L.A. Flea Market at Dodger Stadium

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It was a beautiful but a very hot Sunday (104ºF) to go pay my first visit to the L.A. Flea Market on 9÷26÷2010. Some of the vendors I’ve seen at the Rose Bowl Flea Market but there are no where near as many vendors as the Bowl.
There was a Model-​T car club showing off their cars and I really like the food trucks in the food court. This is one thing the Rose Bowl does not have. After checking out the trucks I decided on Uncle Lau’s Island BBQ. I bought a Korean Kalbi slider with kimchi. It was excellent and for $ 4 it made a nice snack.
They have a stage with live music. The band that was playing was OK but did not hold my interest.
I also like that they had a booth with marked down Dodger shirts, etc. for sale.
It’s a nice market to buy stuff and eat some good food but next time I hope its not as hot. I’m sure as time goes on they will get more vendors.

Love flea markets! Get your 2-​for-​$ 10 entry coupons from your local paper for rows and rows of stands of antiques, random finds, wholesale goods like clothes, shoes, furniture — I bought a couple dresses (two for $ 20!!), a cute reusable bag and a gag gift for a friend. But the best was the street food trucks that were serving a variety of foods towards the back! We had pizza, korean snacks and slow-​cooked pork sandwiches along with Del’s lemon frozen drinks (a la Cranston, RI which brought back childhood memories for my bf). We enjoyed this flea market immensely all around!

I really just don’t understand some of the complaints other Unilocalers have made about this swap meet. First off it’s hot, ok. LAFM can’t control the weather. It’s LA in July what do you expect? These guys are business people, not god. It’s not their fault the swap happened to be scheduled during the biggest heat wave of the summer. Bring a parasol and/​or a hat, shades, SPF, and some water and stop your kvetching. Too far to walk for water??? *rolling eyes* Bring your own water! Not only is it free but you don’t have to walk the 100 yards to go get it. Are you going to complain about how cold it was during the January swap? Seriously, get over it.
Parking may have been a bitch at the opening bell but I got there around 11 with no problems whatsoever. Just drove right on up and found parking right near the main gate. No line for tickets either.
Whoever couldn’t find the vintage/​antique dealers must have gotten lost at the Dodger Store rather than end up at the swap because there were plenty of vintage and antique dealers. In fact, half the swap consisted of vintage and antique dealers. Sure it’s not a massive megastore selection but considering I was shopping for over three hours I’d say it was worth driving out to Chavez and it definitely beats the hell out of driving down to Long Beach, San Diego, or Melrose.
The prices (for vintage) were a bit at the higher end of the median range but ALL the vendors I bought from were more than happy to haggle and I got some great bargains in the end. If you’ve checked ebay lately you’ll see their prices are not that far off of fair market value and if you’re willing to do some negotiating you can get some great deals; just like Costco buying in bulk helps lower the price too.
No kids activities? Really? First of all there was a massive moon bounce slide and a merry go round smack dab in the middle of the food truck choral and second this is a swap meet not Chuck E Cheese.
Most of the new vendors reminded me of the vendors at the LA Fair: handcrafted clothes for dogs or your kids, punk belts, incense, novelty items for your house car or boat, etc. I have no idea where the Santee Alleyesque vendors were and if they were there they definitely were in the minority.
This is LA so what’s a public event without food trucks? The selection of the trucks was pretty good and you could get just about any food you wanted. Gourmet tacos, Greek wraps, made to order ice cream sandwiches, sweet potato fries, pastrami sandwiches, kettle corn. Anything. I opted for the pizza and Mexican coke and it was good enough that I went back for a second slice. This was one major draw for visiting this swap. I’m curious to see which trucks will be there next time.
Overall I’d say the LAFM is a keeper. I think the people that complained had some incredibly high expectations and I really do hope they stay home next time. More bargains for me.

This was a great flea market. I’ve been to many of the popular flea markets in LA and this is a front runner! A friend and I arrived an hour after general admission opened, so I guess all the problems that previous posters have mentioned about disorganization had been solved.
There was a great variety of junk, crafts, collectables, etc. The prices were great too. I spent more money at this flea market than any of the others I’ve been to. Seems like many of the markets in LA are way overpriced for ‘vintage’ (read junk) items just because this is LA. This market seemed to have fair prices on almost everything. The salvation army must have brought in a dozen trucks and set up dozens of booths of clothes, furniture, etc.
I did not try any of the food trucks. They were confined into a really small crowded area, and I was in a hurry to get back into my air conditioned car and easier to get to a drive-​thru. If the weather is better, and the space larger, I will definately try some next time because they looked tasty!
I highly recommend this one!

