Rose Bowl Events

The Rose Bowl is a historic outdoor stadium in Pasadena, California. Opened in October 1922, the stadium is best known for hosting the annual Rose Bowl Game and major football and soccer events. It is a National Historic Landmark and a California Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.

The stadium currently has a seating capacity of about 92,542. It has hosted major events including Super Bowls, the FIFA World Cup, the Olympic soccer tournament, Copa América matches, and College Football Playoff games.

Events include:

Football in Rose Bowl :

Rose Bowl Game-

The Rose Bowl Game is one of the oldest and most famous college football bowl games in the United States. It is traditionally played at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena around New Year’s Day as part of the Tournament of Roses celebrations.

The first Rose Bowl Game took place in 1902, while the annual game returned in 1916. The stadium has hosted the game almost every year since then, making it one of the most historic venues in college football.

BCS National Championship-

The Rose Bowl was part of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) from 1998 through 2013. It hosted the BCS National Championship Game in January 2002 and again in January 2006.

The BCS era ended after the 2013 season, when the College Football Playoff system replaced it.

College Football Playoff semifinals

The Game is one of the six primary bowls of the College Football Playoff (CFP). The 2015 Rose Bowl was the first CFP semifinal game at the Rose Bowl, whose winner advanced to the championship game at AT&T Stadium in Texas on January 12.

Junior Rose Bowl

From the year 1946-71 and 1976-77, the stadium hosted the Junior Rose Bowl. The game countered the California Junior College football champions opposite the Junior Chamber of Commerce in the year 1946 and 1966 and 1976 and 1977.

1983 Army-Navy game

The stadium is the only site to host an Army-Navy Game west of the Mississippi River. The city of Pasadena paid for all the traveling expenses of all the supporters and the students, with the attendee of 81,000.

Super Bowls

The Rose Bowl has hosted five Super Bowls. These games took place in 1977, 1980, 1983, 1987, and 1993.

The stadium became one of the major venues used by the NFL for the Super Bowl during the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s.

Soccer

The Rose Bowl is one of the most historic soccer venues in the United States. It hosted matches during the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

The stadium hosted the 1994 FIFA World Cup final, where Brazil defeated Italy on penalties after a 0-0 draw. It also hosted the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup final, where the United States defeated China on penalties after another scoreless match.

Major global soccer tournaments

The stadium presents the FIFA World Cup finals. In 1994, it presented the men’s final, and in 1999, the women’s final. Both the finals were scoreless. However, the penalty shootouts decided the winner. In addition, the stadium presented the group stage-matched in 2016 of the Copa America Centenario. It is a candidate in presenting the games of the FIFA World Cup in 2026, and the venue will be in the 2028 Summer Olympics.

The Rose Bowl has hosted several major international soccer tournaments. It was a venue for the 1994 FIFA World Cup and hosted the men’s final. In 1999, it hosted the FIFA Women’s World Cup final.

The stadium also hosted matches during the 2016 Copa América Centenario and the 1984 Summer Olympics soccer tournament.

For the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Pasadena was not selected as a host city, so the Rose Bowl will not host World Cup matches in 2026. However, Los Angeles will host Olympic events during the 2028 Summer Olympics.