A 14 x 14 x 6 inch bag clears the door at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle as ordinary luggage. The same bag gets into Delta Center in Salt Lake City only as a diaper or medical bag, and Golden 1 Center in Sacramento prohibits anything larger than 8 x 6 x 1 inches.
Thirteen of the twenty-seven Western venues Lot Opens reads from source publish the same 12 x 6 x 12 inch clear bag box, read September 2026. The Kia Forum in Inglewood is the only arena among those thirteen venues, which also include Allegiant Stadium, SoFi Stadium and Dodger Stadium. Every other arena page read here settles a bag with a different test.
Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix, formerly Footprint Center, joins the 14 x 14 x 6 inch group for purses, medical bags and diaper bags, with additional screening, and refuses standard backpacks, according to its policies and rules page, read September 2026.
The Kia Forum uses the stadium clear box, and the other arena pages read measure something else
Only the Kia Forum, among Western arena bag pages read in September 2026, uses the 12 x 6 x 12 inch clear box. SAP Center allows the most at 20 x 14 x 11 inches, Climate Pledge Arena allows 14 x 14 x 6, and Honda Center allows 4 x 6 x 1.5 on Ducks nights.
A clear bag earns extra room at the Kia Forum and at no other arena whose page was read. In Anaheim both Honda Center limits include clear bags, SAP Center X-rays a bag regardless if it is clear or not, and Crypto.com Arena names clear bags among the bags it refuses, read September 2026.
| Arena and city | Ordinary bag limit, read September 2026 | Does a clear bag help | Diaper or medical allowance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kia Forum, Inglewood | Clear bag up to 12 x 6 x 12 inches, plus a clutch or wristlet of 9 x 6 inches | Yes for the large bag, and the clutch need not be clear | Allowed with the person who uses the bag, no dimension given |
| Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle | One bag up to 14 x 14 x 6 inches, and a small clutch, purse or wallet up to 4 x 6 x 1.5 inches | No, the bag may be clear or other | Excepted from the limit, still screened |
| Chase Center, San Francisco | 14 x 6 x 14 inches | No, transparency not required | Inside the same 14 x 6 x 14 inch limit |
| SAP Center, San Jose | 20 x 14 x 11 inches maximum, 5 x 9 x 2 inches recommended | No, X-rayed clear or not above 5 x 9 x 2 inches | No size limit, X-rayed; diaper bags with the child present |
| Moda Center, Portland | 10 x 6 x 2 inches at basketball, 14 x 14 x 6 inches at other events | No, no clear bag requirement | Up to 14 x 14 x 6 inches, X-rayed at designated locations |
| Intuit Dome, Inglewood | Personal clutch up to 10 x 6 x 2 inches | No, clear or not | Up to 14 x 14 x 6 inches, X-rayed |
| Delta Center, Salt Lake City | Bags refused, clutch up to 4 x 6 x 2 inches | n/a, no clear bag exception | Up to 14 x 14 x 6 inches, X-rayed at the entrance |
| Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles | Bags refused, clutch or wallet under 5 x 9 x 1 inches | No, clear bags refused by name | Under 14 x 14 x 6 inches, compulsory X-ray |
| T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas | No bags except a personal bag up to 9 x 5 x 2 inches | No, transparency not required | Baby bags allowed, with plastic bottles and formula |
| Golden 1 Center, Sacramento | Nothing larger than 8 x 6 x 1 inches, backpacks refused at any size | No, no transparency requirement | Baby food and formula permitted |
| Honda Center, Anaheim | 4 x 6 x 1.5 inches at Ducks games, 5 x 9 x 2 inches at other events | No, both limits include clear bags | Up to 12 x 12 x 12 inches, additional screening |
| Sphere, Las Vegas | No bag facility, clutch, purse or fanny pack of approximately 6 x 6 x 2 inches | n/a, no clear bag category in a no bag rule | Diaper and medical bags permitted, visual or X-ray inspection |
| Mortgage Matchup Center, Phoenix | Purses, medical bags and diaper bags up to 14 x 14 x 6 inches; small clutches and crossbody bags with no published size; standard backpacks refused | No, no clear bag requirement | Inside the same 14 x 14 x 6 inch limit, with additional screening |
Thirteen Western venues publish the 12 x 6 x 12 clear box, and the Kia Forum is the lone arena on the list
The 12 x 6 x 12 inch clear bag box appears on the pages of Allegiant Stadium, SoFi Stadium, Levi’s Stadium, Dodger Stadium, Petco Park, Chase Field, T-Mobile Park, Lumen Field, State Farm Stadium, Snapdragon Stadium, BMO Stadium, the Rose Bowl and the Kia Forum, read September 2026. Every name on that list except the Kia Forum is a stadium or a ballpark.
