Coliseum Problems

This was the scene 10 minutes before kickoff Saturday. Remember USC runs the Coliseum and was supposed to make everything better after years of blaming everything on the Coliseum Commission.

The attitude seems to be “get there early or tough luck.”.And if you think getting in was the only problem, I’m including a fan’s account of how hard it was to get out of the Coliseum on Saturday night.

Note: This fan waited 15 minutes for pedestrian traffic to die down.

“Getting out was no picnic either, especially since I have to use a cane. I have seats in Section 12, so I thought I would be able to get out of Gate 14, and into Lot 2. Gate 14 was closed because I guess they wanted to set up early for media coming in for the Rams game the day after. I thought I could try getting out of Gate 16, but I couldn’t even get that far.

“There was too much of a bottleneck in front of the women’s restrooms in front of Section 14 and 15 for me to try. I had to walk back, and try to exit Gate 11, which was closed because it was the exit closest to where the buses were I believe. Then Gate 8 was closed because that was next to the Fox trucks, so I had to exit Gate 6. To get to Lot 2, I had to walk down Bill Robertson, alongside the West side of the Swim Stadium to south end of the Swim Stadium (Park Dr.). To boot, I had to walk upstream on Bill Robertson back to Lot 2, because only one sidewalk was open due to the buses.”

32 thoughts on “Coliseum Problems

  1. hey don’t care how you get your bottom in a seat. They care that you pay to have it.

  2. Gate 12 was closed after the Utah State game last year. Used to walk right in, say hi to Traveler then right to my seat. Looks like they have shut down the majority of gates.

    • They’re being cheap and don’t want to pay for the extra security guards to keep gates open and people safe.

          • Did you see this? If true we have a decade left…

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  3. If you don’t want to be in that crowf then get in more than 10 minutes before game time. What the hell do you expect. FAKE NEWS.

  4. For what it’s worth, I sat in 21, use an electric wheelchair and had no problem exiting or entering for that matter.

  5. That fan was Wolf. He actually forgot where he parked his moped. He conveniently left that detail out

  6. Scooter, then why didn’t you help him to get to his car. They should have talked to security to help them

  7. Lmao, people want to see usc football. They surly don’t have this problem at the ugly games

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