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Drake Stadium
4.7 ★★★★★ 164 Google reviews · Stadium track in Los Angeles, California
This 11,700-capacity outdoor stadium is the home of the UCLA Bruins soccer & track & field teams.
Plan your run
- Access Open to the public · free to use
- Outdoor an open-air oval — best in decent weather, free and unlocked at most parks
- Night running lit for evening laps — check the posted closing time, since lights usually follow the park's hours
- Infield a soccer/football field inside the oval — handy if the kids want to play while you run
- Amenities restrooms, parking, bleachers (from runner reviews)
- Website recreation.ucla.edu
Is Drake Stadium open to the public?
Drake Stadium is open to the public and free to use. It welcomes public runners; hours and any access rules are worth a quick check before your first visit.
What's at this track
“The stadium lights are usually on until around 10pm.”
“Seat cushions are recommended for the bleacher seating, but all seats have backs.”
“Restrooms are at the top of the stairs on the west wall for events (for working out, there is a track level restroom south of the stands, that is functional, but not nice).”
“I wish that there was some signage to guide people from the parking lots to the one and only entrance that was open.”
What runners highlight
“It may be hard to sometimes find hours that it is open to the public, but when you get the opportunity, it is great.”
“Great place to hit up early in the morning for a workout while the students are still sleeping.”
“Outstanding event at Ucla had a great time watching the best athletes competing with my sons.”
From the reviews
…The track has a great view of the campus buildings. The blue track has a great feel to it that creates the sensation of a "fast" track.
Truly a best-in-class collegiate stadium with sick stairs and a track even the public can use! If you like to work out, come run with the November Project crew on Wednesday’s 6:30am! It’s free, fun and always a great time.
UCLA has a stadium for v track and field and soccer matches . It is closed for covid-19, but it's open to the public at times.
…If the track team is having an official practice, you can still work out on the stairs, and on the top concourse. It's bad form to interrupt the occasional celebrity or elite athlete during a workout. Try doing "snakes" on the stairs: up, over, down, over, up, over...
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