Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Take Dad Onto the Rose Bowl Field

So your father knows exactly who played the 1957 Rose Bowl — Oregon State versus Iowa, thanks for asking — and he has Opinions about Myron Hunt’s original 1922 design every time he spots the stadium on television.

He’s earned this one.

Enter Pasadena Heritage’s Father’s Day Tour of the Rose Bowl, a Sunday-only deep cut into the parts of the stadium most ticket holders never see. The locker rooms. The corridors behind the corridors. The field itself — yes, you can walk it, and yes, the tour promises the chance to kick a football on it. Docents handle the anecdotes; your dad handles the trivia he’s been saving since Reagan was president.

Two tours, June 21: one at 10 a.m., one at 2 p.m. Tickets are $65 a head and won’t last — Pasadena Heritage members get a discount code via Nick@pasadenaheritage.org. Bring the dad who already knows every team and concert that’s rolled through since 1922, and let the docents tell him three things he doesn’t.

Book early, kick a football, and let him have the last word on Myron Hunt for once.

Rose Bowl Stadium, Pasadena. Sunday, June 21, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. $65. Contact Nick@pasadenaheritage.org for member discount code.