First-Timer's Guide to Angel Stadium

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Angel Stadium is surrounded on every side by its own parking lot, just off the 57 freeway in Anaheim, so if you drive, you walk across the lot to reach a gate. The weather is dry and comfortable for most of the season.

Bag, alcohol, gate, and parking rules get revised between seasons. It is worth checking mlb.com/angels while you are planning.

Park rules, gate times, and parking

• Bags. The limit is 12” x 12” with a single zipper or flap for a purse or bag, or 12.75” x 6.5” x 12.75” for a clear plastic or vinyl one with no obscured interior pockets. Diaper bags and other medically necessary items are fine. Everything else, backpacks included, goes back to the car, so sort out what you are carrying before you park.
• Aerosol sunscreen is on the prohibited list, along with alcohol, glass, cans, hard-sided coolers, and full-size bats. Bring lotion instead if you are covering up for a day game.
• Alcohol cutoff. Concession stands stop selling at the end of the seventh inning or at roughly two hours twenty minutes after first pitch. The team can cut sales earlier at its discretion. You must be 21 or over, and no alcohol may leave the stadium.
• Tailgating is only allowed in the Big A Lot. Grills have to be gas or propane with a fuel shut-off valve, and charcoal and outside catering are not allowed. Drinking alcohol anywhere in the parking lot is against Anaheim city law, and the Angels do not allow alcohol to be brought into the lot, so keep the tailgate alcohol-free.
• Re-entry. There is none. Angel Stadium does not let you back in once you have left, no matter how early you go.
• Gate times. Every gate opens 90 minutes before first pitch, except when the game starts at 1 p.m., and then it is 60 minutes. If you are going to an afternoon game, check the start time before you plan your arrival.
• Parking. The Angels charge $25 for general parking when you pay in person and $27 online, so paying at the lot is the cheaper way to do it. Preferred parking runs $35 in person and $37 online. You can drive into the lot from Douglass Road, State College Boulevard, or Orangewood Avenue, and plan on the lot opening 2 and a half hours before first pitch. The lot closes one hour after the game ends. If you would rather not drive, you can find more about the train and rideshare in our Getting There section.
• Tickets are mobile. Add yours to Apple Wallet or Google Wallet from the confirmation email, or open the MLB Ballpark app, before you are standing in line, and tap your phone at the gate.
• The park runs cashless. Reverse ATMs will turn your bills into a prepaid Visa debit card, but bring a card if you can; it is simpler than routing through a machine.
• Strollers are allowed as long as they collapse and store under your seat.

John Wayne Airport (SNA) has no train station, and the one bus the airport lists runs between the airport and Huntington Beach, so get a rental car or a rideshare at the airport. If you are bringing luggage, keep it in your rental car or at your hotel, because Angel Stadium staff cannot store or watch a bag for you.

Shade for day games

For an afternoon game, bring a hat and sunscreen and pick a seat with a roof over it. You can find more about which seats are covered in our Where to Sit section.

What to see

• The Big A, the 230-foot, halo-topped A-frame sign in the parking lot, which gives the park its nickname. It lights up after every Angels win, home or away.
• The Outfield Extravaganza, the rockwork in left-center field with its geysers and waterfall. It answers the first pitch with fireworks, and again whenever the Angels homer or win.
• The Rally Monkey, cued up on the video board during a late Angels rally since 2000.
• The retired numbers. Six numbers are retired at Angel Stadium, including Nolan Ryan’s 30, Rod Carew’s 29, and Gene Autry’s 26. You can find the full list in our History section.

Gates and where to enter

The Angels name six gates. Gate 1 (Section 107) and Gate 2 (Section 114) are on the third base side, the Home Plate Gate is the main entrance, Gate 3 (Section 122) and Gate 4 (Section 129) are on the first base side, and Gate 6 (Section 236) is in right field. Any of the six will get you in, so head for the one closest to where you parked or got dropped off.

Smoking, first aid, and lost and found

• Smoking is limited to dedicated areas in the Gate 1, Gate 2, Gate 3, and Gate 4 courtyards; the rest of the park is smoke-free.
• First aid is on the Field Level near Section 130.
• Lost and found goes through Guest Relations near Section 135, and nursing suites are at Section 101 and in the Guest Relations office near Section 133.

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