Not the best flea market that I’ve been to. But I’m giving them 3 stars for having the good idea to organize it in the first place, and it not being a complete disaster.
Having said that, the selection of the vendors weren’t great, with too much emphasis on new douche-​style clothing vendors. I saw one with a giant selection of ed hardy. Most of the vintage clothing and accessories were way overpriced.
There were no record vendors at all, except for two random junk vendors who had a few crates sitting on the side.
Also the Scientology booth was completely unnecessary, esp. for an event that charges admission.
The gourmet food truck court was nice, if you’re into that kind of thing. I’d much rather have real food trucks there, i.e. taco trucks and frutas vendors. It had no local flavor at all.
Overall, there is a lot of room for improvement. I may go back in a year.

I feel like I have to post here to counter some of the other reviews. After attending the inaugural LAFM there were, I can assure you, plenty of vintage dealers. You just had to pass through the god awful new merchandise to get there. Compared to the Rose Bowl, PCC, and the like there’s no comparison (yet?) in terms of volume. But the vintage dealers were the same sorts as those other places in terms of prices and merch. Just far fewer. Lots of vintage clothing dealers but no vinyl records that I saw. I liked the huge area for the Salvation Army stores.
No kids activities? Unless you count the 50 ft. shark slide, the climbing wall and the mini go-​karts, I guess.
The food truck court was inspired as was having a stage and decent bands playing, but it would be nice, as others said, to include traditional taco trucks in the mix, add a lot more seating and shade and move it far from the belching trucks.
Over all, a promising start. Parking was easy, much closer than Pasadena, $ 5 entry fee is easy to take. Here’s hoping for more vintage, more tacos, and lower temperatures.

For $ 5, it’s not a bad place to check out. Free parking is helpful.
The highlight of it all is probably the food trucks. Actually, I think that was the only saving grace of the entire event.
Like people said, you can bring your dog (s), but next time I will not be bringing mine. It was far too hot for them to enjoy it and the pavement was scorching. I had to carry them most of the time, and when I let them walk they had to search and run for shaded areas. It was nice that a lot of vendors offered water for the pups though.

This flea market has a lot of kinks it needs to work out. Too bad it debut on a hot summer day. It was extremely disorganized. First the parking, although free, was difficult to maneuver through due to inexperienced employees directing traffic and a poorly designed ingress/​egress system that caused some drivers to drive in areas they were not supposed to.
Second, the food court section was also confusing which consisted of numerous catering trucks piled up on top of each other. It was hard to figure out what selection you had. Some catering trucks were hidden behind other trucks. Additionally, there was a lack of seating and tables to eat on. I will say that the selection of food was pretty good since they were of the gourmet variety.
Third, the actual flea market lacked quality merchandise. A lot of stuff that was being sold was «junk». My wife and I expected to encounter more vintage and unique items, instead of the things you can get from the cable shopping networks and infomercials. The most interesting product was from the guy selling the pricey «moose» leather belt. I’m not sure if that went too well with the anti-​hunters in the crowd.
Fourth, since it was such a hot day with no shade provided, it may have been appropriate to have a couple of booths that sold water or had water available to the patrons. It was very inconvenient to walk all the way back to the food court area to rehydrate.
Fifth, my wife and I are big-​time dog lovers. However, it may have been better to not allow dogs at the flea market, especially during the hot summer. I saw a lot of dogs who normally would enjoy an outing with their owner, looking very hot, uncomfortable and seeking cool ground to walk on. Restricting our four-​legged friends from this venue maybe a good way to protect them from owners who lack the common sense to keep them at home or someone with air conditioning.
Finally, as my wife and I walked from aisle to aisle, we overheard numerous conversations in both English and Spanish that the L.A. Flea Market was poorly organized and many would not return. I hope that the organizers of this event make drastic adjustments to improve the quality of products being sold and create an organized environment that facilitates that positive vendor/​buyer relationship.

