The Rose Bowl is an outdoor athletic stadium located in Pasadena, California, 10 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles). It is recognized as a National Historic Landmark and a California Historic Civil Engineering landmark). The stadium has a modern capacity of an all-seated configuration at 92,542, making it the 16th-largest stadium in the world, the 11th-largest stadium in the United States, and the 10th-largest NCAA stadium). The Rose Bowl stadium is best known for hosting the Rose Bowl, a postseason college football game played after the Tournament of Roses Parade on New Years Day). The stadiums name has given rise to the term "bowl game" for postseason football games, regardless of whether they are played in a bowl-shaped or "Bowl"-named stadium). Since its opening, the Rose Bowl stadium has hosted the bowl game every year except in 1942 and 2021).
The Rose Bowl is also the home stadium of the UCLA Bruins since 1982. It has hosted several other events, including the 1994 FIFA World Cup Final, the 1999 FIFA Womens World Cup Final, and the 1984 Olympic Gold Medal Match. The stadium has been selected as one of the playing venues of the 2026 World Cup.
In summary, the Rose Bowl is the stadium where the Rose Bowl game is played, and it is located in Pasadena, California.
