Rose Bowl Stadium — Attraction in Pasadena

This review is based on last night's experience to see Coldplay.

As recommended by the venue, we parked at the Parsons Building, $30, and waited about 40 minutes to board the shuttle at $10 per person. The shuttles were nice and clean and arrived at the Bowl in about 10-15 minutes. All was good up until this point. We made it to the venue at about 5:30, plenty of time to get food/drinks, so we thought.

The lines for food were long but completely chaotic. It was hard to tell who was standing where. Plus, with people constantly cutting across lines to make it to their destination, it was a nightmare. At one point, at least two guys got into a fight because someone "elbowed" someone else. We stood in line for about 45 minutes to be told when we got to the front that they were out of pretzels, churros, and peanuts. Only cotton candy and lemonade were left. Aside from that, there were minimal, if that, options for vegetarian, God forbid vegan, food, hence our reason for waiting in the pretzels line in vain. The predominant food options were tacos, teriyaki bowls, burgers, hot dogs, hot dogs, and more hot dogs! None of these options were vegetarian. When we went inside the stadium, we did notice a group eating Mediterranean food. Wherever this vendor was, it must've been the only one. Plus, the group said the food was overly salty! We settled on "personal size" cheese pizza, which was meh considering the $15 price. The lines were endless for drinks, but the solo beer sellers in the middle of the venue helped. At least there was no wait for that.

Going to our seats was another ordeal. When we made it through the tunnel, nome of the ushers working were helpful in guiding us to our seats. One told is just to "just go down" (not whether to go left or right on the appropriate row). We ended up in the wrong seats twice as we bothered people who were enjoying the opening acts to let us through to our seats in the middle of the long, long, long row. One woman got out of her seats to tell the usher he needed to direct people better because the endless people standing in front of her seat blocked her view.

It started raining hard for about 10 minutes, at which point, endless unprepared people got out of the stadium to seek refuge under trees or wherever else. Then, they started approaching the janitors for empty trash bags. At one point, people were paying top dollar for trash bags. Insane! Shout out to the cleaning crew for making top dollar just like the venue itself.

I have no complaints about the sound at the venue as Coldplay was perfection all around. It's hard to believe the sound a venue of that capacity, 89K, can be so good, but it is. Unreal!

After the concert, the nightmare continued. We exited by tunnel 23 and followed the crowd out until we saw the less-than-helpful workers "directing" people. We were told to go "that way," left for the shuttle line. We walked for a out 20 minutes until we saw endless people waking toward us. Then we notcied the longest line, which had no end in sight. We figured that was the line for the shuttles. Our fears were confirmed after we saw one guy working there "directing" people. He said it was a 1.5 hour wait time for the shuttle from the point where he was standing - nowhere near the end of the line, which we reached at about another 20 minutes later.

Instead of waiting in line for hours, we made the 40-minute trek on foot to our car. That was the easiest decision given the number of people who were doing the same. It's a flat route and safe, even at that time (12 a.m.+). However, it's a trek, so maybe it's not the best for those who aren't in shape or walk regularly.

Next time, we will park anywhere in Old Town that doesn't cost $30, eat there, and walk 40 minutes to and from the venue. It will save us a lot of money...

