Rose Bowl (stadium)
Template:Short description Template:Redirect Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox venue The Rose BowlTemplate:Efn is an outdoor athletic stadium located in Pasadena, California, United States. Opened in October 1922, the stadium is recognized as a National Historic Landmark and a California Historic Civil Engineering landmark.<ref name="nhlsum" /> With a modern all-seated capacity of 89,702,<ref name="History" /> the Rose Bowl is the 20th-largest stadium in the world, the 11th-largest stadium in the United States, and the 10th-largest NCAA stadium.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The stadium is 10 miles (16 km) north-northeast of downtown Los Angeles.
The Rose Bowl is best known as a college football venue, specifically as the host of the annual Rose Bowl Game. Since 1982, it has served as the home stadium of the UCLA Bruins football team of the Big Ten Conference. Five Super Bowl games, third most of any venue, have been played in the stadium. The Rose Bowl is a noted soccer venue, having hosted the 1994 FIFA World Cup Final, 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Final, and the 1984 Olympic Soccer Gold Medal Match, as well as numerous CONCACAF, Copa America, and United States Soccer Federation matches.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The stadium and adjacent Brookside Golf and Country Club are owned by the city of Pasadena and managed by the Rose Bowl Operating Company, a non-profit organization whose board is selected by council members of the city of Pasadena. UCLA and the Pasadena Tournament of Roses also have one member on the company board.
History
Design and construction
Through January 1922, the bowl now known as the Rose Bowl Game was played at Tournament Park, about Template:Convert southeast, adjacent to the campus of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). The Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association, the game's organizer, realized the temporary stands were inadequate for a crowd of more than 40,000, and sought to build a better, permanent stadium.
The stadium was designed by architect Myron Hunt in 1921. His design was influenced by the Yale Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut, which opened in 1914. The Arroyo Seco was selected as the location for the stadium. The Rose Bowl was under construction from February 27, 1922, to October 1922.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> The nearby Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum also was under construction during this time and would be completed in May 1923, shortly after the Rose Bowl was completed. Originally built as a horseshoe, the stadium was expanded several times. The southern stands were completed in 1928, enclosing the stadium into a complete bowl. The stadium remains uncovered, with spectators having no protection from the elements.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
The field's alignment is nearly north–south, offset slightly northwest, and the elevation at street level is approximately Template:Convert above sea level.
The stadium's name was alternatively "Tournament of Roses Stadium" or "Tournament of Roses Bowl", until being settled as "Rose Bowl" before the 1923 Rose Bowl game,<ref>HUGE FLAGSTAFF FOR PASADENA. Enormous Steel Pole 122 and ½ Feet Long Will Stand in Rose Bowl. Los Angeles Times, December 10, 1922. MONDAY afternoon at 2 o'clock the new flagstaff of the Tournament of Roses stadium, now called the Rose Bowl, will be put in place with suitable ceremony under auspices of the Pasadena Lions Club, donor of the pole.</ref> in reference to the unusually named (at the time) Yale Bowl.
The stadium is in a residential area. Streets are converted to one lane by the Pasadena Police Department to ease ingress and egress during major events. When constructed, the majority of visitors arrived to the bowl via the Pacific Electric interurban streetcar system; however, this service ended in 1958. Weather permitting, the 36 holes of Brookside Golf Course are used for parking, providing 20,000 spaces. There are nine paved parking lots that provide spaces for another 6,000 vehicles. In 2016, Rose Bowl contracted ParkJockey to streamline parking in and around the stadium. There is improved signage, a shuttle service to help visitors get to the stadium and mobile generator-powered lighting for visitors walking on the golf course at night.
Dedication
The first game was a regular season contest in 1922, when California defeated USC 12–0 on October 28. This was the only loss for USC and Cal finished the season undefeated. California declined the invitation to the 1923 Rose Bowl game and USC went instead. The stadium was dedicated officially on January 1, 1923, when USC defeated Penn State 14–3.
Seating
The stadium seating has been reconfigured several times since its construction in 1922. The South end was filled in to complete the bowl and more seats have been added. The original wooden benches were replaced by aluminum benches in 1969. New grandstand and loge seats were installed in 1971.<ref name="UCLA1989">Template:Citation</ref> New red seat backs were added to 22,000 seats prior to the 1980 Rose Bowl.<ref name="UCLA1989" /> A Rose Bowl improvement was conducted because of UCLA's 1982 move and the 1984 Summer Olympics. This resulted in new seat backs for 50,000 seats.<ref name="UCLA1989" />
For many years, the Rose Bowl had the largest football stadium capacity in the United States, eventually being surpassed by Michigan Stadium (107,601).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>University of Michigan Official Athletics site Template:Webarchive – Michigan Stadium</ref> The Rose Bowl's maximum stated seating capacity was 104,091 from 1972 to 1997.<ref name="UCLA1989" /> Some of the seats closest to the field were never used during this time for UCLA regular season games, and were covered by tarps. Official capacity was lowered following the 1998 Rose Bowl. Slightly different figures are given for the current capacity because the lower-level seats behind the team benches are not used for some events since the spectators can not see through the standing players or others on the field. UCLA reports the capacity at 91,136.<ref name ="UCLAROSEBOWL">UCLA Football – 2007 UCLA Football (Media Guide). UCLA Athletic Department (2007), page 165 (PDF copy available at www.uclabruins.com)</ref> The Tournament of Roses reports the capacity at 92,542.<ref name="ROSEBOWLHISTORY" /> The 2006 Rose Bowl game, which was also the BCS championship game, had a crowd of 93,986.<ref>Tournament of Roses Parade FAQs Template:Webarchive. The Rose Bowl Game is a contractual sellout. In 2006, attendance was 93,986.</ref> In the 2011 contest between TCU and Wisconsin, the listed attendance was 94,118. As of 2008, the Rose Bowl is the 11th largest football stadium, and is still the largest stadium that hosts post-season bowl games.<ref>Historic information on the Rose Bowl Stadium Template:Webarchive</ref> For concerts held there, the Rose Bowl holds almost 60,000 people. The stadium's 2014 remodeling removed the lower "lettered row" seats on each side behind the players' benches and provided access in and out of the stadium for the lower sections of the Rose Bowl, restoring its original design.
