The management of the Pasadena Rose Bowl, has not learned lessons about how to take care of visitors of the Rose Bowl, many paying a lot of money.

This past Sunday June 15, 2025, with temperatures well above 90 degrees, the Rose Bowl made patrons empty water bottles and if they wanted water would have to stand in lines that took 45minutes just to buy a bottle of water.

Where are the hydration stations? Why not allow visitors to bring in water bottles?

This situation after seeing the fiasco a year ago with soccer fans lighting fireworks in the stands at the Rose Bowl.  What is really going on here?

Read about the reports of experiences at the Guardian.