The Rose Bowl is a stadium in the Los Angeles suburb of Pasadena, California.
Designed by architect Myron Hunt in 1921. His design was influenced by the Yale Bowl (New Haven, CT, built 1914). The Rose Bowl was under construction from 1921-1922. The stadium was dedicated on January 1, 1923 when Penn State played U.S.C.
Its current official capacity is 92,542. Due to its historic significance in college football lore (as well as its age), it is commonly referred to as "The Grandaddy of them All".
It is best-known in the United States for its hosting of the Rose Bowl, the most famous college football postseason bowl game. The facility, however, has hosted countless other events. It has been the site of five Super Bowls, and has also 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.
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, 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.
The 1999 women's final was the most-attended women's sports event in history, with an official attendance of 90,185.
The coliseum is a National Historic Landmark.
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