For the 2021 season, UCLA began using a tarp to decrease capacity and cover the north upper end zone, the tarp spells out U-C-L-A with advertisements on the side. This brought official capacity down to 69,747 seats.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Renovations
The press box was updated before the 1962 Rose Bowl with an elevator and two rows. The cost was $356,000. The Press Box was refurbished for UCLA's move in 1982 and the 1984 Summer Olympics.<ref name="UCLA1989" /> In 2011 and 2012, the press box was undergoing renovation as part of the larger renovation originally budgeted at $152 million in 2010.<ref>Toby Zwikel, Noah Gold, Brian Robin, Brener Zwikel & Associates, Inc – Pasadena City Council approves $152 million renovation of iconic Rose Bowl City of Pasadena, October 12, 2010</ref> Costs had increased to $170 million during construction.<ref name="LATIMES170">Piasecki, Joe – Renovation Costs at Rose Bowl now estimated at $170 million. Los Angeles Times, September 23, 2012</ref> Work proceeded during the 2011 football season, and was expected to be completed before the UCLA Bruins' first home game in 2012.<ref name="LATIMES170" /> Some unforeseen problems had been encountered due to the stadium's age and some renovations done in the early 1990s.<ref name="LATIMES170" /> Most of the planned renovations were completed in 2013. Because of the increased construction cost, items deferred for the future are additional new restrooms, the historic field hedge, new entry-gate structures, ribbon boards and additional new concession stands. The stadium started "The Brick Campaign" to help pay for some of the cost of the renovations.<ref>Rose Bowl America's Stadium, Los Angeles Times Advertising Supplement, August 29, 2012</ref> The Brick Campaign, completed in 2014, features a large logo of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses and the donor bricks arranged by universities in front of the south main entrance to the stadium. A large Template:Convert tall by Template:Convert wide LED video display board was added to the north end of the stadium as a part of the renovation.
Court of Champions and Rose Plaza
The Court of Champions is at the stadium's south end. Rose Bowl game records along with the names of the coaches and the MVP players, are shown on the plaques attached to the exterior wall. The Hall of Fame statue is also at the Court of Champions. The 2014 renovation allows more plaques to be placed on the wall and floor for future games. The statue of Jackie Robinson, who played football with Pasadena City College, was dedicated in 2017. In 2019, Brandi Chastain's statue was added outside of the south gate. The statue portrays Brandi in her celebration of her winning penalty kick in the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup final, where she exposed her sports bra after removing her jersey.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The image of her celebration was described in The New York Times as "most iconic photograph ever taken of a female athlete",<ref name=Longman2019>Template:Cite news</ref> and it has been considered one of the more famous photographs of a woman celebrating an athletic victory.<ref name=Longman2003>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>100 Greatest Sports Photos of All Time #14</ref> A statue to honor Keith Jackson, the longtime ABC broadcaster who had called many games from the Rose Bowl, was unveiled on December 14, 2019, at the stadium's Rose Plaza. The commemorative bricks are located in front of Gate A. There are sections reserved for the City of Pasadena, Tournament of Roses, Rose Bowl, and each school of the Pac-12 and Big Ten conferences.
Terry Donahue Pavilion
The seven-story Terry Donahue Pavilion is named for the former UCLA football head coach, who was the winningest coach in UCLA and Pac-12 history. It houses the press boxes, broadcast booths, premium seating, boxes and suites. There are 54 luxury suites, 48 loge boxes, 1,200 club seats, state-of-the-art press boxes and a new broadcast center. The previous press box was replaced by a new self-contained media area capable of accommodating 318 credentialed working press, along with a separate level dedicated to game day operations, including TV and radio broadcasting, instant replay booths, coaching staffs and an emergency command center.<ref name="pasadenastarnews.com">Smith, Kevin - Rose Bowl is finally nearing completion on its $183 million Renovation Pasadena Star News, August 28, 2017</ref> The radio and TV booths were renamed "The Keith Jackson Broadcast Center" in December 2015. Jackson, the former ABC-TV sportscaster, coined the phrase "The Granddaddy of Them All" for the Rose Bowl game.<ref>Keith Jackson Broadcast Center Template:Webarchive, Rosebowlstadium.com, November 5, 2015</ref>
1922 Locker Room Museum
The old 1922 Rose Bowl locker room was restored in 2017 and converted into a little museum. Sections are dedicated to the construction of the Rose Bowl, the Rose Bowl games, UCLA football, and the NFL Super Bowl games played at the Rose Bowl.
Venue rankings
In 1999, Sports Illustrated listed the Rose Bowl at number 20 in the Top 20 Venues of the 20th Century.<ref>SI's Top 20 Venues of the 20th Century. Sports Illustrated, June 7, 1999 "The Rose Bowl is more a postcard than a stadium, designed to seduce pasty Midwesterners with the California fantasy. How many Big Ten fans tuned in on those wintry New Year's Days to gawk at the blooming bougainvillea and started packing their station wagons at halftime? "</ref> In 2007, Sports Illustrated named the Rose Bowl the number one venue in college sports.<ref>Top 10 College Sports Venues: Number 1 – Rose Bowl Sports Illustrated. Text: Mallory Rubin. July 13, 2007</ref>
Football
Rose Bowl Game
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The Rose Bowl stadium is best known in the U.S. for its hosting of the Rose Bowl, a postseason college football game. The game is played after the Tournament of Roses Parade on New Year's Day, or, if January 1 is a Sunday, on Monday, January 2. The stadium's name has given rise to the term "bowl game" for postseason football games, regardless of whether they are played in a bowl-shaped or "Bowl"-named stadium. The Rose Bowl Game is commonly referred to as "The Granddaddy of Them All" because of its stature as the oldest of all the bowl games. The visual of the afternoon sun setting on the San Gabriel Mountains on New Year's Day is recognized as an important part of the tradition of the game.<ref>Witz, Billy - In Pasadena, Moving the Rose Bowl Makes For Unusual Rancor - The New York Times (nytimes.com). New York Times, January 1, 2021</ref><ref>Mandel, Stewart - CFP may relocate from Rose Bowl due to California restrictions: Sources. The Athletic, December 14, 2020. This is “The Granddaddy of Them All” for a reason. The Big Ten may have 14 teams and the Big 12 may have 10, but the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day has always made sense. Every CFP decision has been made around the Rose Bowl's reluctance to part with its coveted 5 p.m. ET time slot - and that stunning sunset over the San Gabriel Mountains — so embedded in the sport is the game. - Matt Fortuna - staff writer</ref><ref>Lapointe, Joe - ON COLLEGE FOOTBALL; The Rose Bowl Loses Some of Its Luster, but Mystique Lingers. New York Times, January 4, 2002</ref> Since 1945, the Rose Bowl has been the highest attended college football bowl game.<ref name="NCAA pages 296-302">NCAA Division 1 football records book. NCAA, 2007 Edition, pages 296-302 Major Bowl Game Attendance</ref>
Since its opening, the Rose Bowl stadium has hosted the bowl game every year except in 1942 and 2021. The 1942 Rose Bowl was moved to Durham, North Carolina, at the campus of Duke University. Duke, which played in the game on January 1, volunteered to host the contest because of security concerns on the West Coast in the weeks following the attack on Pearl Harbor.<ref name="rose">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Zimmerman, Paul "Scene of Rose Bowl Shifted to Durham, N.C." Los Angeles Times, December 16, 1941. Perpetuation of the annual Rose Bowl intersectional football, classic was assured yesterday when the Tournament of Roses officials and Oregon State College accepted the hospitality of Duke University.</ref> The 2021 Rose Bowl was played at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas due to capacity restrictions in place in California due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
BCS National Championship
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Starting with the 1998 season, the Rose Bowl became part of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS). The 2002 and 2006 games also were the BCS Championship games, matching the #1 and #2 BCS teams in the nation. The 2010 BCS National Championship Game was played six days after the Rose Bowl game as a completely separate event from the Tournament of Roses, though it managed the event. The stadium hosted the 2014 BCS National Championship Game, the final game before the BCS was replaced by the current College Football Playoff, when it celebrated its 100th anniversary of the Rose Bowl game.<ref>Beth Harris, Vizio to be new Rose Bowl sponsor, AP via BusinessWeek, October 19, 2010</ref>
| Season | Game | Date | Visiting team | Points | Home team | Points | Spectators |
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| 2001 | 2002 | January 3 | Nebraska | 14 | Miami | 37 | 93,781 |
| 2005 | 2006 | January 4 | Texas | 41 | USC* | 38 | 93,986 |
| 2009 | 2010 | January 7 | Texas | 21 | Alabama | 37 | 94,906 |
| 2013 | 2014 | January 6 | Auburn | 31 | Florida State | 34 | 94,208 |
Note: *USC later vacated all wins during the season.
