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Rose Bowl Stadium

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Rose Bowl Stadium

Pasadena's grand old dame of American football/Stadiums

The Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California has hosted five Super Bowls, the 1994 FIFA World Cup Final, and countless New Year's Day college football games. Built in 1922, it was originally horseshoe-shaped before being enclosed into its iconic bowl form. It seats over 90,000 people, all of whom will somehow end up in the same parking lot trying to leave at once.

Measurements

Total footprint area37,000 m²
21.5 billionthsAlaskas
8.1 millionPlaying cards
1.1 tenthsDisneylands
Height28 m
147Toothbrushes
29.5 quintillionthsGlobular cluster widths

Rim height

Circumference700 m
8,235Shuttlecock lengths
574Shipping pallets
700Belt lengths

Approximate outer perimeter

Playing field area5,350 m²
1.1 millionBusiness cards
5.3 billionPinheads

Standard football field

Field length110 m
733Ice cream cones
833 sextillionthsMagellanic Cloud widths
31.4Parallel bar lengths

Including end zones

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