Sports
Staples Center
Home to five of LA's pro sports franchises; Lakers NBA, Kings NHL, Clippers NBA, Avengers AFL, and Sparks WNBA, plus many concerts, shows and conventions.
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Home to the university of southern california trojans ncaa football team, members of the pacific twelve conference. site was host to the olympics in 1932 and 1984, the home to la's former nfl franchises the los angeles rams and raiders from 1946-1979 and 1982-1994 respectively, and the home of ucla football until 1982, when they moved to the rose bowl.
Dodger Stadium
Home to the los angeles dodgers, major league baseball franchise of the national league.
Tours
Downtown Art Walk
A free monthly self guided tour--and free walking tours, reservations required--held on the second Thursday of every month, to art galleries and museums in Downtown L.A.
Various groups offer free or cheap walking tours of Downtown LA.
L.A. Conservancy Walking Tours
See the grand Vaudeville/Movie theaters of the 20s and the impressive Art Deco office buildings in several easy to handle walking tours. Strongly recommended for those wanting to grasp a feel of LA's history. Reservations are strongly recommended.
Las Angelitas del Pueblo
This is a group of volunteer docents who give free tours of El Pueblo de Los Angeles to the public.
Raymond Chandler's Los Angeles: In A Lonely Place bus tour
An occasional bus tour of sites downtown and in Hollywood from the films, books and lives of Raymond Chandler and his anti-hero Philip Marlowe.
The Real Black Dahlia bus tour
A true crime and social history tour that intimately explores the last weeks of Elizabeth Short's life, asking not "who killed her?" but "who was she?"
John Fante's Dreams of Bunker Hill bus and walking tour
An occasional bus and walking tour of sites downtown and in Hollywood from the life and work of novelist John Fante and his great fan Charles Bukowski, plus crime scenes from forgotten horrors of old Bunker Hill, Sonora Town and beyond.
Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway
Drive the Parkway, a National Scenic Byway that runs for 9.4 miles 15.1 km between Downtown Los Angeles and Pasadena. The Parkway passes from the skyscrapers of Downtown, through Chinatown into the Arts-and-Crafts style neighborhoods of South Pasadena and ends in Pasadena at Colorado Blvd., home to the famous Rose Parade.