College Football Playoff semifinals
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The Rose Bowl Game is one of the six primary bowls of the College Football Playoff (CFP), which replaced the BCS effective with the 2014 season. Every three years, the Rose Bowl will match two of the top four teams selected by the system's selection committee to compete for a spot at the national championship game. The first CFP semifinal game at the Rose Bowl was the 2015 Rose Bowl, whose winner advanced to the championship game on January 12 at AT&T Stadium in Texas. AT&T Stadium later hosted the 2021 Rose Bowl, also a CFP semifinal, with limited attendance due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
| Season | Rose Bowl | Date | Visiting team | Points | Home team | Points | Spectators |
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| 2014 | 2015 | January 1 | #3 Florida State | 20 | #2 Oregon | 59 | 91,322 |
| 2017 | 2018 | January 1 | #3 Georgia | 54 (2OT) | #2 Oklahoma | 48 | 80,072<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 2020 | 2021 | January 1 | #4 Notre Dame | 14 | #1 Alabama | 31 | 18,373 |
| 2023 | 2024 | January 1 | #4 Alabama | 20 | #1 Michigan | 27 (OT) | 83,928<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
Though the Rose Bowl is eligible to bid on hosting the College Football Playoff Championship Game in years it is not hosting a semifinal, it has no plans to do so. The first championship game held in Southern California was at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood in January 2023.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
College Football Playoff quarterfinals
| Season | Rose Bowl | Date | Visiting team | Points | Home team | Points | Spectators |
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| 2024 | 2025 | January 1 | #8 Ohio State | 41 | #1 Oregon | 21 | 90,732 |
UCLA Bruins football
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The Rose Bowl stadium has been the home football field for UCLA since 1982.<ref name="UCLAROSEBOWL" /> The UCLA Bruins had played their home games at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum since 1928. There was an attempt to build a 44,000-seat stadium on campus, at the site where Drake Stadium eventually was built. However, the proposal was blocked by influential area residents, as well as some politicians.<ref name="STADIUMSCUTTLED">Crowe, Jerry – "There goes the neighborhood: How UCLA stadium bid was scuttled." Los Angeles Times, November 16, 2009</ref><ref>Reich, Ken "Stadium for UCLA Given Support – Architect's Study Cites Project as 'Desirable' STADIUM SUPPORT". Los Angeles Times, November 18, 1965. UCLA officials--still reportedly trying to decide whether to recommend the building of a 44,000-seat football stadium on campus--have released details of an architectural feasibility study.</ref>
At the start of the 1982 NFL season, with the Oakland Raiders scheduled to move into the Coliseum, UCLA decided to relocate its home games to the Rose Bowl Stadium.<ref>UCLA History Project - This Month in History Aug. 18, 1982 … A gridiron home – includes a photograph of the 1983 Rose Bowl game from an overhead shot</ref> The Bruins went on to play two straight Rose Bowl games in their new home stadium, the 1983 Rose Bowl and the 1984 Rose Bowl. UCLA has participated in five Rose Bowl games since moving to the stadium. The stadium is the host of the UCLA–USC rivalry football game on even numbered years, alternating with the Coliseum. In the first rivalry game at the stadium between UCLA and USC in 1982, USC fans sat on the west side of the stadium and UCLA fans sat on the east side of the stadium, mirroring an arrangement that existed when the teams shared the Coliseum. Both teams also wore their home uniforms. In 1984, USC fans were moved to the end zone seats, which ended the tradition of shared stadium. Because of the shared arrangement, and the participation of USC in a number of Rose Bowl games, both schools have winning records in each other's home stadium. The Bruins travel 26 miles from campus to Pasadena to play home games, but only 14 miles to their biggest road game at USC every other year.<ref name="STADIUMSCUTTLED" /> The Bruins have played 12 Rose Bowl games in the stadium. The attendance of 105,464 for the 1976 Rose Bowl is the largest crowd to ever watch a UCLA football game in the stadium. It is a record that is not likely to be broken, as the Rose Bowl seating has been reduced to 91,136 for UCLA Bruins Football<ref name="UCLAROSEBOWL"/> and 92,542 for the Rose Bowl Game.<ref name="ROSEBOWLHISTORY" />
In November 2025, it was reported that the Bruins were planning on breaking their lease with the Rose Bowl to move to SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, the current home of the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers. The move has been met with negative reception from fans and analysts as well as a lawsuit from the city of Pasadena.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Caltech Beavers football
Caltech, a university located in Pasadena, played most home games in the Rose Bowl from the time of its construction until the school dropped football in 1993. Caltech jovially claimed to play before the greatest number of empty seats in the nation.<ref>The Discovery of Anti-Matter: The autobiography of Carl David Anderson, The Youngest Man To Win the Nobel Prize. Published 1999 by World Scientific (Template:ISBN)</ref>
Junior Rose Bowl
The stadium hosted the Junior Rose Bowl from 1946 to 1971 and 1976 to 1977. Between 1946 and 1966 and 1976 and 1977, the game pitted the California Junior College football champions against the NJCAA football champions for the national championship. It was organized by the Pasadena Junior Chamber of Commerce. The Junior Rose Bowl became the Pasadena Bowl from 1967 to 1971; it was billed as the Junior Rose Bowl the first two years, but instead two teams from the NCAA College Division competed (then later the University Division, usually featuring teams that were not invited to other major bowls).
