Rose Bowl Stadium

Rose Bowl Stadium
Aerial view of the Rose Bowl Stadium, 2018
Data
place	1001 Rose Bowl Drive Pasadena , California
Coordinates	34 ° 9 '40.8 "  N , 118 ° 10' 3.4"  W Coordinates: 34 ° 9 '40.8 "  N , 118 ° 10' 3.4"  W.
owner	City of Pasadena
operator	Rose Bowl Operating Company
start of building	1921
opening	January 1, 1923
First game	October 28, 1922 California Golden Bears - USC Trojans
Renovations	1929, 1949, 1998, 2011
surface	Natural grass
costs	272,198 US dollars (1923) US dollars (2011) 152 million
architect	Myron Hunt
capacity	92,542 places 57,000 places (1923) 76,000 places (1929) 86,000 places (1932) over 100,000 places (1949)
Societies)
UCLA Bruins ( NCAA - Football since 1982) Los Angeles Galaxy ( MLS , 1996-2003) Los Angeles Wolves ( NASL , 1968) Los Angeles Aztecs ( NASL , 1978–1979)
Events
Rose Bowl Game (since 1923) Olympic football tournament 1984 Super Bowl XI (1977) Super Bowl XIV (1980) Super Bowl XVII (1983) Super Bowl XXI (1987) Super Bowl XXVII (1993) Football World Cup 1994 (including the final) Football Women's World Cup 1999 (including the final) CONCACAF Gold Cup 2011 (final) CONCACAF Gold Cup 2013 Copa América Centenario 2016 CONCACAF Gold Cup 2019 Olympic Summer Games 2028

The Rose Bowl is a traditional stadium in Pasadena in Los Angeles County . It hosted the Super Bowl five times , the final game of the National Football League (NFL) and hosted the 1994 World Cup, including the final. In addition, the Rose Bowl Game in college football takes place at Rose Bowl Stadium every January 1st . At present, the wide around 92,542 seats for visitors.

history

The Rose Bowl in the construction phase (1921)

Location in Los Angeles County

Architect Myron Hunt was inspired by the Yale Bowl in New Haven to build this stadium in 1921 . The official opening was on January 1, 1923 , when the college football teams Penn State and USC (University of Southern California) met there . The stadium was originally built in the shape of a horseshoe, but over the following years it was expanded to its present form. The southern stands were completed in 1928, so the stadium was closed at all ends. The stadium currently has 92,542 seats and is classified as a National Historic Landmark .

In the USA it is best known because every year college football competes for the famous Rose Bowl Trophy . Because of its tradition, this game is known by many Americans as "The Granddaddy of Them All". The stadium has been the home field for the UCLA football team since 1982 . The same applied to the Los Angeles Galaxy from Major League Soccer , which played here from its founding in 1996 to 2003 until they moved to the Home Depot Center , a pure soccer stadium .

However, the "Rose Bowl" has also been the venue for many other major sporting events. So found here z. B. In 1984 some games of the Olympic football tournament of the 1984 Summer Games took place, and for the 1932 Summer Games a cycle track was built into the Rose Bowl Stadium so that track cycling competitions could take place here.

Great bowls

The Super Bowl , the final of the professional league National Football League (NFL), has been played here five times alone :

• Super Bowl XI (1977): Oakland Raiders - Minnesota Vikings 32:14
• Super Bowl XIV (1980): Los Angeles Rams - Pittsburgh Steelers 19:31
• Super Bowl XVII (1983): Miami Dolphins - Washington Redskins 17:27
• Super Bowl XXI (1987): Denver Broncos - New York Giants 20:39
• Super Bowl XXVII (1993): Buffalo Bills - Dallas Cowboys 17:52

Soccer World Cup

During the soccer world championship in 1994 eight games, including the finals, took place here:

• Colombia - Romania 1: 3 (Group A)
• Cameroon - Sweden 2: 2 (Group B)
• USA 2-1 Colombia (Group A)
• USA 0-1 Romania (Group A)
• Romania 3-2 Argentina (round of 16)
• Brazil 1-0 Sweden (semi-finals)
• Sweden 4-0 Bulgaria (match for 3rd place)
• Brazil - Italy 0-0 aet, 3-2 i. E. (final)

A number of games, including the finals, were also played here during the 1999 Women's World Cup . This makes the “Rose Bowl” unique in the sense that, apart from the Råsundastadion in Solna, it is the only stadium that has hosted both a men's and women's football World Cup. In both games it was 0-0 even after extra time, so both games had to be decided on penalties . With 90,185 spectators, the final of the 1999 Women's World Cup is the record holder for events in a women's sport.

Concerts

The Rose Bowl Stadium was repeatedly used for concerts by various bands. The British pop group Depeche Mode ended their “Music for the Masses” world tour on June 18, 1988 with an appearance in front of over 60,000 spectators in the sold out Rose Bowl. The recording of the concert was released as a double live album as well as VHS and DVD (all with the title 101 ). In October 2009 the Irish rock band U2 played in the sold out Rose Bowl. The concert was recorded and released on DVD and Blu-Ray in June 2010 with the title U2 - 360 ° at the Rose Bowl .

Monument protection

The Rose Bowl Stadium was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 27, 1987 as a monument . Since that day, the stadium has also had the status of a National Historic Landmark .

Current situation

Like many other publicly owned, football -focused stadiums in the United States , the stadium is making losses year after year. Thus, not much money available for the stadium, so that at the stadium no improvements (eg. As installing new seats, introducing a new video wall, installation of new floodlights, installation of boxes or creating a larger number of outputs) can be made, that could turn it into a modern arena. The cost of this would be between $ 250 million and $ 300 million . However, the future of the stadium is still secured, as the Rose Bowl Tournament will take place here at least until 2019 and the UCLA Bruins will also play here at least until 2023.

gallery

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  Scene from the Rose Bowl Game 2006

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  Inter Milan versus Chelsea in the Rose Bowl (2009)

and display information about the image

Panorama of the interior (2007)

See also

• List of the largest stadiums in the world
• List of the largest football stadiums in the world

Web links

Commons : Rose Bowl Stadium  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• rosebowlstadium.com: Website of the stadium (English)
• collegegridirons.com: Rose Bowl Stadium (English)
• stadiumdb.com: Rose Bowl (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ rosebowlstadium.com: Stadium capacity (English)
2. ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: California. National Park Service , accessed August 3, 2019.
3. ↑ Entry in the National Register Information System . National Park Service , accessed June 1, 2016
4. ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: California . National Park Service , accessed June 1, 2016