Overview
- Pasadena and the Rose Bowl Operating Company filed suit in Los Angeles County Superior Court seeking a court order requiring UCLA to perform the remainder of its lease.
- The complaint alleges UCLA has been expressing an intent to abandon the Rose Bowl and relocate home football games to SoFi Stadium in Inglewood.
- UCLA’s agreement to play at the Rose Bowl runs through June 30, 2044.
- City officials say taxpayers have invested more than $150 million in renovations and recently refinanced about $130 million in bonds, and the filing claims potential harm could exceed $1 billion.
- UCLA, through a March letter from outside counsel David L. Schrader included in the filing, argues that preliminary venue talks do not constitute a material breach and says it is evaluating strategic and fiscal priorities, with no formal response to the complaint yet filed.