The Pasadena Turkey Tussle
The Turkey Tussle is a football game that takes place at the Rose Bowl Stadium between the two rival schools in the Pasadena Unified School District. The yearly competition between John Muir High School and what is now Pasadena High School began in the 1940s. Before switching to the current games within Pasadena High School and John Muir High School, the event initially featured Pasadena Community College and John Muir Junior College (CBS News). The stadium usually gets hundreds of fans, students, alumni, and parents/families from both sides filling the seats at the Rose Bowl Stadium. The winner of the football matchup takes home the iconic Victory Bell, which is then displayed in the halls of either school.
1983 Army–Navy game
The Rose Bowl stadium is the only site west of the Mississippi River to host an Army–Navy Game (1983). The city of Pasadena paid for the traveling expenses of all the students and supporters of both the U.S. Naval Academy and U.S. Military Academy.<ref name="SIVAULT1983">Clark, N. Brooks – This Week 12.05.83. Sports Illustrated, December 5, 1983</ref> The attendance was 81,000.<ref>No. 1 Army vs. Navy Athlon Sports</ref><ref>Army Navy Football 1983. Score: Navy 42 – Army 13 | Game played at the Rose Bowl. United States Naval Academy Exhibits</ref> The game was brought to the Rose Bowl as there are a large number of military installations and servicemen and women, along with many retired military personnel, on the West Coast.<ref name="SIVAULT1983" /> While the game has been held in multiple locations, only the 1926 game in Chicago, this 1983 game, and the 2023 game in Boston have been played outside the Mid-Atlantic region. The game is most frequently played in Philadelphia, followed by the New York area and the Baltimore–Washington area.
Super Bowl
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The stadium has hosted the Super Bowl five times. The first was Super Bowl XI in January 1977, when the Oakland Raiders beat the Minnesota Vikings 32–14. The game was also played there in 1980 (XIV), 1983 (XVII), 1987 (XXI) and 1993 (XXVII). The Rose Bowl is one of two venues (with Stanford Stadium) to host a Super Bowl though having never served as the full-time home stadium for an NFL or AFL team (Stanford Stadium hosted one San Francisco 49ers game after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake).
| Season | Date | Super Bowl | Visiting team | Points | Home team | Points | Spectators |
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| Template:Nfly | January 9, 1977 | XI | Oakland Raiders | 32 | Minnesota Vikings | 14 | 103,438 |
| Template:Nfly | January 20, 1980 | XIV | Los Angeles Rams | 19 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 31 | 103,985 |
| Template:Nfly | January 30, 1983 | XVII | Miami Dolphins | 17 | Washington Redskins | 27 | 103,667 |
| Template:Nfly | January 25, 1987 | XXI | Denver Broncos | 20 | New York Giants | 39 | 101,063 |
| Template:Nfly | January 31, 1993 | XXVII | Buffalo Bills | 17 | Dallas Cowboys | 52 | 98,374 |
The NFL has a policy limiting the hosting of a Super Bowl to metropolitan areas with NFL teams. The Rose Bowl was not considered as a Super Bowl site after the Rams and Raiders departed the Los Angeles area in Template:Nfly. The most recent Super Bowl held in Southern California was Super Bowl (LVI) in February 2022 at the Rams' and Chargers' SoFi Stadium in Inglewood (the Rams returned to Los Angeles in 2016, the Chargers the following year).
Template:See also Although proposed, no NFL team has called the Rose Bowl a regular season home. After losing both its local teams in the Los Angeles market in 1995, the National Football League began looking to either start or relocate a franchise to the Los Angeles area. The closest the Rose Bowl came to being the home of an NFL team was in 1996 when the Seattle Seahawks announced a relocation to Los Angeles with the Rose Bowl as their planned stadium but the move was blocked by the NFL.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> After many years of varying offers, no deal could be struck between the NFL owners, the stadium's owner, and the City of Pasadena, following a vote of disapproval by its residents in November 2006.<ref name="e1" />
On November 19, 2012, Pasadena officials approved a proposal which could have allowed an NFL team to temporarily play in the Rose Bowl.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Rose Bowl, however, never ended up acting as a home field for an NFL team. When the Los Angeles Rams moved from St. Louis prior to the 2016 NFL season, the Rose Bowl was considered as a temporary home before the Rams ultimately settled on playing in USC's Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the Rams' home from 1946 to 1979. The Los Angeles Chargers went to Dignity Health Sports Park as their temporary venue in 2017.
Soccer
Though best known as an American football stadium, the Rose Bowl is also one of the most decorated soccer (association football) venues in the world. The stadium hosted the prestigious 1994 FIFA World Cup Final (an event watched by over 700 million people worldwide), the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Final (at the time the most attended women's soccer match in history), and the 1984 Olympic Gold Medal Match, making it the only venue in the world to host all three of international soccer's major championship matches.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It has also hosted MLS Cup 1998, the 2002 and 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup Finals, and the CONCACAF Cup in 2015.
The United States men's national soccer team has played 17 games in the Rose Bowl, the fourth most of any venue. It has hosted 5 U.S. women's national team matches. Mexico has played a number of friendlies in the stadium against nations other than the United States.
In the past, it was also the home ground of two North American Soccer League clubs, the Los Angeles Wolves in 1968 and the Los Angeles Aztecs in 1978 and 1979. From 1996 through 2002, the stadium was the home ground of Major League Soccer club Los Angeles Galaxy.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The stadium once again hosted the Galaxy on July 4, 2023, in a one-off game (nicknamed El Tráfico) with city rivals Los Angeles FC, being previously delayed from its original date of February 25, 2023.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The match set a new MLS attendance record for a standalone match, with 82,110 spectators.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
On July 27, 2016, the Rose Bowl hosted a 2016 International Champions Cup match between Chelsea and Liverpool. Chelsea won the match 1–0. The Rose Bowl also hosted a 2018 International Champions Cup match between F.C. Barcelona and Tottenham Hotspur where Barcelona won 5–3 in penalty kicks after a 2–2 draw.
Major soccer tournaments
The Rose Bowl is one of two stadiums to have hosted the FIFA World Cup finals for both men and women. The Rose Bowl hosted the men's final in 1994 and the women's final in 1999. (The only other stadium with this honor is the Råsunda Stadium near Stockholm, Sweden, which hosted the men's final in 1958 and the women's final in 1995.) Both Rose Bowl finals were scoreless after double extra time and decided on penalty shootouts; Brazil beating Italy in the 1994 FIFA World Cup Final 3–2, and the United States beating China in the 1999 women's final 5–4.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The Rose Bowl also hosted group stage matches of the Copa América Centenario in 2016.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It also hosted several matches including the final of the 1984 Olympics men's soccer tournament. It has also regularly featured CONCACAF Gold Cup matches including two finals.
