UCLA football “will stay at the Rose Bowl for the 2026 season.” Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
UCLA football “will stay at the Rose Bowl for the 2026 season.” UCLA Vice Chancellor of Strategic Communications Mary Osako in a statement said, “Our priority is delivering a strong season experience for our student-athletes and our community, and we have great momentum in our football program.” Staying at least one more season at the Rose Bowl is “believed to be a university-wide decision made in lockstep between top campus administrators and the athletics department.” The decision comes only days after the dismissal of Vice Chancellor & CFO Stephen Agostini, who “strongly supported a move to SoFi Stadium.” The school remains “embroiled in a breach-of-contract lawsuit brought by the City of Pasadena and the Rose Bowl” as part of their attempts to keep UCLA at the Rose Bowl and avoid the school’s “abandonment of a lease that runs through the 2043 season.” The Rose Bowl is “scheduled to unveil” a $30M field-level club in the south end zone that will include premium seating (CALIFORNIA POST, 2/21).