Pasadena
is loaded with tons of sports and recreation. The most
famous of the events would be the Rose Bowl which is played
every New Years Day at the Rose Bowl Stadium and decides a
winner between the Pac 10 and the Big Ten conference
champions. Below you will find a list of professional
teams, college teams, and recreational activities.
Sports Teams
Los
Angeles Dodgers - Dodger Stadium 1000 Elysian Park Avenue, Los Angeles
Regular season play runs April through September. Call
for schedule and ticket prices. (323) 224-1-HIT
Los
Angeles Clippers - Staples Center
1111 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles
NBA regular season play runs October through April. Call
for schedule and ticket prices. (213) 480-3232
Los
Angeles Lakers - Staples Center
1111 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles
NBA regular season play runs October through April. Call
for schedule and ticket prices. (213) 480-3232
UCLA
Bruins Football - Rose Bowl Stadium 1001 Rose Bowl Drive, Pasadena
College football seasonal runs September through November.
Call for schedule and ticket prices. (310) 825-2101
Los
Angeles Galaxy - Rose Bowl Stadium 1001 Rose Bowl Drive, Pasadena
LA's professional soccer team, the Los Angeles Galaxy,
plays all home games at the Rose Bowl Stadium. Season runs
March through October. Call for schedule and ticket
prices. (877) 3GALAXY
Los
Angeles Kings - Staples Center
1111 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles NHL regular season play runs October through April.
Call for schedule and ticket prices. (888) KINGS-LA
Recreation
Rose
Bowl Game - Rose Bowl Stadium 1001 Rose Bowl Drive
Held every New Year's day, the Rose Bowl Game features the
Pac-10 and Big Ten conference champions or representatives from the Bowl Championship Series.
In 2002, the Rose Bowl Game will be held on January 3 when it hosts the National
Championship Game. (626) 449-4100
Santa
Anita Park - 285 West Huntington Drive, Arcadia Santa Anita Park is known for the best in Thoroughbred
racing. Free guided tram tours through the stable areas are
available weekend mornings from 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. during the
racing seasons from October to mid-November and from late
December to April. (626) 574-RACE
Sam
Merrill Trail - Angeles National Forest near Pasadena
From the 210 Freeway, travel north on Lake Avenue until
it ends. Park on the street. Walk east
(left when facing the mountains) alongside the fence to the
canyon edge. It's a steep, narrow hike
that's about five miles roundtrip. You hike a short
distance along a fence, drop down across a small
canyon and start switch backing up the mountainside to the cable
car ruins at Echo Mountain and to
the stone foundations of the hotel that was once there. Angeles National Forest,
(818)
790-1151
Millard
Canyon Falls Trail - Angeles National Forest near Pasadena
From the 210 Freeway in Pasadena, exit Lake Avenue
north to Loma Alta Drive and turn left (west).
Take Loma Alta Drive to Chaney Trail (a flashing yellow light)
and turn right. Drive over the hill on
Chaney Trail and down the other side into Millard Canyon.
Park in the parking area at the bottom.
This is any easy hike and very short (just over one mile
roundtrip). It involves a relatively easy walk
past the Millard campground to the trailhead. A right turn
up the stream bank takes you boulder
hopping up to the Millard Canyon Falls. Angeles National Forest,
(818)
790-1151
Pasadena
is loaded with tons of sports and recreation. The most
famous of the events would be the Rose Bowl which is played
every New Years Day at the Rose Bowl Stadium and decides a
winner between the Pac 10 and the Big Ten conference
champions. Below you will find a list of professional
teams, college teams, and recreational activities.