NFL Considers Rose Bowl Plan 

NFL Considers Rose Bowl Plan

NFL owners might hear a presentation from Rose Bowl officials next month, along with stadium presentations from Coliseum and Anaheim groups.

"We're still evaluating the implications of a possible Pasadena referendum and how it would impact the presentations," said Neil Glat, the league executive overseeing the negotiations to return the NFL to the Los Angeles area. Glat said the league was still deciding "whether Pasadena would have the opportunity to at least give an update to our L.A. working group."


That group, made up of 10 team owners and Commissioner Paul Tagliabue, are tentatively scheduled to hear presentations May 2 in Dallas.

The Rose Bowl proposal showed a flicker of life this week when a referendum to revive the city's NFL bid qualified for the ballot. That bid appeared to die last year when it became clear there were not enough votes on the City Council to continue.

Pasadena City Councilman Chris Holden, who cowrote the measure, said he hoped the Rose Bowl would be included in the May discussion.

It would be important, he said, "just to put a face with the whole Pasadena Rose Bowl conversation and let them know a little bit more about what's involved in the election, and what we would expect to be the outcome."