An LAFC night at BMO Stadium is one of the loudest tickets in Los Angeles, and it has sat on our list for a while.
We have not made the outing yet, so there is no score card on this page. Score cards are for venues we have run through our five checks in person, the way we did at Angel Stadium. What follows is the work we do before that: what BMO Stadium publishes about access, what it leaves out, and the questions we would ask before buying a ticket.
What BMO Stadium says about access
The stadium’s ADA and accessibility page says the venue has been designed and built to meet or exceed the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and that staff will help with a specific accommodation before, during, and after an event. The services it lists are assisted listening devices, sensory kits, and wheelchair escorts and storage.
Interpretation services are not guaranteed for every event. The page asks for at least two weeks of notice and points questions to GuestExp@bmostadium.com.
The wheelchairs page is more specific. A limited number of wheelchairs are available to move fans from the gates to their seats, and you arrange that by asking a Guest Experience Supervisor at any entrance gate when you arrive. On the way out, the Guest Experience Center behind Section 129 handles the same request.
Two lines on that page matter if you use your own chair. Guests are asked to supply their own wheelchair for the duration of the event, and staff are not able to escort anyone outside the gates.
Family restrooms are the ones to aim for. BMO describes them as designed for fans with small children and fans with disabilities, and lists them at Sections 102, 106, 110, 116, 121, 123, 129, 131, 202, and the Sunset Deck level south suite hallway.
What their site does not say
There is no ADA parking page. The stadium guide runs from ATMs to WiFi and covers general parking, bicycle parking, and rideshare, and none of those entries names a disabled parking area or says how far it sits from a gate.
Nothing is published on where wheelchair seating sits in the bowl, how many companion seats come with it, or where the elevators are. Seven gates are listed and all of them open for LAFC and Angel City matches, but none is marked as the flattest approach.
Those are the answers that decide a night out. Get them from Guest Experience before you buy, not after. We keep five questions on hand for exactly this call.
Getting there
BMO Stadium sits in Exposition Park at 3939 S Figueroa Street, one block off the 110. The stadium tells drivers to buy a parking pass in advance and enter at 39th and Figueroa or at Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Hoover.
The Metro E Line and J Line both reach the Expo Park/USC station, and the stadium points fans that way to skip traffic and parking. Riding Metro moves the question to elevator uptime at your station and the roll from Expo Park Boulevard to your gate.
Rideshare has a fixed pick-up and drop-off point at Figueroa and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Book the accessible vehicle option ahead of the final whistle, because a sedan will not take a power chair and the wait after a sellout is long.
Bags, cash, and gate times
BMO runs a clear bag policy. You get one clear plastic, vinyl, or PVC bag no bigger than 12 by 6 by 12 inches, or a one-gallon clear storage bag. Non-clear bags including small clutches are refused. Medically necessary items get an exception after inspection and management approval, so raise that at the gate rather than halfway through the security line.
The stadium is fully cashless and takes debit cards, credit cards, Apple Pay, and Google Pay.
Gates typically open 90 minutes before kickoff for soccer. Being early is the difference between a calm roll to your seat and doing the same trip inside a crowd.
What we would check first
- Where ADA parking is, what it costs, and how far it sits from the nearest accessible gate.
- Which gate gives the flattest, shortest route to the wheelchair spaces.
- Where those spaces are, what the sightline is over a standing crowd, and how many companions can sit with you.
- Whether every level you need is reachable by elevator, and what the plan is when an elevator goes down mid-match.
- How much room the concourses leave at halftime, and which concession stands are on your level.
- Which family restroom is closest to your section.
That is our standard set with a stadium’s specifics bolted on: parking, entrance and maneuverability, customer service, restrooms, and dining.
When we make the outing, BMO Stadium gets a score card like every other pick we have been to. The scoring system behind those cards is on the reviews page, and the free LA guide gets you the next one by email first.