The Rose Bowl was a candidate to host matches during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, but FIFA selected SoFi Stadium instead. The Rose Bowl will be a venue during the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup and the 2028 Summer Olympics.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1984 Summer Olympics - Men's Football
| Date | TimeTemplate:Ref | Team #1 | Result | Team #2 | Round | Attendance |
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| July 29 | 19:30 | Template:Fb | 1–0 | Template:Fb | Group D | 37,430 |
| July 30 | 19:00 | Template:Fb | 3–1 | Template:Fb | Group C | 40,799 |
| July 31 | 19:00 | Template:Fb | 1–0 | Template:Fb | Group D | 63,624 |
| August 1 | 19:00 | Template:Fb | 1–0 | Template:Fb | Group C | 36,909 |
| August 2 | 19:00 | Template:Fb | 1–0 | Template:Fb | Group D | 41,291 |
| August 3 | 19:00 | Template:Fb | 0–2 | Template:Fb | Group C | 49,355 |
| August 5 | 19:00 | Template:Fb | 2–0 | Template:Fb | Quarter-finals | 66,228 |
| August 6 | 19:00 | Template:Fb | 5–2 | Template:Fb | Quarter-finals | 58,439 |
| August 8 | 18:15 | Template:Fb | 4–2 (a.e.t.) | Template:Fb | Semi-finals | 97,451 |
| August 10 | 19:00 | Template:Fb | 2–1 | Template:Fb | Bronze | 100,374 |
| August 11 | 19:00 | Template:Fb | 2–0 | Template:Fb | Final | 101,799 |
1994 FIFA World Cup
| Date | TimeTemplate:Ref | Team #1 | Result | Team #2 | Round | Attendance |
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| June 18 | 16:30 | Template:Fb | 1–3 | Template:Fb | Group A | 91,856 |
| June 19 | 16:30 | Template:Fb | 2–2 | Template:Fb | Group B | 93,194 |
| June 22 | 16:30 | Template:Fb | 2–1 | Template:Fb | Group A | 93,469 |
| June 26 | 16:30 | Template:Fb | 0–1 | Template:Fb | Group A | 93,869 |
| July 3 | 13:30 | Template:Fb | 3–2 | Template:Fb | Round of 16 | 90,469 |
| July 13 | 16:30 | Template:Fb | 1–0 | Template:Fb | Semi-final | 91,856 |
| July 16 | 12:30 | Template:Fb | 4–0 | Template:Fb | 3rd place match | 91,500 |
| July 17 | 12:30 | Template:Fb | 0–0 (3–2 on pen.) |
Template:Fb | Final | 94,194 |
1999 FIFA Women's World Cup
| Date | TimeTemplate:Ref | Team #1 | Result | Team #2 | Round | Attendance |
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| June 20 | 16:00 | Template:Fbw | 1–1 | Template:Fbw | Group B | 17,100 |
| June 20 | 18:30 | Template:Fbw | 1–2 | Template:Fbw | Group A | 17,100 |
| July 10 | 10:15 | Template:Fbw | 0–0 (4–5 on pen.) |
Template:Fbw | 3rd place match | 90,185 |
| July 10 | 12:30 | Template:Fbw | 0–0 (5–4 on pen.) |
Template:Fbw | Final | 90,185 |
2025 FIFA Club World Cup
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| June 15 | 12:00 | Paris Saint-Germain Template:Fbaicon | 4–0 | Template:Fbaicon Atlético Madrid | Group B | 80,619 |
| June 17 | 18:00 | Monterrey Template:Fbaicon | 1–1 | Template:Fbaicon Inter Milan | Group E | 40,311 |
| June 19 | 18:00 | Paris Saint-Germain Template:Fbaicon | 0–1 | Template:Fbaicon Botafogo | Group B | 53,699 |
| June 21 | 18:00 | River Plate Template:Fbaicon | 0–0 | Template:Fbaicon Monterrey | Group E | 57,393 |
| June 23 | 12:00 | Atlético Madrid Template:Fbaicon | 1–0 | Template:Fbaicon Botafogo | Group B | 22,992 |
| June 25 | 18:00 | Urawa Red Diamonds Template:Fbaicon | 0–4 | Template:Fbaicon Monterrey | Group E | 14,312 |
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Other events and usage
Pasadena events
The Rose Bowl has hosted the Pasadena "Americafest" Independence Day celebration annually since 1927.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The annual fireworks show is considered one of the top fireworks shows in the nation. In 2023, AmericaFest did not take place, being replaced by a rescheduled El Tráfico (originally scheduled for February 25), however a firework show did occur after the game.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2025 the annual fireworks show was replaced by a drone show, due to concerns about fireworks being fire hazards, these concerns likely triggered by the Eaton Fire, which had happened earlier in the year.<ref>"Rose Bowl ditching fireworks in favor of drones for popular 4th of July show | KTLA" Tony Kutzweil, KTLA, July 3 2025</ref> Another local event is the Rose Bowl Flea Market held the second Sunday of each month, on the stadium parking lots. Hosted by promoter R.G. Canning, it claims to be the largest Flea market on the West Coast.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The stadium hosts the annual "Turkey Tussle" homecoming football game between John Muir High School and Pasadena High School, in late October. The Rose Bowl hosted its annual graduation ceremonies for Blair High School, John Muir High School and Pasadena High School until 1984, before staging it at the individual schools until 1998. Currently all three high schools along with John Marshall Fundamental Secondary School hold their graduation ceremonies at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in early June until 2019. On June 4, 2021, the Pasadena Unified School District used the Rose Bowl to hold their high school graduation ceremonies for all four high schools, along with Rose City High School and Center for Independent Studies.
