Pasadena Convention Center car service

Visit Pasadena lists 97,000 square feet of exhibit space, a 25,000-square-foot ballroom and a 22,000-square-foot plaza at the convention center, plus the historic 17,000-square-foot Civic Exhibition Hall. The campus also includes the 3,000-seat Pasadena Civic Auditorium, the original 1932 building that the center was built around in the 1970s. Hotel Dena is on the same block and shares the underground garage.

The center sits near City Hall and the Central Library, about 10 miles from Downtown Los Angeles. Conferences, graduations, concerts and community events all use the same address, so check whether your event is in the exhibit halls, the ballroom or the auditorium before you set the drop-off. Old Pasadena, a 22-block historic district with more than 200 businesses, is a short drive west for dinner after a session.

The on-site garage entrances are on Euclid Avenue and Marengo Avenue, both between Green Street and Cordova Street, and the center gives 175 South Euclid Avenue as the GPS address. The garage has about 600 spaces, with about 2,500 more within a block, and a height restriction of 6 feet 6 inches. Larger vans and some SUVs will not clear that limit, so plan on a curbside drop-off rather than the garage for those vehicles.

The center does not list a dedicated rideshare or car service zone. Your chauffeur will use a legal curb close to your entrance on Green Street or the side streets and confirm the exact spot through the live tracking link. Overflow garages include Los Robles Garage at 400 East Green Street and the Paseo garages, which helps if you are meeting colleagues who drove.

Hollywood Burbank Airport is the closer airport, about 17 miles away and typically 25 to 55 minutes depending on traffic. LAX is about 28 miles away, typically 45 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes depending on traffic, and Ontario International Airport is about 39 miles east. For any flight, the chauffeur monitors the flight and arrives based on the actual landing time.

Our LAX to Pasadena route covers the longest of those drives step by step, and our Pasadena car service page covers hotels and neighborhoods across the city. If you are flying out after the event, set the return pickup with enough time for Interstate 210 and Interstate 5 traffic in the late afternoon.

Shows at the Civic Auditorium end at a set time, which makes a booked return pickup easier to time than at a stadium. Agree on the meeting point with your chauffeur before you go in, because Green Street fills with cars and walkers when an auditorium crowd leaves. If you plan dinner before the show and drinks after, hourly service keeps one car with you, starting from 3 hours online.

Time beyond the hours booked is billed at the hourly rate of the vehicle booked, so leave a little room in the reservation for a long encore or a late dinner. A one-way event pickup includes 15 minutes of complimentary waiting from the scheduled time.

The convention center is a short walk south of Colorado Boulevard, the main stretch of the Rose Parade route. The Tournament of Roses says road closures start at 10:00 p.m. on December 31 and last through 2:00 p.m. on January 1, covering Colorado Boulevard from Orange Grove Boulevard to Sierra Madre Boulevard. Events at the center around New Year's Day need extra time, so see our Rose Parade and Rose Bowl Game page before you book that week. Hotels near the route fill early for New Year's, so book airport transfers for that week as soon as your plans are set.

A Comfort Sedan or Executive Sedan carries up to 3 passengers and 3 bags, which suits most conference travelers. A Luxury SUV carries up to 7 passengers and 6 bags, and the Escalade Elite up to 6 passengers and 5 bags. For a larger team, the Mercedes Sprinter Van carries up to 16 passengers and 18 bags and will drop off at the curb. Capacities are maximums, and an equivalent vehicle may be substituted for the class shown.