Beverly Hills Takes Metro to Dodger Stadium With Mayor Corman

Beverly Hills residents and city leaders boarded Metro together Sunday morning for a community trip to Dodger Stadium, marking the first outing in Mayor Craig Corman's new "Metro with the Mayor" initiative.

The Aug. 16 event, dubbed Beverly Hills Dodger Day, began at approximately 10:30 a.m. at the Wilshire/La Cienega Station. Participants boarded the D Line and traveled directly to Union Station before transferring to the Dodger Stadium Express for the final leg of the trip.

Mayor Corman was joined by Vice Mayor Mary Wells, City Manager Ryan Gohlich, Beverly Hills Police Chief Max Subin, Beverly Hills Unified School District Board of Education member Russell Stuart, other city leaders and community members.

After arriving at Dodger Stadium, members of the Beverly Hills group were invited onto the field for a pregame experience and photographs before the Los Angeles Dodgers faced the Milwaukee Brewers.

The outing was designed to introduce residents to the expanding Metro system through a familiar community event. The City describes "Metro with the Mayor" as one of Corman's priorities and says future rides will highlight destinations throughout the region while demonstrating how rail can connect Beverly Hills with the greater Los Angeles area.

The trip follows the May opening of the first section of Metro's D Line extension, which added stations at Wilshire/La Brea, Wilshire/Fairfax and Wilshire/La Cienega. The La Cienega station now provides direct rail service to Union Station and connections to the wider Metro network.

At Union Station, the group transferred to the Dodger Stadium Express, Metro's game-day bus service that carries fans from Union Station West directly to the stadium. The service operates for home games and is free to riders.

Additional sections of the D Line remain under construction, including the future Wilshire/Rodeo station in Beverly Hills. When completed, the extension will continue west through Century City and ultimately reach Westwood.

Sunday's outing offered residents an early look at what that growing transit connection could mean in practice: a morning departure from the Beverly Hills area, a direct ride across Los Angeles and an afternoon at the ballpark without driving to Dodger Stadium.