The Rose Bowl is one of the most iconic venues in all of American sports. It could soon be losing an anchor tenant.

And the powers-that-be in Pasadena have filed a lawsuit to stop that from happening.

Via Sam Farmer of the L.A. Times , the City of Pasadena and the Rose Bowl Operating Company filed a lawsuit on Wednesday aimed at preventing UCLA’s football program from leaving the Rose Bowl for SoFi Stadium.

UCLA’s lease at the Rose Bowl runs through 2044. The school is accused of “unequivocally expressing its intent to abandon the Rose Bowl Stadium.”

In March 2025, an outside lawyer representing UCLA told the Pasadena city attorney that “preliminary discussions” regarding a potential move “do not constitute a material breach for which [the Rose Bowl Operating Company] would be en

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