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Visit the Los Angeles Limousine Service Company®,
LA Limo®, at Rose Bowl Game
Rose Bowl
The Rose Bowl is an outdoor athletic stadium in Pasadena, California,
U.S., in Los Angeles County and the Los Angeles Limousine Service
Company®, LA Limo®,
is there during most games. The stadium is the site of the annual
college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl, held on New Year's Day
and the Los Angeles Limousine Service Company®,
LA Limo®, is going to be present
with many large limos. In
1982, it became the home field of the UCLA Bruins college football team
of the Pac-12 Conference. It hosted events during the 1932 and 1984
Olympics, and was the venue for the 1994 FIFA World Cup Final and the
1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Final.
The natural grass playing field runs in a north–south configuration
and sits at an elevation of 825 feet (251 m) above sea level. The
stadium is a National Historic Landmark and a California Historic Civil
Engineering Landmark. Its design was based upon the Yale Bowl in New
Haven, Connecticut.
History
The Rose Bowl under construction; note the original horseshoe
shapeThe game now known as the Rose Bowl Game was played at Tournament
Park until 1922. The Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association, the
game's organizer, realized that 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 was
built in 1914. The Arroyo Seco dry riverbed was selected as the location
for the stadium. The Rose Bowl was under construction from 1921 to 1922.
The nearby Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum also was under construction
during this time and would be completed in May 1923 shortly before The
Rose Bowl was completed. The first game was a regular season contest on
October 28, 1922 when Cal defeated USC 12–0. This was the only loss for
USC and California finished the season undefeated. California declined
the invitation to the 1923 Rose Bowl game and USC went in their place.
The stadium was dedicated officially on January 1, 1923 when USC
defeated Penn State 14–3. Originally built as a horseshoe, the stadium
was expanded several times over the years. The southern stands were
completed in 1928, making the stadium a complete bowl.
The name of the stadium was alternatively "Tournament of Roses
Stadium" or "Tournament of Roses Bowl", until being settled as "Rose
Bowl" before the 1923 Rose Bowl game.
The stadium seating has been reconfigured several times since its
original 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. For many years, the Rose Bowl
had the largest Football stadium capacity in the United States,
eventually being surpassed by Michigan Stadium in 1956, then later by
the Pennsylvania State University's upgrade to Beaver Stadium (110,753)
in 2000. The Rose Bowl's maximum stated seating capacity was 100,594
from 1972 to 1997. Capacity was lowered following the 1998 Rose Bowl
when benches were replaced with individual seats except in the
end-zones. Slightly different figures are given for the current
capacity, for 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. The
Tournament of Roses reports the capacity at 92,542. The 2006 Rose Bowl
game, which was also the BCS championship game, had a crowd of 93,986.
In the 2011 contest between TCU and Wisconsin, the listed attendance is
94,118. As of 2008, the Rose Bowl is the 8th largest football stadium,
and is still the largest stadium that hosts post-season bowl games.
In 1999, Sports Illustrated listed the Rose Bowl at number 20 in the
Top 20 Venues of the Twentieth Century. In 2007, Sports Illustrated
named the Rose Bowl the number one venue in college sports.
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