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Public Transportation to the Rose Bowl?

So here's the skinny: I'll be at the NYE party in Long Beach, next morning, I need to make my way up to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.

I have a couple options:

I can drive up, meet up with my dad somewhere in downtown Burbank, park my car, and ride in with him. (I'm thinking of trying to talk him into the LA Zoo parking lot as a good meeting spot, since Burbank sounds like added difficulty/expense)

or,

I can figure out how to leave my car in Long Beach, take the rail lines up (blue line to gold line, presumably) to either a)the Rose Bowl itself, or b) meeting up with my dad somewhere where he can easily pick me up to make it to the Bowl.

Advice?

I will eat your bacon

I'm sure there will be pm bacon to consume.

Anyway, I know what hour NA gets up and starts cooking...

I know the Metro Gold Line is advertising heavily about their Rose Parade and Rose Bowl coverage.

Why drive? Get to the game on Metro Rail.

Quote:

January 1
Avoid long walks and the high cost of parking at the Rose Bowl. Take the Metro Gold Line to the Memorial Park station in Pasadena; then take a short walk to the Parsons parking lot and ride a shuttle in comfort past the traffc, right up to the gate. Shuttle service between Parsons and the Rose Bowl will begin at 10am on January 1. Parking is available at Union Station for $6. Check metro.net for the locations of additional park/ride lots near other Metro Rail stations. Or you can find your best connection to the Gold Line using the Trip Planner at metro.net.

Please remember that food, drinks, smoking and flammable products are not permitted on Metro Rail. Due to the large crowds expected to come out for the Rose Parade and the Rose Bowl game, oversize items such as umbrellas, chairs and coolers will not be permitted on the trains that day.

I can't find current info, but historically the other lines run on a Sunday schedule (I am sure you know you would need to take the Blue Line to get to Union Station to pick up the Gold Line).

Quote:

Originally Posted by Morrigoon (Post 261049)

Anyway, I know what hour NA gets up and starts cooking...

But NA doesn't do the bacon :evil:

All Metro buses/rail lines will run according to Sunday/Holiday schedules on January 1.

Which means what? (bearing in mind I've never used public transportation in this city)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Morrigoon (Post 261086)

Which means what? (bearing in mind I've never used public transportation in this city)

You can find all the info at metro.net

Drive to Union Station and take the Gold Line from there. The subways are easy to use.

Don't know how well it works, but you might try transit.google.com.

I know "Long Beach to Pasadena" didn't return anything but I don't know the addresses or proxies involved to try and see if results are doable.

(And I'm sure all the info is at metro.net as GD says)