LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Motorists will encounter traffic lane closures in the heart of the Hollywood tourist district Sunday to accommodate the 97th Academy Awards ceremony at the Dolby Theatre.
The venue is located at 6801 Hollywood Blvd., on the corner of Hollywood and Highland Avenue.
All lanes of Hollywood Boulevard are closed from La Brea Avenue to Cahuenga Boulevard. The street will remain closed between Orange Avenue and Highland until 6 a.m. Wednesday, while the sections from La Brea to Orange and from Highland to Cahuenga will reopen at 4 a.m. Monday.
The sidewalks of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue are also closed, leaving only an 8-foot pedestrian accessway.
Highland is closed from Sunset Boulevard to Franklin Avenue until 4 a.m. Monday.
Johnny Grant Way, which runs on the north side of Ovation Hollywood, will remain blocked until next Saturday.
Other closures are as follows (except for local residents, business access and emergency vehicles):
— The curb lanes of Orange Drive between Hollywood Boulevard and Johnny Grant Way are closed in both directions until Monday.
— Both east and west curb lanes on Orange Drive from Hollywood Boulevard to Johnny Grant Way are closed until 6 p.m. Monday.
— Hawthorn Avenue is closed from La Brea to McCadden Place until 4 a.m. Monday.
— McCadden Place is closed between Yucca Street and Hollywood Boulevard until 4 a.m. Monday.
— Yucca Street is closed between Highland and Wilcox Avenue until 4 a.m. Monday.
— Wilcox Avenue is closed between Sunset and Cahuenga until 4 a.m. Monday.
— Orange Drive is closed from Hollywood Boulevard to Lanewood Avenue until 6 a.m. Monday.
— Orchid Avenue from 60 feet south of Franklin Boulevard to Johnny Grant Way is closed until 6 a.m. Monday.
— The south sidewalk of Franklin in closed from Orchid to Highland until 4 a.m. Monday.
The MTA is re-routing bus traffic, and Red Line trains will bypass the Hollywood and Highland station until the first scheduled train after 6 a.m. Monday.
Full closure information can be found at press.oscars.org/news/hollywood-street-closures-2025-oscarsr-week.
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