1932 Summer Olympics
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The Rose Bowl was the track cycling venue for the 1932 Summer Olympics.<ref>1932 Summer Olympics official report. p. 74.</ref>
Concerts
| Date | Performer(s) | Opening act(s) | Tour/Event | Attendance | Notes |
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| September 15, 1968<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Big Brother and the Holding Company | Template:N/a | Template:N/a | Template:N/a | Template:N/a |
| June 6, 1982<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Peace Sunday: We Have a Dream Concert 1982</ref> | Template:Collapsible list | Template:N/a | Peace Sunday: We Have a Dream | Template:N/a | Template:N/a |
| July 2, 1982<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Journey | Blue Öyster Cult Triumph Aldo Nova |
Escape Tour | 83,214 | Template:N/a |
| August 1, 1982<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Template:Collapsible list | Template:N/a | Budweiser Superfest 1982 | Template:N/a | Template:N/a |
| June 18, 1988<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Depeche Mode | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Thomas Dolby Wire Pet Shop Boys |
Music for the Masses Tour | 60,000<ref name="oneohone">Template:YouTube</ref> - 80,000<ref name="linernotes">Template:Cite AV media notes</ref> | The concert was filmed and recorded for the group's documentary-concert film and live album 101. |
| June 27, 1992<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | The Cure | Cranes Dinosaur Jr. |
Wish Tour | 35,000 | The show attracted the lowest attendance for a single concert in the history of the stadium. |
| October 3, 1992<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Metallica Guns N' Roses |
Motörhead | Guns N' Roses/Metallica Stadium Tour | 68,639 | Comedian Andrew Dice Clay opened for Guns N' Roses and introduced the band when they came onstage. |
| January 31, 1993 | Michael Jackson | Template:N/a | Super Bowl XXVII halftime show | Template:N/a | Template:N/a |
| July 31, 1993 | Juan Gabriel | Template:N/a | Template:N/a | Template:N/a | Becomes the first Latin American singer to perform at the Rose Bowl. |
| April 16, 1994<ref name=pink>Template:Cite web</ref> | Pink Floyd | rowspan=2 Template:N/a | The Division Bell Tour | 129,060 | The band became the first ever act to perform two consecutive nights at the stadium. |
| April 17, 1994<ref name=pink/> | |||||
| July 17, 1994<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Kenny G Whitney Houston |
Template:N/a | 1994 FIFA World Cup closing ceremony | Template:N/a | Template:N/a |
| October 19, 1994<ref name=rolling>Template:Cite web</ref> | The Rolling Stones | Red Hot Chili Peppers Buddy Guy |
Voodoo Lounge Tour | 119,140 | |
| October 21, 1994<ref name=rolling/> | |||||
| January 21, 1995<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Eagles | Sheryl Crow | Hell Freezes Over Tour | 60,000 | Template:N/a |
| June 27, 1998 | Lilith Fair | Template:N/a | 1998 Tour | Template:N/a | Template:N/a |
| July 10, 1999 | Jennifer Lopez | Template:N/a | 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup closing ceremony | Template:N/a | Template:N/a |
| July 17, 1999<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Lilith Fair | Template:N/a | 1999 Tour | Template:N/a | Template:N/a |
| June 9, 2000<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 'N Sync | Pink | No Strings Attached Tour | Template:N/a | Template:N/a |
| July 24, 2001<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> | Eden's Crush Samantha Mumba |
PopOdyssey | 62,196 | Template:N/a | |
| June 15, 2002<ref name=various>Template:Cite web</ref> | Various artists | rowspan=3 Template:N/a | Wango Tango | rowspan=3 Template:N/a | rowspan=3 Template:N/a |
| May 17, 2003<ref name=various/> | |||||
| May 15, 2004<ref name=various/> | |||||
| October 25, 2009<ref name="Boxscore">Template:Cite news</ref> | U2 | The Black Eyed Peas | U2 360° Tour | 97,014 | The concert was streamed on the group's official YouTube channel, and also filmed for the band's concert film U2360° at the Rose Bowl. The show also attracted the highest attendance for a single concert in the history of the stadium. |
| July 28, 2013<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> | Justin Timberlake Jay-Z |
DJ Cassidy | Legends of the Summer | 63,162 | Template:N/a |
| August 2, 2014 | Beyoncé Jay-Z |
rowspan=2 Template:N/a | On the Run Tour | 96,994 | rowspan=2 Template:N/a |
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| August 7, 2014 | Eminem Rihanna |
rowspan=2 Template:N/a | The Monster Tour | 110,346 | rowspan=2 Template:N/a |
| August 8, 2014 | |||||
| September 11, 2014 | One Direction | 5 Seconds of Summer Jamie Scott |
Where We Are Tour | 165,170 | During the performance on September 13, the band performed a cover of "Happy Birthday" by Mildred J. Hill dedicated to Niall; and also of "I Gotta Feeling" by The Black Eyed Peas, "Beautiful Girls" by Sean Kingston, "Stand by Me" by Ben E. King and "Rock Your Body" by Justin Timberlake, along with a snippet of "I Want". The band also became the first ever act to perform three consecutive nights at the stadium. |
| September 12, 2014 | |||||
| September 13, 2014 | |||||
| July 25, 2015 | Kenny Chesney Jason Aldean |
Brantley Gilbert Cole Swindell Old Dominion |
The Big Revival Tour Burn It Down Tour |
53,864 | Template:N/a |
| May 14, 2016 | Beyoncé | DJ Khaled | The Formation World Tour | 55,736 | Big Sean, Yo Gotti, Ne-Yo, Ty Dolla Sign, Fat Joe, Remy Ma, Trey Songz, and Snoop Dogg joined DJ Khaled during the opening act. Beyoncé becomes the first female headliner at the stadium.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> |
| August 20, 2016 | Coldplay | Bishop Briggs Alessia Cara Stargate |
A Head Full of Dreams Tour | 120,062 | The concert was streamed in China and the Philippines.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |
| August 21, 2016 | Bishop Briggs Alessia Cara |
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| May 20, 2017 | U2 | The Lumineers | The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 | 123,164 | Template:N/a |
| May 21, 2017 | Template:N/a | ||||
| July 29, 2017 | Metallica | Avenged Sevenfold Gojira |
WorldWired Tour | 60,509 | Template:N/a |
| September 16, 2017<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> | Green Day | Catfish and the Bottlemen | Revolution Radio Tour | 36,912 | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |
| October 6, 2017<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> | Coldplay | Tove Lo Alina Baraz |
A Head Full of Dreams Tour | 64,442 | The proceeds from these shows went towards the relief efforts for the Central Mexico earthquake.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> |
| May 18, 2018<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> | Taylor Swift | Camila Cabello Charli XCX |
Reputation Stadium Tour | 118,084 | Shawn Mendes was the surprise guest. Swift performed "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back" with Shawn. |
| May 19, 2018 | Troye Sivan and Selena Gomez were the surprise guests. Swift performed "My My My!" with Troye and "Hands To Myself" with Selena. | ||||
| August 18, 2018<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> | Ed Sheeran | Snow Patrol Anne-Marie |
÷ Tour | 62,321 | Template:N/a |
| September 22, 2018 | Beyoncé Jay-Z |
Chloe X Halle and DJ Khaled | On the Run II Tour | 106,550 | Template:N/a |
| September 23, 2018 | Template:N/a | ||||
| May 4, 2019<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | BTS | rowspan="2" Template:N/a | BTS World Tour Love Yourself: Speak Yourself | 113,040 | Becomes the first South Korean act to perform at The Rose Bowl.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| May 5, 2019<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> | |||||
| August 22, 2019 | The Rolling Stones | Kaleo | No Filter Tour | 56,974 | This concert was originally scheduled to take place on May 11, 2019. |
| November 15, 2020 | For King & Country | Template:N/a | A Drummer Boy Christmas Tour | — | Template:N/a |
| August 18, 2023 | Karol G | Agudelo Young Miko |
Mañana Será Bonito Tour | 115,703 / 115,703 | $25,446,544 |
| August 19, 2023 | Agudelo | ||||
| September 30, 2023 | Coldplay | H.E.R. 070 Shake |
Music of the Spheres World Tour | 136,043 / 136,043 | Two Los Angeles shows were originally going to be played at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, but were cancelled due to production issues and were eventually rescheduled for the Rose Bowl over a year later.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| October 1, 2023 | |||||
| April 18, 2025 | AC/DC | The Pretty Reckless | Power Up Tour | ||
| September 6, 2025 | Oasis | Cage the Elephant | Oasis Live '25 Tour | rowspan="2" Template:N/a | rowspan="2" Template:N/a |
| September 7, 2025 |
Other events
The stadium was used for midget car racing in the 1940s and early 1950s.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The stadium held its first country music festival in June 1981, named A Day in the Country. The event was produced by Richard Flanzer of AtlanticPacific Music.
