UCLA has a lease to play its home games at the Rose Bowl through 2044, but according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday by the City of Pasadena and the Rose Bowl Operating Company, the university has been “unequivocally expressing its intent to abandon the Rose Bowl Stadium and relocate its home football games to SoFi Stadium in Inglewood.”

Calling the university’s alleged plan “a profound betrayal of trust,” the complaint said UCLA’s outside legal counsel told the city and Rose Bowl Operating Co., which runs the 103-year stadium, earlier this month that the Bruins would cease playing there after “UCLA leadership, lawmakers in Sacramento, and other decision-makers had vetted and approved the decision.”

According to Pasadena officials, taxpayers have forked over more $150 million toward Rose Bo

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