In Reply to: I disagree with you. posted by hotspot on March 11, 2026 at 16:58:49
Opposing fans visiting Pasadena from the Midwest in late fall aren't complaining? Well that is a shocker.
And you think the Rose Bowl cares about UCLA. They are hardly some benevolent entity, they want the dollars just the same as SOFI. If they were so concerned about UCLA's interests, they would have proposed and completed the upgrades long ago. They have always done the bare minimum. The Rose Bowl's present efforts will likely prove to be too little, too late.
As far as those tourist dollars go, the Rose Bowl isn't getting nearly enough of those to sustain the Rose Bowl. It is presently losing money like a UCLA Athletic Department. Ultimately, Pasadena needs dollars wherever they come from, and I believe that they will eventually come to the conclusion that the city and its residents will be better served by the redeveloping the space that it's mostly empty bowl is presently occupying.