Tournament Park
Background
Its seating capacity in 1922 was 43,000, many of which were in temporary wooden bleachers that the city deemed unsafe, thus necessitating the construction of the Rose Bowl stadium, about two miles (3 km) northwest. Tournament Park hosted a handful of USC football games, chiefly against out-of-state opponents, in the 1910s and 1920s prior to the construction of Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, since the park dwarfed USC's then on-campus venue of Bovard Field.
Following the departure of the New Year's Day game to the new stadium in 1923, the facility's capacity was reduced substantially, though the parade route ended at Tournament Park for a number of years following the Rose Bowl's completion. Tournament Park, along with the Rose Bowl, served as the venue for Caltech's football team until the school dropped the program.
The stadium site, now known as South Athletic Field, is bounded by the Fox-Stanton Track (named after former Caltech football coach Fox Stanton), and continues to serve as Caltech's track and field venue. The surrounding park, which continues under the Tournament Park moniker, contains a playground and picnic facility.
The elevation of the park is approximately 750 feet (230 m) above sea level.
Bowl games at Tournament Park
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The first Rose Bowl Game in 1902
See also
References
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- ^ Dan O'Sullivan. "1902 - Michigan 49, Stanford 0". ESPN. BCSFootball.com. Archived from the original on December 10, 2002.
- ^ "At Tournament Park: Hairs' Widths Avert a Row of Tragedies". Los Angeles Times. January 2, 1913. ProQuest 159824493.
- ^ "With Splendid Showing and in Blaze of Beauty, Pasadena's Horse Show Opens in Idyllic Scene". Los Angeles Times. March 8, 1907. ProQuest 159071135.
- ^ "Early Views of Pasadena". Pasadena Department of Water and Power.
- ^ "USC Football History" (PDF).
- ^ Pickard, Joe (December 31, 2016). "Why The Rose Parade Is 'Never On A Sunday' And More Interesting Facts". Onward State. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
- ^ "Tournament Park". California Institute of Technology, Facilities Management Department.