The stadium hosted the 2007 Drum Corps International World Championships August 7 through August 11, 2007. The Rose Bowl was the final stadium to host the championship before DCI moved their corporate offices to Indianapolis with the championships being held at Lucas Oil Stadium until at least 2028. This was the first (and only) time the DCI championships had ever been held west of Denver, Colorado in the 52-year history of DCI.
It hosted auditions for the top American television show, American Idol, on August 8, 2006. The stadium has also been used as part of the music video shoot for the song "The Last Song", the second single released by the American rock band the All-American Rejects, which features the band performing the song in the middle of the stadium to an empty crowd.
The stadium's Court of Champions was the site of a "Roadblock" from seventeenth season of the CBS reality TV show The Amazing Race where teams had to help decorate three sections of the theme float for the 2011 New Year's Day Rose Parade.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In November 1997, the International Churches of Christ (Los Angeles) gathered at the Rose Bowl for their Worship Service, with an attendance of 17,000.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The Brookside Golf Course hosted the Los Angeles Open on the PGA Tour in 1968, won by Billy Casper in late January.<ref name=pppgcasp>Template:Cite news</ref>
The Rose Bowl was used for high school graduation ceremonies for the Alhambra Unified School District's Alhambra High School, Mark Keppel High School and San Gabriel High School on May 27, 2021, La Cañada Unified School District's La Cañada High School on June 3, 2021, and Glendale Unified School District's Glendale High School and Herbert Hoover High School on June 10, 2021, and Crescenta Valley High School on June 11, 2021, instead of holding at their respective campuses due to the COVID-19 restrictions.
Present status
The Rose Bowl and adjacent golf course are managed by the Rose Bowl Operating Company, a non-profit organization whose board is selected by council members of the City of Pasadena. UCLA and the Pasadena Tournament of Roses also have one member on the company board. In 2007 it was reported that Rose Bowl stadium itself runs on a yearly operational loss.<ref name="e1">Greg Johnson, $300-million fixer-upper, Los Angeles Times, January 1, 2007.</ref> While it generated funds with the annual lease with UCLA ($1.5 million), the Tournament of Roses ($900,000), and a regularly hosted flea market ($900,000), it makes up the loss by relying on funds generated by the adjacent city-owned golf course ($2 million).<ref name="e1" /> The stadium at the time was unable to finance many of the capital improvements it needed to be considered a modern facility, including new seats, wider aisles, additional exits, a wider concourse, a renovated press box, a state-of-the-art video scoreboard, new field lighting, ribbon boards, extra suites and a club. The estimated cost for such improvements ranges from $250 million and $300 million.<ref name="e1" /> The stadium had long-term leases with its two major tenants, the Pasadena Tournament of Roses (2019) and UCLA (2023). In 2006, the Rose Bowl and the City of Pasadena launched a $16.3 million capital improvement program that benefited both UCLA and the Tournament of Roses. New locker rooms for both UCLA and visiting teams, as well as a new media interview area were constructed.<ref name="UCLAROSEBOWL" /> The USC Athletic department attempted to negotiate with the Rose Bowl to play games there in 2007, out of concerns that the Los Angeles Coliseum Commission would not negotiate, in a decade-long rent impasse between the commission and the university.<ref>Rose Bowl says no deal, for now, Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2007</ref>
In April 2009, The Rose Bowl Operating Company unveiled a Rose Bowl Strategic Plan, which addressed the objectives to improve public safety; enhance fan experience; maintain national historic landmark status; develop revenue sources to fund long-term improvements; and enhance facility operations. On October 11, 2010, the Pasadena City Council approved a $152 million financing plan for the major renovation of the stadium.<ref>Gazzar, Brenda - Pasadena officials unveil Rose Bowl renovation finance plan. Pasadena Star News, September 28, 2010</ref> Groundbreaking ceremonies for the first of three phases of the project were held on January 25, 2011. The newly constructed video board was used for the June 25, 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final. The costs increased as the project went on, and by December 2012 were estimated at $194 Million and the project to be completed by 2015.<ref name="PATIENTUCLA">Wang, Jack - The improvements Rose Bowl renovation expenses soar $42 million as UCLA waits patiently – Daily News Los Angeles Daily News, December 22, 2012</ref> The Rose Bowl and UCLA leases were extended to 2043 and 2044 respectively.<ref name="PATIENTUCLA"/><ref>Bolch, Ben - UCLA's big athletic department deficit has Bruins seeing red - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com). Los Angeles Times, February 4, 2020</ref> The renovations were completed in 2016.<ref name="pasadenastarnews.com"/> In 2019, the Rose Bowl reported a profit of $335,000<ref name="2019profit">Bermont, Bradley - a downturn, Rose Bowl ekes out a $335,000 profit. Pasadena Star News, February 3, 2020</ref> However, golf course usage has declined year after year, and UCLA football attendance has waned.<ref name="2019profit" /> The stadium had reported $211.8 million in outstanding debt at the beginning of 2020.<ref name="2019profit" /> The Rose Bowl is limited by law to 15 events per year with more than 20,000 in attendance.<ref>Rose Bowl Asks Council to Authorize Nineteenth Displacement Event in 2023, A Soccer Match in February. Pasadena Now, September 22, 2022 The Arroyo Public Lands Ordinance in the Pasadena Municipal Code limits the number of displacement events at the Rose Bowl to no more than 15 in any calendar year, except with the permission of the City Council.</ref><ref>Central Arroyo Master Plan City of Pasadena, September 2003 A displacement event is one that is projected to have more than 20,000 in attendance.</ref> But it can host an unlimited number of small events, such as weddings, for which it made $1.5 million in 2019.<ref name="2019profit" />
In 2024, Stephen A. Smith proposed moving The Rose Bowl Game from the Rose Bowl. His argument being traffic to and from the stadium was unacceptable, taking way too long for fans to arrive at the stadium and leave in a timely manner. His proposed alternative being newly built SoFi Stadium for the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers as it has much better supporting infrastructure and location in Inglewood. This was immediately slammed by college football fans calling it the worst take of all time, noting the Rose Bowl as an important site in the history of both college and professional sports.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> In December 2024, it was announced that the Rose Bowl would be renovated to prepare for the 2028 Summer Olympics by adding one of the largest video boards, field level clubs, improved seats, and add new field level clubs.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Notable dates
Seating and attendance records
- Rose Bowl Game records: 1973 Rose Bowl, January 1, 1973, Attendance: 106,869. Number 1 ranked and undefeated USC vs. number 3 Ohio State. This is the stadium record, as well as the NCAA bowl game record.<ref name="NCAA2002ATTENDANCE" /><ref name="UCLAROSEBOWL" /><ref name="NCAA pages 296-302" /> The smallest Rose Bowl game crowd in the stadium was the 1934 Rose Bowl with 35,000 in attendance to see Columbia defeat Stanford.<ref name="NCAA pages 296-302" /> Three days of rain had turned the stadium into a small lake, and it rained on New Year's Day in 1934, one of the few times in the history of the tournament.<ref name="MONTOBIT">Palladino, Lisa – "OBITUARIES: Cliff Montgomery ’34, Rose Bowl Quarterback" Template:Webarchive. Columbia College Today, July 2005</ref> The largest crowd to watch a Rose Bowl Game after the 1998 Rose Bowl and seating reconfiguration, was 96,371 in the 2024 Rose Bowl.
