The Rose Bowl is a stadium in the Los Angeles suburb of Pasadena, California. Its current official capacity is 92,542. The stadium is a National Historic Landmark.

The Rose Bowl was designed by architect Myron Hunt in 1921. His design was influenced by the Yale Bowl (New Haven, Connecticut, built 1914). The Rose Bowl was under construction from 1921-1922. The stadium was dedicated on January 1, 1923 when Penn State played USC.

	Capacity		92,542
	Opened		1922
	Owner		City of Pasadena
	Operator		Rose Bowl Operating Company
	Surface		Grass
	Location		1001 Rose Bowl Drive
	Architect		Myron Hunt
	Construction cost		$272,198 USD

It is best-known in the United States for its hosting of the Rose Bowl, the most famous college football postseason bowl game. 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 facility, however, has hosted countless other events, including The Junior Rose Bowl from 1946-71 and 1976-77. Between 1946-66 and 1976-77, the game pitted the California Junior College football champions vs. The NJCAA football champions for the National Championship. Pasadena Bowl football game from 1967-71; it was billed as the Junior Rose Bowl the first two years, where two teams for the NCAA College Division competed. It has been the home football field for UCLA since 1982. It was also the home ground for the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer from the team’s inception in 1996 until it moved into the soccer-specific Home Depot Center in 2003; the venue additionally hosted the 1998 MLS Cup. It also hosted the Soccer events for the 1984 Summer Olympic Games.

The stadium has hosted the Super Bowl five times. The first being in 1977, Super Bowl XI when the Oakland Raiders beat the Minnesota Vikings 32-14. The game was also played there in 1980 (Super Bowl XIV), 1983 (Super Bowl XVII), 1987 (Super Bowl XXI) and 1993 (Super Bowl XXVII).

1994 FIFA World Cup

Perhaps the stadium’s most unusual honor is that it 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 other stadium with this honor is the Råsunda Stadium near Stockholm of Sweden, which hosted the men’s final in 1958 and the women’s final in 1995. Interestingly, both Rose Bowl finals were scoreless after extra time and decided on penalty shootouts; Brazil defeating Italy in the 1994 men’s final, and the United States defeating China in the 1999 women’s tournament.

The 1999 women’s final was the most-attended women’s sports event in history, with an official attendance of 90,185.

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