Yes, Staples center is a very cool, nice looking b...

Yes, Staples center is a very cool, nice looking building. But, it's in LA, so the traffic sucks, the parking is awful, everything is overpriced, the entrances are not marked very well as far as which one you should use with your specific ticket, & all the surrounding restaurants have super long waits. Locals may know some secrets to ease the stress, but I really have to want to attend an event bad to visit here. Not only that, but for some reason our event was running late... no one was able to enter until after the scheduled start time, & once we were in, the concessions were open, but we still couldn't go to our seats for some reason! There were basically thousands of people standing around in a tight crowd with their food, with nowhere to go. This home of the once-great Lakers leaves a lot to be desired...