Pasadena considers clearing Rose Bowl to be temporary NFL home

There’s no telling if or when an NFL team might return to Los Angeles, but the Rose Bowl wants to be ready if that happens.

Stadium backers want the venue to be a temporary home for an NFL team while a new NFL stadium is being constructed downtown, in City of Industry or, perhaps, someplace else. (The Coliseum would likely compete for the same temporary-home status.)

In order for the Rose Bowl to be considered, it would need to provide an environmental impact report that on the viability of playing host to NFL games, a report that would take as long as eight months to complete and cost approximately $400,000.

The EIR proposal will be discussed at 6:30 tonight at Brookside Golf Course, next to the Rose Bowl, and the Pasadena City Council will vote Monday on whether to proceed with the EIR.

“Our opinion is this would be a significant economic boost, and we think it’s worth pursuing,” Rose Bowl General Manager Darryl Dunn said.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has made it clear that none of the league’s 32 teams will be relocating this season.

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