I was able to buy a pair of what are called Infinity tickets for Coldplay’s 10-1-23 concert, which are inexpensive tickets that you find out where you are in the stadium on the day of the show. They can be anywhere from the GA field to the nosebleed seats. So on the morning of this show in my Ticketmaster account, under the ticket details I happen to notice that suddenly it now shows in at least 3 different places that my tickets are in fact listed as general admission (GA) and it is even shown pin pointed on a map. So my family changes our plans for the day, my husband and I go quickly down to the Rose Bowl, pay $60 for a parking spot and at 11 am, line up in the GA line. Hours of waiting in the sun later, at 3pm I walk to the opposite side of the stadium for when the unmarked, very run down, 1960’s looking box office is to open at 3:30 to pick up the tickets and I meet two others who also have GA listed in their Ticketmaster account. When it opens, to our surprise we are all given a pair of tickets in nearly the highest nosebleed/side view seats possible. Another man the is there and he is very angry with the box office. I calmly explained my situation to the man I am told is the box office manager and he could not care less. Even though all the Infinity tickets line was all gone out within about 10 mins. and he had myself and 2-3 others (who were shown in their accounts that they had GA tickets) and he had a bunch of envelopes with tickets that he could start looking through for us, with a few employees to help, he was unwilling to do so. Then while I was still standing there with other customers in ear shot, he loudly told one of his employees “most people are just grateful for the tickets!” Personally I think a box officer manager of a stadium who publicly tries to shame a customer for standing up for themselves when they are quite obviously being wronged, should be grateful he still has his job. But apparently in his mind, since the tickets were inexpensive, I should just shut up and be screwed over. So I returned to the other side of the stadium, explain my situation to a couple of higher ups in security who agree with me that it is ridiculous that I was given the tickets shown in my account and I was advised to speak with a ticket resolution specialist. When the gates open I do so, they agree with me and we are given GA wristbands. I just wish I didn’t have to first go through all this to get them. For my first experience at the Rose Bowl, this manager’s rude, unprofessional comment and to be publicly called ungrateful (in front of his employees and the customers standing around) really made a bad situation even worse. This man owes me an apology and he needs to be trained far better in his job. As does the unhelpful person I spoke with in the run down customer service booths the day before. Besides the ticket resolution specialist and an only a couple of others, the only other Rose Bowl staff that was impressive was the security. They were very professional and friendly inside and out of...

I grew up in Altadena/Pasadena.. I have been to the Rose bowl stadium hundreds of times. Graduation from high school was inside the stadium. There are so many different types of activities here every week throughout the year.

Many people enjoy walking, running, bike riding, etc around the Rose bowl golf course which is approximately 3 miles completely around. There

TURKEY TUSSLE IS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2023 @7:00pm

In keeping with tradition, Pasadena High School and John Muir High School will once again use all their energies to struggle for their school honor in the annual Turkey Tussle. The Turkey Tussle is the annual homecoming tradition between Pasadena High School and cross-town rival John Muir High School.  This tradition began in 1947 when the game was played between Pasadena Community College and John Muir Junior College. These two schools played until 1953. In 1954 the annual rivalry was played between what is now Pasadena High School and John Muir High School.

Possession of the Victory Bell is the prize for the winning school. The Victory Bell a long-standing tradition between Pasadena High School and John Muir High School came as a gift from the Santa Fe Railroad, presented in 1955 at the pep rally for the Turkey Tussle. The student body at PHS, which then shared the same campus with PCC, though the two were not affiliated, wanted to start many traditions which would last through the years. When it came time for the Turkey Tussle, they talked of having a bell.

Scott Fitzwater, Student Body President at that time and Jim Shelton, then Senior Class Vice-President, were instrumental in gaining the bell. Jim Shelton told his father, Raymond Shelton, of their idea and Raymond Shelton, General Manager for Santa Fe in Los Angeles at the time, was able to get the bell for PHS. The bell formerly rang from the top of an old steam locomotive and to Mr. Shelton's knowledge is the only one ever given to a school.

The bell was intended to be used, as it still is, as a perpetual trophy to rotate between John Muir High School and Pasadena High School, being kept for the year by the team that wins the homecoming game.

One of the highlights for the winning team is to rush to the end zone, celebrating their win by ringing the Victory Bell. In June 2005, the John Muir High School campus was burglarized and the Victory Bell was stolen. On February 7, 2006 the Victory Bell was found near a road in the Angeles National Forest.

In November 2007, a documentary about the Turkey Tussle was produced and featured on Fox Sports West cable channel. Although it didn't tell the entire story of the Turkey Tussle, it did showcase the cross town battle that has been going on for 60 years between Pasadena High School and John Muir...