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The biggest and best known of Pasadena’s annual events are the New Year’s Day Rose Parade® and Rose Bowl Game®. And, true to tradition, January 1, 2011 will bring with it the 122nd installation of the famous pageant and the 97th football championship. If you’d like to attend, begin planning and make your reservations in advance. Tickets sell out early, and hotels in the city book up in anticipation of these
holiday events.
Rose Parade®
The 5½-mile parade begins at 8 a.m. (PST) on January 1, commencing a 2½-hour procession
of imaginative flowery floats, spirited marching bands, and majestic equestrian teams
making their way along Orange Grove, Colorado, and Sierra Madre boulevards between
sidewalks and grandstands teeming with an estimated one million spectators.
Parade Seating
View from designated curbside locations along the route for free or buy tickets for
grandstand seating. Grandstand tickets are available for purchase from February 1–
December 31 from Sharp Seating Company, the official Tournament of Roses® ticket
distributor, ,
sharpseating.com
. Tickets may also be available through other
ticket brokers; please refer to the FAQ section at tournamentofroses.com.
Parking
Advance reservations are highly recommended and available for parking of automobiles,
buses, and recreational vehicles while attending the parade. Please refer to
sharpseating
.com
or the Rose Parade® section of VisitPasadena.com.
Float Decorating
You can get involved in float decorating in two ways: Before the parade at about three
locations, you can watch as others decorate the floats, or you can actually participate in
the decorating (schedules vary by location, and considerable waiting periods should
be expected).
Post-Parade Float Viewing
Walk within a few feet of the floats to see them in close detail while they are parked along
Sierra Madre and Washington boulevards. Some fees apply.
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