Starting your Sunday morning at the flea market could possibly be the new trend out here in Los Angles now. It was such a nice event to attend and for 5 bucks you can enjoy several different types of activities, booths and really cool new food vendors serving food from trucks.
They had a different variety of foods, popcorn, ice cream cookies (YUM), sandwiches, sushi, Thai and Indian food, you name it they had it in these trucks. The fair was really nicely organized with new items in one area, antiques in one area and other vintage items in another. Not your average flea market but its a really nice place to go walk around and enjoy. There was a lot of dogs so if your afraid of dogs beware.
It was really hot which didn’t make the process exciting so we did leave after an hour. There was a VIP area under a tent with mist blowing i think the VIP tickets were about $ 15 each, not worth it if your going to be going in and out of the event but good for press and if you have your own booth at the fair. Hopefully this one went well and there will be more of these interesting fairs coming our way @ the dodgers stadium parking lot. OH for all you jewelry lovers like mwah. there are gorgeous rings, bracelets hair accessories for such great prices and honestly there steals because you can see the exact same ring at Nordstroms around the block. But SHH don’t tell no one about this secret!

I enjoyed this a lot.
I brought my dog. I do not lack common sense Ernest, but I didn’t know a) how scorching hot it was going to be and b) that the flea market was on asphalt, not astroturf. I don’t recommend bringing the poor little dudes again, until the temperatures cool wayyyy down.
A lot of people are complaining about junk, but I looked at it in three sections: 1. the swap meet stuff (junk) 2. the vintage stuff (lots of good old stuff) and 3. the food.
If I were in charge I’d add about ten times more tables and umbrellas near the food, and a few tents that ANYONE can sit in (not just VIPs).

A little bit disorganized, but really who gets anything right the first time?
We were early birds, waited and waited. I found it almost comical how anxious some people got. Honking, frustration all the sighing — starting with people exiting their cars trying to figure out what the heck is going on (GET BACK IN YOUR CAR AND BE PATIENT, NO ONE is moving here); to the poor frustrated security person, trying to tame the masses and the two crazy ladies who hollered at the security woman like they were missing the bargain of the century. We were in the front of the pack, one of the first 20 people to enter, how could they possibly miss something? LOL
Food was plentiful and tasty. The eating area was shady, at least when we go there. Really can’t complain.
I want to believe that next month and the ensuing months it will only get better. All in all we had a great time, purchased a few items. Loved the vintage area. Prices were fair, ask and they’ll give you a better price.
For $ 5, you really can’t beat it for a Sunday afternoon.
And for the dog people, leave your dog at home if you know it’ll be hot, they don’t like shopping anyway. I felt so bad for their little paws walking on the hot asphalt. It’s not like they can communicate, HEY, IT’S“S HOT, wanna carry me, PLEASE? or HEY, why’d you bring me, there are no trees nor grass here? URGH. (. just keep walking, just keep walking…)
Anyway, for those who gave it a bad review, give it another chance in a month or two. Besides, it’ll be cooler too.

They get a star for effort and the food trucks. I’m not a flea market expert but everything new here is just overpriced chinatown gear and all the vintage/​antique stuff seemed way overpriced and in some cases I wonder about its authenticity.
Save your money and check out the Rose Bowl instead.

One star because you can’t rate any lower than that. One additional star for the food truck court.
We arrived late at 7:30am (wanting to be there when it opened at 7) — but turned out to be a good thing. We were waiting, and waiting, and waiting in a huge line to get to the parking. Then a huge line to buy a ticket. Then a strangely huge line again to actually get into the market.
I guess the first day didn’t go so smoothly as most vendors were still setting up as late as 8:30am. Glad we didn’t buy early admission tix online in advance — the organizers waived the extra $ 5 for that at the door. I’d have been very angry to pay $ 10 to get in before 9, considering so much merchandise that wasn’t out until then.
I can appreciate trying to be eco-​friendly, but c’mon guys, there HAS TO BE easier access to water inside the market in the MIDDLE OF L.A. summertime. Yes, I forgot to bring mine, but I would’ve paid that saved $ 5 just to get a drink without hoofing my dehydrated self back to the food trucks. Also, umm, maybe put out some trash cans next time?
Saddened by the lack of anything antique or collectible-​ish. This is more like a swap meet than a flea market. Maybe a good place to bring out-​of-​towners for entertainment value since it’s not as overwhelming as the Pasadena ones.

I just got back from the L.A. Dodger Flea Market. Today was the grand opening day. I was mildly impressed. It was probably the hottest day of the year so that probably had something to do with it. If you are an antique collector or Vintage collector this is the place for you. Lot’s of vintage items. Most are priced very high but looked like there were alot of hard to find items. The Salvation Army had a whole row of booths so it’s like you got the feel of shopping at one of there stores there. All the merchandise was tagged with there own «boutique» prices. For example I saw a pair of used True Religion jeans for $ 85.00. So if you expect to pay next to nothing this is not the place for you. But if you don’t want to pay retail then it might be up your alley. I recommend that you eat right when you get there. The food trucks are located right at the entrance only. They had a great selection of food. I tried the asian taco’s from Komodo and they were absolutely amazing. I also saw Border Grill, and a Canters Deli truck that actually shut down because they ran out of food. Also several other trucks with various items. I saw a couple people walking around with fries that looks delicious. I do also recommend that you bring your own drink. You will need it while walking around since it is virtually impossible to find a bevarage anywhere except the entrance. I did see people offering water to dogs which was nice. However I don’t think that was a smart move for anyone to bring there dog there since the asphalt would not feel very good on there paws. Also wear sunscreen there is no shade and the sun will cook you alive.
Parking was not too bad. Easy in and out.

