The Echo Park Improvement Association delivered a letter to the CD1 and CD13 council members Gil Cedillo and Mitch O’Farrell on our recommendations on the opening of the Scott Gate at Dodger Stadium to entry traffic.

The EPIA recommends that the Dodger Stadium Scott Avenue Gate remain closed to stadium entry, as it has over almost 10 years. We believe that opening the gate will cause many unintended problems with the neighborhood and will not change stadium entry times in any way sufficient to justify the cost both in money and community good will. The EPIA also recommends that the gate be open for exit purposes only in games and events with attendance greater than 40,000, again, as has been the practice in the past.

In addition to the above, the letter also requests the Dodgers make additional necessary preparations if the gate will open regardless of our recommendation. Click here to download and view the full letter.

Stay tuned for our article on the issue in the next issue of EPIAn Ways!

Opening Day contact information

Northeast Division questions, contact Senior Lead Officer Gina Chovan: (213) 793-0760 (email is 30347@lapd.lacity.org if you don’t need an immediate response)
Rampart questions or issues, contact Senior Lead Officer Lewis Ford: (213) 793-0775 (email is 27387@lapd.lacity.org if you don’t need an immediate response)
CD13: Adam Bass: (323) 957-4500 / adam.bass@lacity.org
CD1: Melinda Ramos-Alatorre: 323-550-1538 / melinda.alatorre@lacity.org
Park Rangers: albert.torres@lacity.org / 323 816 6715
Oscar Delgado, Manager, Neighborhood & Government Affairs: oscard@ladodgers.com / (323) 224-1443