SMALL ACFT PLT EXPERIENCES TWO TFR INCURSIONS AT DODGER STADIUM; CLAIMING CHARTING ISSUES CONTRIBUTED TO THE DEVIATION.

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I HAD PURCHASED A SKY ARROW JUST THE PREVIOUS WEEK. THE SKY ARROW IS A LOW AND SLOW VFR AIRPLANE OF 80 HP. WE HAD RECEIVED FLT FOLLOWING FROM SMO TO WHP WHERE WE DID SOME PATTERN WORK. I THEN PLANNED A FLT FROM WHITEMAN TO FUL USING THE LAX TERMINAL AREA CHART. THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME I HAD EVER ATTEMPTED TO CROSS THE LA BASIN WITHOUT FLT FOLLOWING; AND DURING THE PLANNING MY TOTAL CONCENTRATION WAS ON AVOIDING THE OVERLYING LAX CLASS B AIRSPACE. WE RECEIVED CLASS C FLT FOLLOWING FROM WHITEMAN GND; ENTERED OUR SQUAWK CODE; AND WAS HANDED OFF TO BUR FOR THE CLASS C TRANSITION SBOUND ALONG INTERSTATE 5. FROM THE LA TAC I WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE BY FOLLOWING I-5 AT 1800 FT; I WOULD REMAIN BENEATH THE CLASS B AIRSPACE; AND CLEAR OF ANY OTHER CLASS D FIELDS. BURBANK TWR HANDLED OUR TRANSITION ALONG I-5 AND THEN TERMINATED RADAR SVC. WE RESET OUR XPONDER TO 1200 FT AND CONTINUED VFR. AS WE CONTINUED DOWN I-5; WE CAME AROUND THE SPUR OF THE HILL AND I SAW DODGER STADIUM UP AHEAD. I IMMEDIATELY DIVERTED SOMEWHAT TO THE E; BUT STILL FELT THAT I HAD SUFFICIENT LATERAL CLRNC. WE CONTINUED UNEVENTFULLY TO FULLERTON. AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR AT FULLERTON; WE RETURNED TO WHITEMAN VIA THE SAME RTE. I CONTACTED LAX APCH TO COORDINATE OUR TRANSITION NBOUND THROUGH BURBANK CLASS C AIRSPACE. I MADE THE CALL TO SOCAL WITH WHAT I THOUGHT WAS SUFFICIENT CLRNC FROM DODGER STADIUM; THIS TIME; OF COURSE; I WAS FULLY AWARE OF THE GAME SINCE I HAD PASSED IT ON THE WAY DOWN. AS SOON AS SOCAL GAVE US A XPONDER CODE; THEY IMMEDIATELY TURNED US AWAY FROM DODGER STADIUM -- AND THAT WAS THE INSTANT I REALIZED I HAD MADE A SERIOUS MISTAKE; AND MADE IT TWICE. I HAD NOT ALLOWED SUFFICIENT LATERAL CLRNC FROM THE STADIUM. I WAS HORRIFIED TO DISCOVER UPON MY RETURN THAT MY GPS HAD SHOWN ABOUT 1.5 MILES CLRNC ON THE WAY DOWN; AND JUST UNDER 2 MILES CLRNC ON THE WAY BACK. NEEDLESS TO SAY; I AM SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE INCURSIONS; AND AFTER THE SHOCK WORE OFF A LITTLE I TOOK OUT MY LA TAC CHART AND TRIED TO FIGURE OUT HOW I COULD HAVE SO BADLY MISJUDGED THE CLRNC I NEEDED DUE TO THE TEMPORARY TFR IN EFFECT. HERE IS WHAT I SUGGEST YOU MIGHT CONSIDER FOR THE FUTURE; IN THE INTEREST OF SAFETY: THE TFR'S IN PLACE AROUND STADIUMS ARE NOT MARKED ON THE CHART -- OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT IN EFFECT WHEN THERE ARE NO EVENTS TAKING PLACE. HOWEVER; LOOKING AT THE CHART I WAS STRUCK BY TWO THINGS: FIRST; HAD THERE BEEN SOME SORT OF INDICATION -- A VERY LIGHT GREY SHADED AREA; PERHAPS -- I WOULD HAVE HAD TO NAVIGATE AROUND THAT AS PART OF MY FLT PLANNING; IN THE SAME WAY I NAVIGATED AROUND CLASS D AIRSPACE. SECOND; THE MERE PRESENCE OF THAT SHADED AREA WOULD HAVE ALERTED ME TO THE POSSIBILITY THAT THERE MIGHT BE PROTECTED AIRSPACE AT THIS LOCATION; AND I WOULD HAVE EITHER STEERED WIDER AROUND IT; OR CALLED TO SEE IF THERE WAS A GAME ON AND A TFR IN EFFECT. ALSO; THERE ARE OTHER AREAS THAT HAVE SEMI-PERMANENT TFR'S AROUND THEM -- DISNEYLAND IS ONE EXAMPLE -- THAT ARE NOT MARKED ON THE CHART AND THUS PROVIDE NO GUIDANCE ON HOW TO VISUALLY FLY AROUND THEM USING PILOTAGE (REMAIN E OF A SPECIFIED FREEWAY; FOR EXAMPLE) NOR ANY WARNING THAT THEY ARE IN FACT THERE AND MUST BE AVOIDED. BY PUTTING SUCH AREAS ON A CHART; A PLT'S FLT PLANNING MENTALITY CHANGES DRAMATICALLY. YOU ARE FORCED TO AVOID THEM; AND CAN THEN TAKE THE OPTION TO SEE IF THEY ARE NOT ACTIVE. THIS IS HOW MOA'S ARE HANDLED. WE ASSUME WE ARE TO AVOID THEM -- SINCE THERE THEY ARE -- AND THEN CONSULT THE CHART BACK OR FLT SVC TO SEE IF THEY ARE 'COLD.' FOR THIS REASON; I FEEL THAT 'PERMANENT' TFR'S -- THOSE AROUND STADIUMS; NUCLEAR PLANTS; ETC -- SHOULD BE MARKED IN SOME FASHION. I WISH TO STRESS AGAIN THAT I ALONE AM COMPLETELY AND SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE INCURSIONS; AND CONTINUED TO BE MORTIFIED THAT I HAD VIOLATED THAT AIRSPACE. I SIMPLY FEEL THAT HAVING THE PROTECTED AIRSPACE MARKED IN A TERMINAL AREA CHART NOT ONLY PROVIDES A MEANS TO JUDGE HOW TO REMAIN CLEAR OF THAT AIRSPACE; BUT IT ALSO CALLS OUR ATTENTIONTO ITS PRESENCE IN A WAY THAT THE CURRENT CHARTS DO NOT.