I arrived 2 hours before kickoff and it was packed. Like Black Friday at Target packed.
After dropping off my stuff at an equally packed press box (300 credentialed members!), I made a futile attempt to visit friends around the tailgate areas, but the effort was for naught. One of the charms of the StubHub Center is the venue’s open space, but today I might as well have been at a show, which had the effect of making walking around a longer, more taxing experience. A few times I would hear LAFC fans call out my name, only to turn and see too many black-dressed faces to discern what happened.