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How Would NFL Rose Bowl Traffic Affect South Pas?

Tuesday's vote by Pasadena City Council paves the way for negotiations with the NFL to host up to 13 games a year at the 90-year-old stadium.

More money, traffic congestion, trash and an influx in drunken fans. 

These are some of the complaints lodged during a Pasadena City Council meeting, in which members voted 7-1 in favor of certifying a so-called Final
Environmental Impact Report, and approving amending the Arroyo Seco Public Lands Ordinance to pave the way for NFL teams to play at the Rose Bowl.

To read more about what council members said, click here

But would crowds heading to or coming from professional football games, for up to five years while a permanent stadium is constructed elsewhere, end up dropping dollars in South Pasadena? Is the additional pollution and possible annoyances associated with game-day behavior worth it if more people walk into businesses in the city? 

This discussion question, posted on South Pasadena Patch Facebook, drew multiple comments, with users listing pros and cons: One reader wrote, "We need to steadfastly fight to preserve the quiet, green, suburban town that is SoPas.''

Another commenter pointed out, "It wouldn't hurt. I think it could make all the business better. Yes we get all the traffic and more people, but thats the price we pay living in L.A. Plus it's only temporary till the stadium downtown is finished.''

Patch Asks: Business owners, residents: What do you think? Would NFL teams playing in Pasadena be a good thing for South Pas or no? 

City News Service contributed to this report. 

 

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ROBERT E. FISHBACK May 22, 2013 at 07:48 am
Yes, I watched those speeches....Flowery with no substance...The Ive lEAGUE SCHOOLS ARE HOT BEDS OFRead More SOCIALIST PHILOSOPHY, it appears. On a lighter note, I googled the intersection of Fair Oaks and the Pasadena Fwy. yesterday and the old apartment bldg where I lived is still there. Talk about pointless info.......
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Sean May 21, 2013 at 02:20 pm
Arrggghh!! Get off my lawn!!!
Betty Jean May 20, 2013 at 11:13 am
If PARENTS of children in SPUSD donated money multiple times a years {as I did/do} then maybe itRead More would ease some hardships in the classroom but they DON'T. There's a small circle of parents that always give because they can. That's good thing but it shouldn't always be on their backs. EVERY parent should give money to SPUSD. Every dollar counts!
Thomas Thieme May 18, 2013 at 09:21 pm
Thank you but rather than ask South Pas residents to dig into their own pockets yet again, why notRead More help teachers by using funds already available? We have historically high reserves and stable state funding for several years.The district refuses to even negotiate salary increases. As of the past week, the district also now refuses to negotiate reduced class size changes. The recent parcel tax was passed largely to ensure that class sizes would stay low. How is it they can take money from citizens promising this and then not follow through?
ROBERT E. FISHBACK May 18, 2013 at 07:34 am
This is sad and angering. Supers seem to cursed with a strain of lowsy. This is when the people enRead More masse need to stand up for the teachers and start their own pot of relief until the over due raise comes on line.
ROBERT E. FISHBACK May 18, 2013 at 11:02 am
If by "learning loss" is meant student forgets what he has learned, then I would guessRead More that there was no learning at all, but a memorization of facts given. If by learning loss is meant there was a gap where no curricula was given, then that is just the point of Summer Break. Learning other non class room subjects such as what a hike in the forest has to offer..a trip to the beach...reading a good book. Just sitting under a tree and enjoying. My first impression of LearnBop was it was learning how to dance the Bop to Little Richard or Bill Hailey. Now, that is something even I could get into.
ROBERT E. FISHBACK March 29, 2013 at 01:24 pm
I cant tell you where I live....you would ban my posts ! But, my childhood roots are in Glendale,Read More but I have many pleasant memories of the Pasadena Winter Garden where I used to skate when I has about twelve (1950). I was playing with puberty and oh, the girls in their shortie dresses and legs....There was such a romantic feel to the place. I think I recall a circular wood burner in which there was a fire going on cold days and nights. I still have a punch card showing I was a member of the Penguin Club. There is an area in Glendale that has a peculiar feel to it and it is between Virginia and Mountain....roughly between Ruberta and Central. This isnt Pasadena, of course. That area was my stomping grounds in the 40's. Right there, I thought...it was right there where we talked and laughed....under the light of a street lamp..she was so very cute and precocious. All gone away so long ago..I "heard" her laugh in a capricious breeze that sprang, up...also carrying the scents of Jasmine...So many stories like this in Pasadena too. The people who came and went, but left in their wake a presence like a fire fly's glowing arc.
Donna Evans (Editor) March 29, 2013 at 01:07 pm
@Robert Thanks! You totally made my day :-)
ROBERT E. FISHBACK March 29, 2013 at 12:25 pm
This has to be one of best posts...ever...so pleasant...great writing...There is an ambiance to thatRead More area which I noticed when I lived out there...Pleasantly haunted with happy little things....BOOO !