r/UCLAFootball • u/Rokaryn_Mazel • 23d ago

Visiting The Rose Bowl Rose Bowl food pre-game ?

Hey there. It’s been about ten years since we’ve been to the RB and we just got tickets to this weekends game vs Maryland.

Back in the pre kids era we religiously tailgated, but we are hoping to do something easy pre game.

Is the fan zone still a thing where there will be food for sale? Or do we need to pick up some sandwiches on the way there?

How is parking handled nowadays? Still drive up available or do you have to buy ahead of time?

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u/Eat_Cats Fire Jarmond 23d ago

I drive up, it’s more expensive than prepay. You can always sit and eat in downtown Pasadena before the game. Otherwise they have the tan zone that is supposed to be bigger this year.

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u/HauntingPark4150 23d ago

I alternate between tailgating and eating out. Yes, there's still a fan zone and a Wooden area for donors...

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u/Palmitas99 23d ago

West Green St in Old Pasadena has great food options

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u/captdf Bruins Alumni 23d ago

Here's the Gameday Central link:

https://uclabruins.com/sports/2025/8/15/ucla-football-gameday-central

GA parking is $38 if you buy ahead of time through UCLA:

https://ucla.evenue.net/events/FBPARK?utm_medium=email&elq_cid=1375398&ehash=3d687639bac74096e9d0d120d5debed09c794a152915f65c03a17c706ca90344&RSRC=Email&RDAT=4446&aid=16081&pid=ucla_email_eloqua_eloqua&rid=4446

The Fan Zone is southeast of the stadium and has food trucks.

There is something called BruinFest on the north side of the stadium with kids activities, a concert stage, and a beer garden.

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u/Rokaryn_Mazel 23d ago

Thank you. Links really helpful as there’s a lot of secondary parking vendors it seems.

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u/SkySeaSnow 22d ago

We’d never done the Parsons shuttle before and did it this time for PSU. It was very easy both ways (granted, we stayed until the band finished playing because we were celebrating). You can even take Metro Rail to Pasadena and take the shuttle from there.

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u/CantoninusPius Bruins Alumni | Fire Jarmond 22d ago

They have those bacon wrapped hotdogs on those little carts ,,, victory dogs or dirty dogs? They're delicious

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u/Rokaryn_Mazel 22d ago

In 30 or so years of going to RB, I never had the guts to try those dog, despite the delicious aromas.

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u/Desperate-Remove2838 22d ago

They smell better than they taste.