Pasadena Weekly: Stadium Modernization: Elected announces $1M for Rose Bowl improvements

The Greater Los Angeles community is mobilizing in preparation for the LA 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, which are expected to bring millions of people to watch the global event. In Downtown LA, the LA Convention Center is getting a $2 billion facelift. The LA Metro is extending the D Line across the city. 

In Pasadena, thanks to over $1 million in federal investments, the Rose Bowl Stadium is receiving some much-needed love. 

On April 2, U.S. Congresswoman Laura Friedman announced a $1,092,000 federal investment into the Rose Bowl Stadium for the replacement and modernization of the historic venue’s water and wastewater systems ahead of the Olympic Games.

The Rose Bowl Stadium is playing an integral part in the international event, which is making its return to LA after 44 years. Though it is not currently scheduled to host any events for the Paralympic Games, it will serve as a primary venue for the Olympic Games in July 2028.

The stadium will host the final stages of Olympic Soccer, including the men’s and women’s gold medal match. Located adjacent to the stadium, the Rose Bowl Aquatics Center is staging all Olympic diving events, a relocation from the original proposed site at Exposition Park. Opened in 1992, the Rose Bowl Stadium is set to become one of only two stadiums in the world to host events in three separate Summer Olympic Games — besides LA Memorial Coliseum.

The Rose Bowl Stadium is recognized as a National Historic Landmark and a California Historic Civil Engineering Landmark and is the home stadium of the UCLA Bruins Football team.

Other major events hosted at the Rose Bowl Stadium include Super Bowls, the 1994 Men’s World Cup and the 1999 Women’s World Cup.