Inglewood’s concert arena admits a clear bag no larger than 12 x 6 x 12 inches and a clutch or wristlet of 9 x 6 inches that need not be clear, according to the Kia Forum, read September 2026, as the Kia Forum clear bag and clutch rule sets out.
Measured against each published limit, that 12 x 6 x 12 inch bag fits the rules at Climate Pledge Arena, Chase Center, SAP Center and Moda Center outside basketball, and fails at Intuit Dome, T-Mobile Arena, Golden 1 Center, Sphere, Honda Center, Crypto.com Arena and Delta Center (Lot Opens calculation, September 2026). The stadium box travels badly once it leaves the stadiums.
Climate Pledge Arena, Chase Center and SAP Center measure one large bag and never ask what it is made of
Climate Pledge Arena admits one bag, clear or other, no larger than 14 x 14 x 6 inches, and names a small clutch, purse or wallet no larger than 4 x 6 x 1.5 inches, according to Climate Pledge Arena, read September 2026. Exit and re-entry is not permitted, and no bag check or locker appears on the pages read, as how Climate Pledge Arena words its one bag rule shows.
San Francisco turns the same box on its side. Chase Center caps a bag at 14 x 6 x 14 inches, diaper and medical bags included, with no transparency required, read September 2026. A bag under 10 x 6 x 2 inches enters at any entrance and anything larger goes through X-ray in designated lanes. Bags of any size, suitcases included, can be checked for a $10 donation beside the East Entrance, covered in Chase Center’s screening threshold and donation bag check.
SAP Center at San Jose publishes the widest door in the group, 20 x 14 x 11 inches, and recommends 5 x 9 x 2 inches for a faster entry, according to SAP Center, read September 2026. Anything larger goes through X-ray and a longer line, clear or not, and San Jose no longer offers a bag check option or onsite storage lockers, which the two SAP Center bag sizes follows to the door.
For a visitor who cannot afford a refusal, the $10 bag check at Chase Center outweighs the extra inches in San Jose. The largest door here has nothing behind it.
The 14 x 14 x 6 inch box is everyday luggage in Seattle, a concert limit in Portland and an exception in Inglewood
The same 14 x 14 x 6 inch box appears at Climate Pledge Arena, Chase Center, Moda Center, Mortgage Matchup Center, Crypto.com Arena, Intuit Dome and Delta Center, read September 2026. It is the general limit in Seattle, San Francisco and Phoenix, the non-basketball limit in Portland, and only the ceiling of a medical, infant or parental exception at Crypto.com Arena, Intuit Dome and Delta Center.
Phoenix adds a trap of its own. Mortgage Matchup Center gives no size for small clutches and crossbody bags and writes 4 x 6 inches only as the threshold for its Evolv express entry lanes, according to its policies and rules page, read September 2026, so a larger clutch still enters through a standard lane.
Portland splits its rule by sport. Moda Center sets 10 x 6 x 2 inches for NBA and WNBA basketball and 14 x 14 x 6 inches for everything else, according to Moda Center, read September 2026, and caps medical and childcare bags at 14 x 14 x 6 inches with X-ray at designated locations. A bag check will be available with no price published, as the Moda Center rule that follows the sport explains.
Inglewood keeps the large figure for need alone. Intuit Dome admits personal clutches, clear or not, up to 10 x 6 x 2 inches, the Portland basketball numbers exactly, and reserves 14 x 14 x 6 inches for medical and infant needs, read September 2026. Any bag within the limits is X-rayed and no bag check or locker appears on its pages, detailed in Intuit Dome, its X-ray rule and app entry.
The box is identical, and its permission is not.
Delta Center, Crypto.com Arena and T-Mobile Arena open with a refusal and then name what gets through
Delta Center writes that bags, including purses, will not be allowed, then admits diaper and medical bags no larger than 14 x 14 x 6 inches, X-rayed at the entrance, and clutches no larger than 4 x 6 x 2 inches, according to Delta Center, read September 2026. That clutch appears on no other venue page Lot Opens reads, as the Delta Center refusal and its three exceptions sets out.
Los Angeles writes its refusal as a list. Crypto.com Arena says bags, backpacks, purses, totes, clear bags, fanny packs and camera bags are not allowed, and lets through a clutch or wallet under 5 x 9 x 1 inches, read September 2026. Binbox lockers beside the Kobe Bryant Entrance start at $15 per checked bag, non-refundable and cashless, quoted in full in the Crypto.com Arena list of refused bags.
Las Vegas uses the same structure at a smaller size. T-Mobile Arena admits no bags except a personal bag of up to 9 x 5 x 2 inches, which does not have to be clear, according to T-Mobile Arena, read September 2026. Its Binbox Lockers on Toshiba Plaza start at $20 per bag, open with the doors and close 45 minutes after the event, and re-entry is refused at every event, which the T-Mobile Arena personal bag cap sets beside its Strip neighbors.
