page_title: Tournament Park
hierarchical_section_title: Tournament Park
caption_attribution_description: English: Pasadena Tournament of Roses chariot race, 1911 Photograph of chariot races at the Pasadena Tournament of Roses celebration which, for many years, was a regular feature of the festival on New Year&#39;s Day, 1911. Two four-horse chariots are rounding a curve in the foreground. A large number of people crowd a grandstand in the background as well as the area just outside of the racing track. An American flag is flying in the distance. Mountains are visible in the background. Call number: CHS-309 Filename: CHS-309 Coverage date: 1911 Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 Format: glass plate negatives Type: images Geographic subject (city or populated place): Pasadena; Pasadena Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections Accession number: 309 Microfiche number: 1-37-14 Archival file: chs_Volume72/CHS-309.tiff Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Geographic subject (country): USA Format (aacr2): 2 photographs&#160;: glass photonegative, photoprint, b&amp;w&#160;; 13 x 18 cm. Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Subject (adlf): sports facilities Project: USC Repository email: specol@usc.edu Contributing entity: California Historical Society Date created: 1911 Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries Format (aat): photographic prints; photographs Geographic subject (state): California Subject (file heading): Festivals and parades -- Rose Parade -- General Legacy record ID: chs-m11230; USC-1-1-1-11380 Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343. Geographic subject (county): Los Angeles Subject (lcsh): Parades; Chariots Subject: Tournament of Roses
context_page_description: Tournament Park is a park and athletics venue in Pasadena, California, United States, northeast of Los Angeles. Currently maintained by the California Institute of Technology, it was simply known as the "town lot" before being renamed "Tournament Park" in 1900. Tournament Park gets its name from the Tournament of Roses, and it served as a venue in the early 20th century for events associated with the Tournament, such as chariot races, ostrich races, and even a race between a camel and an elephant. Besides hosting Tournament of Roses events, the venue hosted other events at the turn of the 20th century, such as the Southern California Horse Show Association's annual horse show. Tournament Park is best known as the site of the first eight Rose Bowl Games.
  Its seating capacity in 1922 was 43,000, many of which were in temporary wooden bleachers that the city deemed unsafe, thus necessitating the construction of the Rose Bowl stadium, about two miles northwest.
context_section_description: Tournament Park is a park and athletics venue in Pasadena, California, United States, northeast of Los Angeles. Currently maintained by the California Institute of Technology, it was simply known as the "town lot" before being renamed "Tournament Park" in 1900. Tournament Park gets its name from the Tournament of Roses, and it served as a venue in the early 20th century for events associated with the Tournament, such as chariot races, ostrich races, and even a race between a camel and an elephant.  Besides hosting Tournament of Roses events, the venue hosted other events at the turn of the 20th century, such as the Southern California Horse Show Association's annual horse show. Tournament Park is best known as the site of the first eight Rose Bowl Games (1902, 1916–1922).
  Its seating capacity in 1922 was 43,000, many of which were in temporary wooden bleachers that the city deemed unsafe, thus necessitating the construction of the Rose Bowl stadium, about two miles (3 km) northwest.   Tournament Park hosted a handful of USC football games, chiefly against out-of-state opponents, in the 1910s and 1920s prior to the construction of Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, since the park dwarfed USC's then on-campus venue of Bovard Field.
  Following the departure of the New Year's Day game to the new stadium in 1923, the facility's capacity was reduced substantially, though the parade route ended at Tournament Park for a number of years following the Rose Bowl's completion.  Tournament Park, along with the Rose Bowl, served as the venue for Caltech's football team until the school dropped the program.
  The stadium site, now known as South Athletic Field, is bounded by the Fox-Stanton Track (named after former Caltech football coach Fox Stanton), and continues to serve as Caltech's track and field venue.  The surrounding park, which continues under the Tournament Park moniker, contains a playground and picnic facility.
  The elevation of the park is approximately 750 feet (230 m) above sea level.
caption: A Tournament of Roses chariot race in 1911 at Tournament Park
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