Its only eight Sundays out of the year for only two years.. Rose Bowl could've handled that no problem. Why not make some money and highlight your city other than just one day of the year -Jan 1st The Rose Bowl is huge though.. Chargers might be thinking the place would only be half full or dare I say it, one-thirds full and be an embarrassment for the franchise.. but maybe they don't mind being embarrassed cause they did release that crappy new logo last week
I heard the Rose Bowl was a no-go because Pasadena residents hate the crowds and traffic as it is so, events are limited.
You hear right. Because the RB is tucked in a pretty upscale quiet residential neighborhood there is always a tension between having enough events to sustain the facility but not so many as to impose unreasonably on its neighbors. Getting the UCLA games there was a stretch. NFL is just not a go. Add in the various concerts and other events - the flea market, the RV show for example - the bowl gets more than a "once a year" usage, and probably more than people who don't live in the immediate area are conscious of.
On the one hand, I live almost within walking distance of the Rose Bowl so it sure was convenient. On the other hand, the field does not really lend itself to good soccer and the concept of practice being held on the grass parking lot seems, in retrospect, to be ludicrous. In so many ways the HDC/SHC is such a superior venue that I am willing to pay the driving time penalty. In addition to KING TACO, you know what I miss most about the Rose Bowl? The ticket prices. I am now paying as much for one good (not club) season seat at SHC as I did for four primo club season tix at the RB.
I live in Pasadena too and it's 100% a selfish convenience thing for me. I love the stubhub and what they've done with it but boy were those late 90s games fun at the Rose Bowl.
Is it really the Rose Bowl that you're missing, or is it the 1990s? Inflation does terrible things. In 1976, I bought a New York Cosmos season ticket (16 games) at Yankee Stadium for $44.
Inflation does not begin to explain the price increases. And, no, I don't really miss the Rose Bowl. I miss affordable soccer.
My upper deck season seats at the Stubhub center are $13 a game. No joke. I have 4 seats now for less then I paid for two when I sat on the sidelines.
Yeah to be completely fair I think a large number of seats for Galaxy games are really quite reasonably priced. I paid $23 a seat last season, which is $2 more than a movie ticket in my neck of the woods.
Yep. The nice theater (reserved seats, alcohol, no kids, recliners, etc …) is $22.50 regardless of movie or time. The “cheap” theater first couple of weekends, non-matinee shows will run $20 and will drop to $17 a few weeks later.
Similar here. They redid all the theaters in my neighborhood and now they're really nice (big reclining seats and you can take a beer in to drink while you watch the movie) but they're also really expensive. I splurged on a matinee around Christmas and the ticket, beer and red vines came to $30. The westside (and other parts) of LA are becoming absurdly expensive.
Interesting development: There's bunch of guys who want to build a soccer-friendly stadium where Qualcomm is in order to lure MLS and Liga MX expansion. Also there are plans to have SDSU football play in it too. http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/growth-development/sd-fi-soccer-20170122-story.html
Jonathan Tannenwald @thegoalkeeper 1h1 hour ago Garber: "Our fans don't like those lines - frankly they hate them... I can assure you there won't be lines on the field for Galaxy games"
Context is everything. I might believe that we won't see white lines on the field, however, I believe that we will be able to see green American football lines.
Knowing how much it would hurt to lose the Galaxy over something is frivolous as an owner wanting the city to tart up their stadium, I've no time for the Chargers. They left a relevant and loyal fan base and a market that has supported them for generations. I understand relocations when things simply aren't working out economically or logistically (like the original MLS Smurfs) but it baffles me that LA fans woild adopt the Chargers, especially knowing what it was like to lose the Rams previously. Why do US sports fans tolerate this stuff?
Demonstrably, Americans tolerate a lot. But if we get crappy restaurant service when traveling abroad, so help me...!
Is LA adopting them though? Rams sold 45k season ticket deposits in 48hrs and a month after the Chargers started selling theirs you can still purchase them. They couldn't sell 27k in a month? I think that says a lot about how much LA is adopting the Chargers.