Binbox runs both lockers at two starting prices, so neither $15 nor $20 says what a locker costs on a given night. A refusal first means the tape measure comes second.
Golden 1 Center and Sphere cap the bag in inches and offer no place to leave a larger one
Golden 1 Center prohibits bags larger than 8 x 6 x 1 inches and backpacks at any size, asks for no transparency, and warns that these items must be stored elsewhere or they will either be confiscated or thrown away depending on what type of item, read September 2026. The Golden 1 Center prohibited items list also covers signs and cow bells.
Sphere describes itself as a no bag facility, meaning large bags and backpacks are not permitted, and admits diaper bags, medical bags and a clutch, purse or fanny pack of approximately 6 x 6 x 2 inches, according to Sphere, read September 2026. It provides no area to check bags, coats or other personal belongings, and all exits are final, as the Sphere no bag rule and its exits traces.
One inch is the shallowest published depth on an arena bag limit read here, a tie between the Golden 1 Center bag and the Crypto.com Arena clutch, read September 2026. Sacramento allows that depth as the whole bag, while Los Angeles allows nothing larger without a medical or parental reason. Neither Golden 1 Center nor Sphere keeps a counter for what it refuses.
Honda Center changes its bag limit when the Anaheim Ducks play, and clear bags change nothing
On an Anaheim Ducks night all bags and purses are held to 4 x 6 x 1.5 inches in compliance with the NHL’s bag policy, and at every other event the limit is 5 x 9 x 2 inches, according to Honda Center, read September 2026. Both limits include clear bags, and the arena does not offer a bag check.
Diaper bags and medical supplies get a separate ceiling of 12 x 12 x 12 inches with additional screening. That cube holds 1,728 cubic inches against 1,176 for a 14 x 14 x 6 inch bag, more volume than the exception at Crypto.com Arena, Intuit Dome, Delta Center or Moda Center (Lot Opens calculation, September 2026), and Honda Center’s hockey and concert bag limits separates the two nights.
The Anaheim hockey figure reappears in Seattle only as the small clutch, purse or wallet at Climate Pledge Arena, where the Kraken play. A bag packed for a Honda Center concert fails the same door on a hockey night.
Which Western arena door wins for a large bag, a parent, a quick entry and a single clutch
- For the largest everyday bag, SAP Center wins at 20 x 14 x 11 inches, per SAP Center, read September 2026, with an X-ray line above 5 x 9 x 2 inches and no bag check.
- For a parent, San Jose wins again with no size limit on a diaper bag that comes with the child, and among published ceilings the 12 x 12 x 12 inches at Honda Center holds the most (Lot Opens calculation, September 2026).
- For the quickest pass through security, Chase Center wins because a bag under 10 x 6 x 2 inches enters at any entrance, while Intuit Dome X-rays every bag.
- For a visitor who might be refused, Chase Center wins with a $10 donation bag check that opens 60 minutes before doors and closes 60 minutes after the event ends.
- For one clutch carried to every arena read here, a flat clutch under 6 x 4 x 1 inches clears each published ceiling (Lot Opens calculation, September 2026), with Sphere writing approximately and Phoenix admitting small clutches without a published size.
No arena wins all five cases, and SAP Center and Chase Center take two each.
How long a refused bag has to be fixed before the doors open at Western arenas
The repair window for a wrong bag is the gap between arrival and the door time. Chase Center opens 90 minutes before Warriors and Valkyries games and typically 60 minutes before other events, Climate Pledge Arena 90 minutes before a Kraken puck drop, and Moda Center 75 minutes before a regular-season Trail Blazers tip-off, read September 2026. Delta Center opens 90 minutes before Jazz and Mammoth games, T-Mobile Arena generally 60 minutes before a concert and Golden 1 Center 1.5 hours before a Kings tip-off and 1 hour before most other events, while Sphere and the Kia Forum print no door time on the pages read.
A car gives a second clock, and a train gives none. The Kia Forum lot opens 3 hours before most events, and 30 minutes after the start anyone still in it goes into the event or leaves, while Intuit Dome garages open approximately 4 hours before showtime, read September 2026. TRAX riders at Delta Center have no car for a refused bag, and TRAX stops running at 12:00 AM, according to Delta Center. Caltrain riders at SAP Center face the last two weekday trains from San Jose Diridon at 10:30 p.m. and 11:12 p.m., which do not hold for a long show.
Arriving at the door time leaves no minutes for a wrong bag.
Published arena details that change what a Western concert bag can hold
- Straps are not part of the 9 x 5 x 2 inch measurement at T-Mobile Arena, read September 2026.
- Bike helmets do not go into Chase Center and are stored free at the Bike Valet, which Chase Center pages list as opening 1 hour before the event on two pages and 2 hours before on a third.
