The Season Against the City
A roster built to win now, opening on the other side of the world. Eighteen weeks, nine dates in Inglewood, and a Crenshaw to Hollywood Park map for the ones that matter.
Current Outlook
Donald has been seen running drills at the facility and McVay has not shut the door. Neither Donald nor the club has said anything definitive, so nothing here is a return. Treat it as activity, not an outcome.
Garrett arrives as reigning Defensive Player of the Year. The five tight end group reflects how often this offense ran heavy personnel last season.
Nine dates in Inglewood. Week 1 against San Francisco is a home designation played in Melbourne, so it is not one of them.
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Schedule and The Plan
Home rows carry the team bar · Away rows are outlined · Every row carries a plan
A road opener is a television afternoon. The lots in Inglewood stay quiet another week.
First Rams football in Inglewood this year, and an afternoon start. Leimert Park and Market Street are open on the way in.
CHEAP SEATS
An away game in your own building. Both LA teams, one night, the only preseason date the whole city cares about.
CROSSTOWN
A home game you cannot attend. Kickoff is Thursday evening here, Friday lunchtime in Melbourne. Streaming only.
MELBOURNE
The real home opener, and Monday night. Eat early, the 405 at five is the whole story.
HOME OPENER
Sunday night at altitude. A good room game.
PRIMETIME
Ten in the morning against a loud building. Find a bar, not a couch.
Monday night, and Bills fans travel better than almost anyone. Expect a full building.
BIG ONEDivision game, early kick, easiest full day of the season. Make a morning of Leimert Park first.
RIVALRY
Close enough to drive. Decide early or do not decide at all.
The crosstown game for real this time, and the Rams are the home side.
CROSSTOWN
Breakfast football. Nothing to plan around.
The drive to Glendale is doable in a day if you leave at dawn.
Use it. The list below does not require a ticket.
Thanksgiving eve, at home, on Netflix. The single strangest and best-placed date on the card.
BIG ONEThe hardest home ticket on the card. Buy in September or watch it from a bar.
BIG ONEThe rematch of a game played in Australia. Division, and it will matter.
RIVALRY
Cowboys fans fill visiting sections everywhere. Fair warning on the concourse.
Christmas night in Seattle. This one is going to be somebody in your family arguing about the television.
CHRISTMAS
Flexed. Do not book anything around it yet.
Division, at home, final week. This is the one that decides something.
BIG ONEWhere to Eat
Everything here is inside about fifteen minutes of the SoFi lots. There is no reason to detour downtown, and Century Boulevard is not the route you want at kickoff.
Dulan's Soul Food Kitchen
Smothered chicken and greens, served without ceremony.
Three Weavers Brewing
Taproom pours at taproom prices, walkable to the shuttle.
Randy's Donuts
The giant donut on Manchester. It absolutely counts as a landmark.
Where to Shop
Inglewood was a shopping district long before it was a stadium district. Go early, most of it closes before a fourth quarter would end.
Market Street
Six blocks of records, resale and murals. No chains and no parking structure, so circle once and take the first spot.
Slauson Super Mall
Swap meet floor plan, jerseys and chains in every aisle. Cash moves faster than card.
Leimert Park Village
Saturday art walk, drum circle, and the best small press bookshelf in the city.
What to Do
The Hollywood Park campus runs an events calendar of its own. Pair a game with the thing happening two hundred yards away.
Kia Forum
The fall concert calendar runs straight through football season on the same off ramp.
Intuit Dome
Clippers open in October, so doubleheader Sundays are a real thing here now.
Hollywood Park Lake
Six acres of water and lawn on the campus. Tailgate energy without the lot fee.
Away-Game Rooms
Nine road games, several of them before noon. These are the rooms that actually turn the sound on.
Tom's Watch Bar
Every screen, every game, sound on the one that matters.
The Greyhound Bar & Grill
Patio room, neighborhood crowd, no cover for the ten o clock kicks.
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