SPORTS
February 5, 2014 | By Eric Sondheimer
OK, Gardena Serra Coach Scott Altenberg probably isn't going to receive an award from the UCLA alumni association. They know he's a UCLA grad. They know his father, Kurt, caught one of most famous game-winning touchdown passes in UCLA history to beat USC, 20-16, in 1965. But they can't understand why another top Serra player, Adoree' Jackson, picked USC over UCLA on Wednesday. “As a fan, I'm disappointed,” Altenberg said, “but my job as a coach is to help them make the best decision for them.” Altenberg told Jackson not to tell him where he was going before his announcement, and for good reason.
SPORTS
February 3, 2014 | By Bill Shaikin
It's baseball season. For the sports fan in Los Angeles, the change of seasons used to be as reliable as nature. After the Super Bowl, we would turn our attention to basketball, to anticipate a championship run from UCLA, then from the Lakers. In June, when Kobe and his friends were done for the season, all eyes would turn to baseball. Not this year. The Lakers already are done for this season - though, even in their abysmal state, they are still more compelling than the Clippers.
SPORTS
February 1, 2014 | By Bill Shaikin
When the Dodgers announced late Friday that they had put an "extremely limited" number of season tickets on sale, they did not say they had imposed significant price increases on nearly every one of those tickets. The Dodgers now are charging as much as 140% more than the season price set last fall. They increased the price in each of the 20 ticket categories made available Friday, and by at least 50% in 10 of them. David Siegel, the Dodgers' vice president of ticket sales, said the new prices reflected what he called "unprecedented" demand for tickets.
SPORTS
January 31, 2014 | By Bill Shaikin
Two days after announcing they had suspended sales of season tickets, the Dodgers said late Friday that they would put what they called "an extremely limited" number of additional season seats on sale Saturday. If all those seats are sold, the Dodgers would surpass their record of more than 31,000 season tickets, set last year. If the supply of newly available seats is exhausted, the Dodgers plan to establish a waiting list, said David Siegel, the team's vice president of ticket sales.
SPORTS
January 30, 2014 | By Bill Shaikin
If you watch Clayton Kershaw pitch a no-hitter at Dodger Stadium this year, you can pretty much forget about saving your game ticket. The Dodgers are just about doing away with paper tickets this season. No longer will season-seat holders get a shipment of tickets. Instead, those fans will display bar codes to enter Dodger Stadium, either by printing them at home or scanning them directly from a smartphone. “This is a real fan enhancement,” said Lon Rosen, the Dodgers' executive vice president and chief marketing officer.
SPORTS
January 29, 2014 | By Bill Shaikin
With renewals from virtually all of their ticket holders, the Dodgers have suspended sales of new season seats. Tickets for individual games go on sale Friday on the team website and Saturday at Dodger Stadium, with prices ranging from $10 to $150. The Dodgers divide individual games into four categories -- based on projected popularity - and price them accordingly. For example, a seat on the reserved level could cost $45 on a bobblehead night, $35 for an April fireworks night, and $25 for a midweek day game.