PASADENA, Calif. (KABC) -- Saying there was no evidence of an immediate emergency necessitating such a move, a judge Wednesday denied a request by the city of Pasadena and the operators of the Rose Bowl for a temporary restraining order barring UCLA's football team from playing its home games at any other venue.

The city and the Rose Bowl Operating Company sued the university in late October seeking to enforce the terms of a lease agreement they claim locks UCLA into playing football at the venue until 2044.

While the suit is pending, the plaintiffs filed papers Monday asking that a restraining order be issued prohibiting UCLA from playing any home football games at any other venue in Los Angeles or Orange counties, and barring the university from trying to terminate its Rose Bowl lease

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