Interesting story on UCLA football money problems

[One Frog Nation]

U.C.L.A.’s Football Wins Can’t Mask Its Financial Woes (Published 2022)

The Bruins are having their best recent season on the field, yet attendance is falling rapidly. Free tickets haven’t helped, and the athletic department’s balance sheet has suffered.

www.nytimes.com

 

[gofor2]

I have a cousin that went to UCLA. I visited him a few times while he was there.
The stadium (Rose Bowl) is over 25 miles from campus. You get stuck in traffic and it eats away at your soul

 

[Fred Garvin]

I have a cousin that went to UCLA. I visited him a few times while he was there.
The stadium (Rose Bowl) is over 25 miles from campus. You get stuck in traffic and it eats away at your soul

 

[froginmn]

UCLA plays in the coliseum, not the Rose Bowl.

No

 

[HG73]

No

Correct.

 

[Fred Garvin]

No

You are correct. Sorry about that.

 

[Big Frog II]

Think they are tied into a long term lease. Too bad, they could be playing in the new NFL stadium closer to campus.

 

[bmoney214]

U.C.L.A.’s Football Wins Can’t Mask Its Financial Woes (Published 2022)

The Bruins are having their best recent season on the field, yet attendance is falling rapidly. Free tickets haven’t helped, and the athletic department’s balance sheet has suffered.

www.nytimes.com

Those giant Air Jordan tarps are expensive.

 

[gofor2]

to be honest, neither the Coliseum nor the Rose Bowl are all that great for college football.
The way they are laid out and how acoustics work, doesn't make for a great game day atmosphere.

 

[Frogs1983]

CFB should be played on campus. Otherwise negates the atmosphere IMO.

 

[Jefffrog1993]

The 110 freeway to Pasadena does suck bad for traffic!

 

[East Coast]

I have a cousin that went to UCLA. I visited him a few times while he was there.
The stadium (Rose Bowl) is over 25 miles from campus. You get stuck in traffic and it eats away at your soul

This is correct. It's almost like TCU students having to go to Dallas to see the Frogs play home games. The Coliseum, on the other hand is basically across the street from USC.

It's just ridiculous. When the USC/UCLA game is played at the Rose Bowl, the USC kids have to travel less than 10 miles while the UCLA students have to go over 25 (and they are the home team). Just think of this, UCLA would need to charter over 130 buses to take the number of students TCU gets at home games to their games.

 

[gofor2]

This is correct. It's almost like TCU students having to go to Dallas to see the Frogs play home games. The Coliseum, on the other hand is basically across the street from USC.

It's just ridiculous. When the USC/UCLA game is played at the Rose Bowl, the USC kids have to travel less than 10 miles while the UCLA students have to go over 25 (and they are the home team). Just think of this, UCLA would need to charter over 130 buses to take the number of students TCU gets at home games to their games.

I agree and would emphasize- it's not only the mileage that sucks, but the time required to complete the trip.
It's not unheard of for this 25 mile trip to take 2 hours. One way.