will probably have to wake up super early either way so I would rather just crash at LAX for the night. I'll sleep on the 5 hour flight.
But the thing is, according to Staples Center Policy I cannot bring in my 2 bags based on size requirements. Ugh. Any recommendations to work around this? Are there public storage lockers anywhere in DTLA. My goal is to avoid crashing anywhere other than LAX since it will be very busy on Monday morning.

EnterpriseSol wrote:

dan-fantastic wrote:Got tickets myself to the Raptors game in Nov. Very excited. Its been a couple years since I've been excited to see a game. Cant wait to see the new kids.

Lot's to do in downtown. Get a hotel there...and there are a bunch of places to party. Lots of food, and everything. You can walk everywhere. DONT walk too far......it's get real bad, really quick. But if you stick to the core of the downtown area, you should be fine. Some great places in china-town to eat. Yang-Chow is an awesome place. Get the slippery-shrimp. So good. It looks a little ghetto, but go in...they are huge Laker fans. Alot of the old Showtime Lakers used to go there alot.

Not a club guy...cant help there. But I have been dragged to a couple clubs in downtown...so I know they exist

Where did you get tix from?