- The $10 Chase Center bag check donation is credited to both Golden State Community Foundation and Warriors Community Foundation in the same arena document, read September 2026.
- Honda Center screens with Evolv Express walk-through technology, so a phone, keys and a wallet can stay in a pocket unless staff say otherwise.
- Intuit Dome entry requires its app, with a GameFace ID or an Identity Pass, so a charged phone is part of what gets through the door, read September 2026.
Where a Western arena bag plan fails between the car and the scanner
- Carrying the stadium clear bag to Intuit Dome. A 12 x 6 x 12 inch bag is larger than the 10 x 6 x 2 inch clutch Intuit Dome admits.
- Reading 14 x 14 x 6 inches as the limit at Crypto.com Arena, Intuit Dome or Delta Center. There it is a medical, infant or parental exception.
- Planning to step outside and return. Sphere says all exits are final, and T-Mobile Arena, Climate Pledge Arena, Chase Center and the Rose Quarter all refuse re-entry.
- Treating a Binbox price as the charge. The $15 at Crypto.com Arena and the $20 at T-Mobile Arena are starting prices.
- Reading the Crypto.com Arena ban on in-and-out privileges as a rule about people. It is written about cars in its garages, not about ticket holders.
- Reading 4 x 6 inches as the Phoenix clutch limit. At Mortgage Matchup Center it is the threshold for the Evolv express entry lanes, and small clutches carry no published size.
Which arena pages carried each bag rule compared here
Each rule comes from the arena’s own pages, read September 2026: the Kia Forum venue policies and stadium parking pages, the Climate Pledge Arena arena guide and FAQ, the Chase Center bag policy and visitor documents, the SAP Center bag policy and public transportation pages, the Rose Quarter venue guide for Moda Center, and the Intuit Dome know before you go page, A to Z guide, FAQ and parking information page.
The rest come from the Delta Center arena policies FAQ and parking page, the Crypto.com Arena A to Z guide and getting here page, the T-Mobile Arena A to Z guide and bag check policy, the Golden 1 Center prohibited items page, the Honda Center know before you go page and a parking page dated January 5, 2025, and the Sphere FAQs page. The Mortgage Matchup Center limits come from its policies and rules page. The volume figures and the single clutch size are Lot Opens calculations.
The figures in this guide were verified in September 2026 against the sources named in each section. Arena bag limits change by league, event and promoter, and locker prices are starting prices that can move without notice; check the issuer’s page before you travel.
Questions about taking one bag to several Western arenas
Six answers from the arena pages named in each section, read September 2026, each about a bag that has to work at more than one door.
Among the arenas whose bag pages were read in September 2026, only the Kia Forum does. The same box appears at Allegiant Stadium, SoFi Stadium, Dodger Stadium and other stadiums and ballparks, while Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix sets 14 x 14 x 6 inches with no clear bag rule.
Only at the Kia Forum, where a clear bag of up to 12 x 6 x 12 inches is allowed. Elsewhere it buys nothing: Honda Center applies both limits including clear bags, SAP Center X-rays bags regardless if they are clear, and Crypto.com Arena refuses clear bags by name, read September 2026.
The largest limit read in September 2026 is at SAP Center in San Jose, 20 x 14 x 11 inches, with 5 x 9 x 2 inches recommended for a faster entry. Anything above the recommended size is X-rayed, and the arena no longer offers a bag check or onsite storage lockers.
No. It is the general limit at Climate Pledge Arena and Chase Center, the non-basketball limit at Moda Center, and only a medical, infant or parental exception at Crypto.com Arena, Intuit Dome and Delta Center, read September 2026. As an ordinary bag it also exceeds the limits at the Kia Forum, T-Mobile Arena, Golden 1 Center, Sphere and Honda Center.
Chase Center checks bags of any size for a $10 donation, Binbox lockers at Crypto.com Arena start at $15 per bag, Binbox Lockers at T-Mobile Arena start at $20, and Moda Center says a bag check will be available with no price given. No bag check is offered at Honda Center, SAP Center or Sphere, read September 2026.
A flat clutch under 6 x 4 x 1 inches fits every published arena ceiling read in September 2026, from the 4 x 6 x 1.5 inch Ducks limit at Honda Center to the one inch depth at Crypto.com Arena and Golden 1 Center (Lot Opens calculation). Phoenix admits small clutches without publishing a size.
The stadium clear bag fails more Western arena doors than it opens
A clear bag is bought to satisfy a security rule, and among arenas it is refused more often than it is admitted: it fits the published limits at the Kia Forum, Climate Pledge Arena, Chase Center, SAP Center and Moda Center outside basketball, and nowhere else read in September 2026. The bag that passes every arena door read here is a flat clutch under 6 x 4 x 1 inches, which no arena on the list asks to be clear.
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Transparency buys room at one arena door, and a flat clutch buys entry at every door read here.