This was the worst flea market I have ever been to. The parking was fine and yes, there were good food trucks. The vendors on the other hand were awful. There were no antiques or collectibles of any sort. Everything was crapity crap from god knows where. $ 2 jewelry made in china and weird gimmicky products that no one wants. Cheap clothes — Santee alley style. Knockoffs. Any crafts that were for sale were very odd and cheap looking. If you want antiques, furniture, furnishings or anything of quality, this is not the place to be. It seems as if they let in anyone that sold anything and didn’t curate it at all. Really just overall bad.

Things overheard at L.A. Flea Market…
market attendant: «…need a hand stamp? will you be returning today?»
patron: «I will NOT be returning. EVAR again!»
grumpy patron holding his wife’s poodle: «what is this? This is just a bunch of people trying to sell you things they found at the 99 cent store for a 10 time markup!»
hipster: «so, is this vintage?»
Vendor: «it’s ‘vintage-​feel’…»
Me: «wow. that vintage giant ice cream cone from Japan is really cool. how much is it?»
Vendor: «$ 175.00»
There were maybe three or four great vendors selling actual antique/​vintage items, there was a lot of crap, and a couple fun succulent vendors. Mostly a lot of crap.
One bright side was the free parking and many food trucks including Ludo Bites, Cool Haus, Crêpe ‘n around, and Border Grill. With the exception of Cool Haus, they had little to no lines. That was worth the $ 5 price of admission.
There were also live bands playing, but nothing worth stopping to listen to.

5 bucks get you a boatload of food trucks and an even more astonishing number of vintage, antique and handmade items for sale.
Huge square footage.
Lots of vendors (accessories, furniture, clothes, school stuff and lots of odds and ends).
Hot as heck (bring an umbrella and water bottle). But honestly, not many flea markets are indoors.
Parking is free!
You can bring your dog.
I had fun. =)
P. S. Buy your ticket online, it beats waiting in line.
P.P.S — vintage items aren’t typically that cheap, so don’t go in expecting yard sale prices. Most of the vendors are vintage store owners and have their prices already set.

Definitely not your average flea market, think flea market plus arts plus mini food fest and mini crafts fest. That’s what you’ll get here, and blistering hot weather if you’re lucky to be walking around the hot pavement here.
For 5 dollars entrance fee, and free parking, good place for a few hours of searching round or eating. There’s VIP and early bird admission too, 10 or 25 I think… but I think that’s a bit crazy. Only in LA would you have that kind of upgraded admission.
There’s about 16 food trucks chilling out to the left of the entrance! Awesomeeeeee… haha I actually really wanted to come here because I had heard that the Ludo Bites Food Truck would be here! And there it was, chilling in the back corner and without a line. If you come to this flea market and that truck is here, you have to get food from it cause it was goooddd. Anyhow that’s a seperate review. Other trucks I saw: Dosa truck, Frysmith, Crêpe’n Around, Border Grill, Cool Haus, Slice truck, The Munchie Machine, etc etc etc. Pitiful small amount of seating though. I noticed a cool zone with plenty more seating, but only for VIP’s and Press… meh how lame. It was only half full.
The rest of the flea market? A mixture of people’s stuff, custom made candles and aromatherapy, clothing, dodgers stuff, art work, etc etc. A lot of mish mash. And there was a Unilocal booth too! Where I finally got to meet Katie B and the fellow Unilocaler (sorry won’t even presume to even try to spell your name!!!) she made volunteer. They looked a bit lonely so stop by if you can!
Tons of places and plenty of space to move around. A salvation army takeover near one end where they used 20 booth spaces or though. They can definitely fit more booths here, pretty spaced out. Eventually took about an hr to and hr and a half to just look round.
The worst part about the flea market is that it’s plopped onto one of the sections of the dodgers parking lot, meaning that if its a nice sunny day… it can be even hotter out there on the pavement.
Lotsa stuff to look at, and can always just stuff your face with food if bored.