{"nrhp_refnum":"87000755","name":"Rose Bowl, The","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"991 Rosemont Ave., Brookside Park","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pasadena","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.16106771700004,"lon":-118.16759578651991,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-02-27","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1987-02-27","areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A concrete, elliptical football stadium at 991 Rosemont Avenue in Brookside Park, Pasadena, California, completed in 1922 and designed by architect Myron Hunt.","why_significant":"It is the long-term site of the oldest and most renowned post-season college football bowl game, held on New Year's Day. It is also the leading surviving physical result of the civic work of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association. It also hosted events of the 1932 and 1984 Olympic Games.","narrative":"Set in Brookside Park in Pasadena's Arroyo Seco, this concrete stadium was designed by architect Myron Hunt and completed in 1922. Built on a true elliptical plan, it measures 880 feet along its long axis and 695 feet across. Hunt modeled the bowl-like seating curve on the Yale Bowl and used a cut-and-fill method, excavating the field 25 feet and using the fill to support the seating banks. Athletes enter through corner tunnels, and the south end was originally left open, a feature later closed in 1928. Capacity grew from about 57,000 to roughly 104,000. The stadium is the home of the annual New Year's Day Rose Bowl Game, the oldest and best-known post-season college football bowl game, which grew out of the Tournament of Roses festival begun in 1890. It also served as a venue for the 1932 and 1984 Olympic Games and for several professional championship games.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific dates 1922; 1928; 1932)","architect_builder":"Myron Hunt","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in excellent condition, with alterations; seating capacity is about 104,000 after several enlargements.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.291234-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/87000755_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000755/4714b8bc93-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000755/4714b8bc93-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Ted Eytan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2018.06.17_Over_the_Rose_Bowl,_Pasadena,_CA_USA_0039_(42855669451)_(cropped).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ted Eytan</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2018.06.17_Over_the_Rose_Bowl,_Pasadena,_CA_USA_0039_(42855669451)_(cropped).jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"08000579","name":"Pasadena Arroyo Parks and Recreation District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/california/pasadena-arroyo-parks-and-recreation-district-08000579/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123857940","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Bowl_(stadium)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q582280"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/rose-bowl-the-87000755/"}