ENVIRONMENTAL NOTICES
PROJECT
TITLE:
Rose Bowl Stadium Renovation Project
PROJECT
ADDRESS: 1001 Rose Bowl Drive,
Pasadena, California
Case Manager: Erin Clark
or
John Steinmeyer
 Final
Supplemental EIR
 PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Renovations of the existing Rose Bowl stadium are
proposed to allow use by the UCLA Bruins football team, Rose Bowl
Game, Bowl Championship Series (BCS) games, and soccer matches, as
well as to bring the building systems up to current Code
requirements.
The replacement of all seating in the Rose Bowl is a
project priority. Seating capacity would remain sufficient, however,
to accommodate all existing events (temporary seating for the Rose
Bowl game and the UCLA versus USC game would still be provided as it
is today). Upon completion of the project, seating in the Rose Bowl
would include general seating, club seating, and luxury suite
seating. Different levels of amenities would be provided for each
type of seating.
As previously included in the FEIR, a Hall of Fame
museum, which would include a stadium store, is proposed either at
the south end of the stadium, within the new west sideline
structure, or on the east side along with perimeter structures. The
museum and team store would consist of 9,000 sf of museum space,
2,000 sf of retail store, and 2,000 sf for a coffee/snack area, and
would be open Monday through Friday 8:00 A.M. through 6:00 P.M. and
during special events. The project boundary includes generally the
area inside the existing perimeter fence line, with limited minor
extension outside the fence line.
With implementation of the revised project, the
maximum number of displacement events (attendance exceeding 20,000)
would remain unchanged, consistent with the provisions of Chapter
3.32 of the Pasadena Municipal Code pertaining to Arroyo Seco Public
Lands. The playing field area would continue to accommodate football
and international soccer. Approximately seven events would be for
UCLA football games and up to two post-season collegiate games,
including the Rose Bowl Game and an occasional BCS Championship
Game. The Rose Bowl could also continue to host other displacement
events such as soccer matches, concerts, and revivals, with the
total number of annual displacement events not exceeding twelve as
allowed under current Code.
Demolition Activities
The proposed revised project would include demolition
of existing ancillary structures around the base of the stadium and
the perimeter structures at the fence line, along with removal of
asphalt surfacing and landscaping. Removal, retention, and
reconstruction of the stone terraces and planting material adjacent
to the stadium would also occur as required by project design. A new
structure containing the stadium’s club and associated support
facilities would be constructed outside, but connected to, the
existing seating bowl along the west side of the stadium structure.
The existing suites and press box structure located along the
western rim of the stadium would be removed and replaced with a new
three-level structure that includes one club level and two levels of
suites and press facilities on the west side of the stadium only. A
lighted animated ribbon sign would be attached on the
interior-facing façade of each level of the press box. In total,
approximately 340,000 square feet (sf) of existing structures and
paved areas would be demolished. It should be noted that this
structure would be within the development envelope (i.e. length,
width, and height) analyzed in the previous EIR. In addition, no
lighting intensities greater than those previously analyzed would be
included in the revised project.
Renovation Activities
New restroom and concession buildings (and possibly a
structure housing the proposed Hall of Fame museum and stadium
store) would be constructed against the fence line between the entry
gates. Improvements to the entry plaza with new paving and
landscaping would formalize the south end of the stadium as the main
entrance, and the neon “Rose Bowl” sign would be preserved. The
roadway at the south end of the stadium would be improved as a
roundabout to serve the main entrance. Much of the area adjacent to
the Rose Bowl would be enhanced with pedestrian amenities, allowing
access around the entire stadium via a concentric pedestrian path
beyond the security fence that would mimic the elliptical seating
bowl. Plazas and entries would be landscaped with trees and planting
matching those that are on site. The proposed project would include
improvements to spectator facilities, circulation elements, press
box/media facilities, administrative facilities, team facilities,
playing field, lighting systems, stadium services, and stadium
systems. All existing ancillary buildings immediately outside the
bowl containing restrooms and concessions would be demolished.
Again, it should be noted that all proposed improvements are
substantially similar to or at a less intense level than those
analyzed in the previous FEIR, including improvements to field
lighting.
While some seats would be removed to accommodate the
proposed renovations, club seating would be increased and would
offset seat removal, with the result that the revised project’s
seating capacity would remain relatively unchanged.
“Emergency exiting from the stadium would be
improved by one of the three following options:”
Option A: Construction of a New Concourse at the
Horizon Level
This option would involve the installation of
additional exit aisles inside the stadium located midway between
existing aisles. These aisles would lead patrons up to a new horizon
level concourse constructed at the rim of the existing stadium that
would be connected to the plaza level concourse by vertical
circulation towers at four locations, one on each side of the new
press box structure and two on the east side of the stadium. This
option would require the removal of approximately 2,800 seats.
Option B: Tunnel Widening and Internal Concourse
Under this option, up to twenty-eight existing access
tunnels would be doubled in width to provide additional exiting
capacity (the tunnels currently accommodate only 54 percent of the
appropriate capacity per existing Code requirements). Additional
exit aisles inside the stadium located midway between existing
aisles would be installed to improve access to the vomitoria. The
renovation would require appropriate shoring of the tunnels to allow
for expansion, excavation, and reconstruction and resurfacing of the
tunnel walls, along with the installation of additional exit aisles
as noted above inside the stadium. This option would require removal
of approximately 4,300 stadium seats.
Option C: Horizon-Level Concourse, Tunnel
Widening, and Internal Concourse
This option represents a hybrid of Options A and B:
the horizon-level concourse would be constructed, but some or all of
the existing twenty-eight tunnels may also be widened to provide
even greater exiting capacity. This option would require the
equivalent level of excavation, landscape and stone berm removal as
identified for options A and B above. Up to 4,300 seats could be
removed under this option if all twenty-eight tunnels were to be
widened.
Documents Available for Review
Final
Supplemental EIR
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Last Updated
06/12/2012
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