According to the stadium’s official event listing, the program is a guided walk through the venue led by a tour guide. The stadium’s tourism partners note that the tours generally take place on the last Friday of the month, and July 31 is the last Friday in July. The tour is a recurring civic and tourism offering in Pasadena rather than a one-time event, giving residents and visitors a regular opportunity to see parts of the venue not typically open to the public.
Visit Pasadena, the city’s tourism agency, lists the monthly tours at 10:30 a.m. and describes a route that the stadium says includes the original 1922 locker room, the current locker rooms, the working press box and the Court of Champions. The itinerary is presented by the stadium as a walk through spaces tied to the venue’s competitive and ceremonial history.
In its event materials, the stadium markets the tour as a “behind-the-scenes” experience at what it calls “America’s Stadium.” The same materials advise that portions of the tour take place outdoors and recommend that visitors check the weather before arriving. They also state that proper attire, including shoes and shirts, is required, in keeping with what the stadium describes as a family-friendly setting. Because the route covers outdoor sections of the grounds, the stadium’s guidance suggests comfortable clothing suited to the day’s conditions.
Opened in October 1922, the Rose Bowl Stadium is a National Historic Landmark and a California Historic Civil Engineering Landmark, situated in Pasadena’s Arroyo Seco with the San Gabriel Mountains as a backdrop. It is the home of the annual Rose Bowl Game and has served as UCLA’s home football field since 1982. According to Visit Pasadena, the stadium has also hosted five NFL Super Bowls, soccer matches at the 1984 Olympic Games, the 1994 Men’s World Cup and the 1999 Women’s World Cup. That history is part of what the guided tours are built around, with stops that connect the physical spaces to events that have taken place at the site over more than a century.
The stadium’s central location in the Arroyo Seco places it within a short distance of Pasadena’s recreational areas, and the venue remains one of the city’s most recognized landmarks. For readers in Pasadena and neighboring Altadena, the monthly tours offer a way to experience the stadium outside of game days or large-scale concerts and events.
Tickets and additional information are available through the stadium’s official event listing at www.rosebowlstadium.com/events/details/616/public-tours. The stadium’s general phone line is (626) 577-3100. Prospective visitors are advised to confirm ticket details through the official listing before arriving.
