{"id":486098,"date":"2026-02-23T18:24:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T18:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/486098\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T18:24:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T18:24:17","slug":"ucla-will-play-at-rose-bowl-not-sofi-stadium-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/486098\/","title":{"rendered":"UCLA will play at Rose Bowl, not SoFi Stadium, in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Rams and Chargers won\u2019t have company at SoFi Stadium in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Via Ben Bolch of the California Post, UCLA football <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/21\/sports\/ucla-bruins-to-play-at-rose-bowl-in-2026-instead-of-sofi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">will play at the Rose Bowl<\/a> next season.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement from the school comes only days after the dismissal of Stephen Agostini, who had served as the UCLA vice chancellor and chief financial officer. Agostini strongly supported a move to SoFi Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>UCLA and the powers-that-be in Pasadena will continue their legal battle regarding the possibility of UCLA breaking a lease that runs through 2043. Kroenke Sports &amp; Entertainment and SoFi Stadium have been <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/kroenke-sports-sofi-stadium-are-added-to-ucla-rose-bowl-lawsuit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">added to the litigation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, UCLA drew a record low 37,282 per game to the Rose Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>Whether UCLA stays at the Rose Bowl beyond 2026 remains to be seen. Due to the upcoming Olympics in L.A., both UCLA <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/report-with-olympics-at-l-a-coliseum-usc-likely-to-play-2028-home-games-at-sofi-stadium\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">and USC<\/a> could be joining the Rams and Chargers at SoFi Stadium for the 2028 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Rams and Chargers won\u2019t have company at SoFi Stadium in 2026. Via Ben Bolch of the California&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":486099,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-486098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}