San Diego → Kia Forum · Inglewood

Kia Forum Transportation from San Diego

The 17,500-seat concert room in Inglewood — and the one Inglewood venue that lets your car drop you at any entrance. EGT runs the San Diego leg door-to-venue-to-door, 100% electric, driver staged for the exit.

Book the Forum run · (858) 522-0264

Direct answer: Elite Green Transportation runs private round trips from San Diego to the Kia Forum (3900 W Manchester Blvd, Inglewood) at published flat baselines: $400 BMW i7 (up to 2), $450 Rivian R1S (up to 4), $500 Escalade IQ-L (up to 5 — $100 a seat). Marquee dates carry a premium confirmed at booking; one-way trips quoted flat by phone. The Forum permits drop-off at all entrances. Bags must be clear and no larger than 12″×6″×12″; a backpack does not qualify and no bag check is published. Call (858) 522-0264.

TL;DR

$400 i7 (up to 2) / $450 R1S (up to 4) / $500 IQ-L (up to 5) round trip from San Diego, driver waits through the show. Marquee dates carry a premium, confirmed at booking. Drop-off at any entrance — easiest arrival in Inglewood. Clear bag ≤ 12″×6″×12″, clutch ≤ 9″×6″ may be non-clear, backpacks don't qualify, no published bag check, mobile tickets only, cashless venue. (858) 522-0264

The Forum is the easy arrival — and the hard entry

Arriving at the Kia Forum is the most forgiving experience of Inglewood's four venues. Where SoFi Stadium routes every vehicle to Kareem Court and Intuit Dome permits drop-off at exactly one garage level, the Forum permits drop-off at all entrances. Your driver puts you where your section is, not where the traffic plan says.

The friction is at the door instead. The Forum runs a strict clear-bag policy, publishes an exclusive welcome list that a backpack does not meet, and — the detail that ruins nights — advertises no on-site bag check. A bag that fails inspection has nowhere to go but back to a car. If you drove yourself and parked in a general lot, that's a fifteen-minute round trip through a crowd. If you rode with EGT, your driver is in the area and it's a phone call.

Two more gate-stoppers. Tickets are mobile-only — screenshots and printouts are refused, so make sure the ticket is live in the app before you leave San Diego, not sitting in an email. And the venue is fully cashless; every purchase inside is card or mobile, with cash-to-card kiosks as the fallback.

Verified venue facts

Address3900 W Manchester Blvd, Inglewood, CA 90305
Capacity~17,500
Drop-offPermitted at all entrances. Ride pickup zone off Prairie Ave, about a block south of the main entrance.
Driving approach405 → Manchester Blvd eastbound, or 105 → Prairie Ave northbound
BagsClear, ≤ 12″ × 6″ × 12″. Non-clear clutch/wristlet ≤ 9″ × 6″. Diaper & medical bags with the guest using them. Backpacks are not on the permitted list. No bag-check service is published. All bags searched, x-ray screening in use.
TicketsMobile only — screenshots and printouts not accepted
PaymentCashless venue; cash-to-card kiosks inside
ParkingOn-site, prepaid encouraged. General passes reported around $35–$55; preferred from about $90. Opens ~3 hours before doors, closes 1 hour after. No overnight parking.
Also bannedLaptops and tablets, professional cameras, GoPros and recording devices, selfie sticks/tripods, signs over 11″×17″, face paint, balloons, outside food & drink (sealed water ≤ 20 oz OK), spare batteries, chain wallets
Guest Relations310-862-6200

Verified against the Kia Forum's published venue policies, August 2026. Policies vary by show — check your event page. Parking figures are reported ranges, not venue-published rates; confirm at purchase. EGT does not control venue policy.

Round-trip rates from San Diego

VehiclePassengersRound tripPer seat, full
BMW i7Up to 2$400$200
Rivian R1SUp to 4$450$113
Cadillac Escalade IQ-LUp to 5$500$100

Marquee dates carry a premium — confirmed at booking. tolls included; no surge, no fuel surcharge, no per-mile meter.

One-way or non-event trips quoted flat when you call — (858) 522-0264.

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The math, honestly

Self-driving from San Diego is about a 240-mile round trip. Roughly $76 in gas, or about $174 at the IRS's 2026 all-in rate of 72.5¢ a mile once maintenance, tires and depreciation are counted. Add Forum parking — reported around $35–$55 general, from about $90 preferred — and you're at $210–$265 in true cost, plus four to five hours of your own driving, including the leg back down I-5 after a concert ends near 11pm, with somebody in the car staying sober.

The $500 IQ-L round trip is $100 a seat with five aboard, locked before you leave, nobody driving. Against a ride app it isn't a contest: two 115-mile legs, the second one priced in the worst surge window of the night, with an arena emptying into the same app at the same minute.

Book the Kia Forum run

$400 i7 · $450 R1S · $500 IQ-L round trip · driver staged through the show · no surge, ever

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Nearby & related

· San Diego → Inglewood hub — all four venues compared

· SoFi Stadium car service from San Diego

· Intuit Dome from San Diego — one mile away, far stricter bag rule

· YouTube Theater from San Diego

· San Diego → LAX car service — the Forum sits minutes from LAX

· EGT's dated sell-out record

Every Kia Forum date — from San Diego and Orange County

Flat round trip for events from October 1, 2026: $400 BMW i7 · $450 Rivian R1S · $500 Escalade IQ-L from San Diego, $300 / $350 / $400 from Orange County. Each date has its own page with timing, the arrival plan and a booking form.

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Date already sold out? Sold out means that date, not the calendar — and cancellations do happen. Join the cancellation list and we call you first when a vehicle frees up. Every EGT sell-out is logged, dated, on the public sell-out record — that is why booking the next date early is the move. Call or text (858) 522-0264.

Request your round trip

Send your event and pickup and EGT calls or texts back to confirm. No deposit; pay after the ride by card, Zelle, Venmo, cash or a payment link. Prefer to skip the form? Call (858) 522-0264 or text us — an owner answers.