[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 117 (Friday, July 15, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E740]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    TRIBUTE TO THE ROSE BOWL STADIUM

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                          HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 15, 2022

  Mr. SCHIFF. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the centennial 
anniversary of the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California.
  On January 1, 1890, in celebration of the balmy California winter 
weather, the Valley Hunt Club organized a parade with floats, flowers, 
and equestrian displays. This celebration would come to be known as the 
Rose Parade and would grow to such popularity that a separate 
organization, the Tournament of Roses Association, was created to 
facilitate its annual planning and operation. In 1902, a football game 
was created to finance the cost of the parade. It was called the 
``Tournament East-West football game,'' with the University of Michigan 
defeating Stanford University 49-0. This would later be renamed the 
``Rose Bowl Game,'' and nicknamed ``The Grandaddy of Them All''--the 
oldest currently operating bowl game.
  By 1922, the parade had outgrown its former venue of Tournament Park 
and construction began on a new stadium, designed by notable architect 
Myron Hunt who had been inspired by the design of the Yale Bowl in 
Connecticut. Over the decades, many additions and refurbishments have 
been carried out ranging from an entire new southern wing of stands, 
which turned the stadium from a horseshoe into an actual bowl, to over 
seventy thousand new seat backs. The stadium is now recognized as a 
National Historic Landmark and a California Historic Civil Engineering 
Landmark.
  The first game at the stadium was in 1922 between the University of 
California, Berkeley and the University of Southern California (USC), 
ending in a Berkeley victory. The stadium was officially dedicated on 
January 1, 1923, with a game between USC and Pennsylvania State 
University that ended in a USC victory. Since then, the Rose Bowl has 
been home to numerous historic achievements in the world of sports and 
entertainment, such as the first transcontinental radio broadcast of a 
sporting event in 1927 and the first national color telecast of a 
college football game in 1962.
  Today, the Rose Bowl Stadium hosts the annual Rose Bowl Game. It also 
has hosted the University of California, Los Angeles Bruins home games 
since 1982 and five Super Bowls. Beyond football, the stadium has 
served as the venue for the 1994 FIFA World Cup Final, the 1999 FIFA 
Women's World Cup Final, and participated in two Olympic Games. It will 
host events for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and this past 
Independence Day, hosted its 96th Annual Americafest Fireworks Show on 
July 4, 2022. Notable celebrities such as Whitney Houston, Beyonce, 
Jennifer Lopez, Justin Timberlake and Taylor Swift have all performed 
at the venue, as well as many world-renowned bands, such as The Rolling 
Stones, Journey, The Eagles, Coldplay, and BTS.
  I consider it a great privilege to recognize the Rose Bowl Stadium 
upon its one-hundredth anniversary, and I ask all Members to join me in 
congratulating this venerable, historic stadium.

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