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A USC Saturday in Los Angeles is a lawn picnic and a walk into the Coliseum, not a classic parking-lot tailgate. Campus picnic spots need a permit, and the approach is Exposition Park.

Must see / do

Around campus

• Campus picnic lawns need a permit. This is a lawn tailgate, not a parking-lot setup, and you hand-carry gear from the structures. Setup starts 6 hours before kick, and you tear down by kick.
• Tommy Trojan and Hahn Plaza are the campus photo and alumni stops. Exposition Park puts the museums next to the Coliseum, and the entry notes call Figueroa.

Before the game

• The Trojan Family Game Day Experience at Alumni Park is the free family stop, and it doesn’t need a private reservation.
• Campus structures at Downey, McCarthy, Jefferson, Figueroa, and Grand are $50, cashless, through Text2Park. The Expo Line and the rest of LA Metro are strongly preferred to driving for a lot of fans.

On the lot

• Don’t fake a parking-lot tailgate. The official model is a picnic-style lawn tailgate on campus, with a permit, plus a separate Coliseum and Exposition Park parking map.
• The 2026 Coliseum parking map PDF is live. Campus parking has its own page for the structures. The permit and the setup clock are in the overview.

Overview

• The model is a picnic-style lawn tailgate, not a lot tailgate, and you need a permit.
• Setup starts 6 hours before kick.
• Tear-down is by kick.
• Campus structures are $50, cashless, through Text2Park.
• Coliseum and Exposition Park parking is a separate 2026 map.
• Say lawn picnic and Coliseum parking, and don’t guess stall-tailgate rules.

The written rules and what an officer calls that Saturday aren’t always the same. Confirm yours the week of the game.

Map

Official policy

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