- NFL Super Bowl record: Super Bowl XIV, Pittsburgh Steelers – Los Angeles Rams, January 20, 1980, Attendance: 103,985. This is an NFL post-season record.<ref>Showdown in Motown Template:Webarchive by Gil Brant, February 2, 2006</ref> This also stood as an overall NFL record until broken by a 1994 Pre-season game played at Estadio Azteca (Aztec Stadium) in Mexico City.<ref>Tom Weir – Cardinals deep-six 49ers in historic tilt in Mexico. October 3, 2005, USA Today. Total attendance for record reguklar season game in Mexico City Azteca Stadium is 103,467 breaking the record of 102,368 who saw the Rams play the 49ers on November 10, 1957, at the Los Angeles Coliseum.</ref><ref>Tom Weir – Mexico gets ready for football, not futbol. September 25, 2005, USA Today. quote:A 1994 Houston-Dallas exhibition drew a still-standing NFL record 112,376 to Estadio Azteca</ref>
- 1984 Summer Olympics (Games of the XXIII Olympiad) Football (Soccer) Tournament – France defeated Brazil 2–0 in the final to win the gold medal on August 11. The attendance was 101,799 setting a record for the largest crowd for a soccer game held in the United States (since broken by a 2014 Manchester United-Real Madrid exhibition at the Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan which drew 109,318). The attendance was also the Olympic football record until the Final of the 2000 Olympic Football Tournament at the Stadium Australia in Sydney which drew 104,098.<ref>2000 Olympic Games Football</ref>
- College football regular season record: UCLA–USC, November 19, 1988, Attendance: 100,741.<ref name="UCLA2007" /> Undefeated second-ranked USC (9–0) and quarterback Rodney Peete met sixth-ranked UCLA (9–1) and quarterback Troy Aikman with a berth in the Rose Bowl Game on the line. Since the 1998 renovations, the largest regular season crowd was for the 2002 UCLA-USC game, with an attendance of 91,084.<ref name="UCLA2007" /> The largest attendance for a UCLA game, with an opponent other than USC, is 88,804, for the 2000 game against the Michigan Wolverines.<ref name="UCLA2007" /> The lowest attendance with fans in seats for a UCLA regular season game was 27,143, against Bowling Green on September 3, 2022; lower than the former record, which saw 32,513 attend against Oregon State on November 7, 1992.<ref>Bolch, Ben - UCLA's attendance woes could take a ‘record’ turn against Oregon State. Los Angeles Times, October 4, 2019</ref><ref name="bolch_08282021" /> This is still the Bruins' lowest attendance record for a conference opponent. The first game played at the Rose Bowl, on October 28, 1922, between USC and Cal had an attendance of 35,000.<ref>USC 2012 Football Media Guide</ref> All four UCLA home games during the 2020 football season, including the USC game, had an official attendance of zero, due to restrictions from the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>Football vs. Stanford December 19, 2020. UCLABRUINS.com UCLA Athletic Department</ref>
- Professional soccer record: June 16, 1996: In an historic doubleheader witnessed by 92,216 fans, the U.S. men's national team played Mexico for the championship of 1996 U.S. Cup, followed by the MLS conference leaders Los Angeles Galaxy vs. Tampa Bay Mutiny. The crowd was the largest ever to see a U.S. professional soccer league match.
- 1994 FIFA World Cup: The final, held on July 17 saw Brazil defeat Italy 3–2 after a penalty shootout. Attendance was 94,194.
- 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup: The final on July 10, 1999, was the most attended women's sports event in history with an official attendance of 90,185. The USA defeated China 5–4 in a penalty shootout.
- 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup: 93,420 fans saw Mexico defeating the United States 4–2 in the 2011 Gold Cup Championship match on June 25, 2011.
- Soccer, exhibition match: Recently, a sold-out crowd of 93,702 people attended the July 30, 2022 friendly between Real Madrid and Juventus.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On August 1, 2009, an attendance of 93,137 showed up when FC Barcelona defeated the Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 in an exhibition match, making it the largest soccer attendance in the United States since the 1994 World Cup.<ref>FC Barcelona tops Galaxy in front of 93,137 at Rose Bowl Template:Webarchive</ref>
- Concert: British-Irish boy band One Direction played 3 sold out nights at the Rose Bowl in September 2014 on the same tour, making them the first act ever to accomplish this.
- MLS single-game record: On July 4, 2023, the postponed 20th El Tráfico derby match between Los Angeles Galaxy and Los Angeles FC broke MLS single-game attendance record with 82,110 people with the match ended in a 2–1 victory for the Galaxy.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Other notable dates
- November 17, 2012: The Rose Bowl press box became known as the Terry Donahue Pavilion in the fall, 2013.<ref>Rose Bowl Stadium Renames Press Box Terry Donahue Pavilion Template:Webarchive, UCLABruins.com, November 17, 2012</ref> Donahue is the winningest coach in the history of the Pac-12 Conference (known as the Pacific-10 during his coaching career).
- July 7, 2013: A record 566 mariachis performed at the half-time of the first round 2013 Gold Cup game between Mexico and Panama.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Statues
- Jackie Robinson
- Keith Jackson
- Brandi Chastain and the 1999 U.S. Women's World Cup team
- Terry Donahue
See also
Notes
References
<references> <ref name="bolch_08282021">Template:Cite news</ref>
<ref name="NCAA2002ATTENDANCE">2002 NCAA Records book - Attendance Records Template:Webarchive page 494 (PDF)</ref>
<ref name="nhlsum">National Historic Landmarks Program - Rose Bowl Template:Webarchive United States National Park Service</ref>
<ref name="ROSEBOWLHISTORY">Template:Cite book</ref>
<ref name="UCLA2007">UCLA Football – 2007 UCLA Football (Media Guide). UCLA Athletic Department (2007), page 149 (PDF copy available at www.uclabruins.com). Note that the UCLA Bruins have played in six Rose Bowl games with larger crowds: 1956, 1976, 1983, 1984, 1986 and 1994.</ref> </references>
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