Talk:Tournament of Roses Parade
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[edit] Tournament of Roses Redirect
Tournament of Roses links here. In fact, the Tournament had a number of different events in the early days besides the parade and the Rose Bowl. I'll try to look it up and do some work on it. RickK 00:02, 4 Jan 2004 (UTC)
- Further information: Tournament of Roses Parade#History -- user:zanimum
[edit] Doo-Dah Parade
There probably should be a brief mention of the Doo-Dah Parade as a parody of the Tournament of Roses Parade. Also some mention of TV coverage, and the very few times that it has been rained on. [[User:GK|gK ¿?]] 08:46, 29 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Added to the see also, maybe someone can write a section on the parades effect on Southern California. --evrik (talk) 14:59, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] 2006
In years when the Rose Bowl football game is not scheduled on January 1st (like next year, 2006), does the parade still happen on January 1st ? - Bevo 22:36, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- Yes. The parade is a New Year's Day tradition. Only when New Years is on a Sunday does the parade take place on January 2nd. PK9 00:02, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
In 2006 the football game was a National Championship game. In older days when the Championship game was held on the same day as the Rose Bowl game, the Championship game followed late at night. I am sure that the hype and television interests changed the format for the multitude of bowl games and allow the Championship game to have its own day.
The next time the Rose Bowl game is not a Championship game, expect that it will be held on New Years.
Mmanning 22:50, 27 January 2006 (UTC)Mmanning
[edit] 2005
It is important to understand that the most bittersweet year for the parade was 2005 because it was happening less than a week after the tsunami disaster in Southeast Asia, which brought so much loss and sorrow. The disaster was in people's minds during the parade. 04:15, 28 November 2005 (UTC) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by SNIyer12 (talk • contribs).
[edit] Rebuttal
Claims that the Tournament of Roses Parade attracts one million spectators are absolutely false, and easily verifiable as false, using simple elementary school math. The route is 5.5 miles long, or 29,040 feet. If all of the spectators were standing shoulder-to-shoulder along both sides of the entire route (allowing two feet per spectator, it would take 29,040 people to form just one row along both sides of the street. To have one million specators would require 34 rows of people along both sides of the street. That is a physical impossibility. In fact, people are spread out along many areas of the route, with lawn chairs, coolers, etc., and along most of the route the sidewalks are only 12 feet wide. Meanwhile, the bleachers total approximately 100,000 seats. So, even in a good year it's clear that the parade attracts no more than 250,000 people. The Anderson School of Management at UCLA should be challenged by the media to present its data. (Peter Apanel; Pomona, CA)
But there are people who walk in and out (for instance, residents along the parade route, who may decide to watch a portion of the parade, and those with small children that may have to leave before the parade is over); and people on roofs, balconies, and inside offices and homes facing the parade route. Calwatch 03:22, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] I like the Page
Good job to everyone who has taken part in creating and editing this page. Good read. I also like the idea of placing the distance of every city in the greater Los Angeles Area to Downtown L.A. Its easier for people like me to get a good idea of where the suburb cities are from the center of the metro. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 208.45.168.113 (talk • contribs) 10:21, 6 August 2006.
[edit] Article name?
Should this article be at Rose Parade? I had never heard of a "tournament of roses parade," but everyone knows what the "rose parade" is. "Rose parade" beats "tournament of roses parade" 7 to 1 on google. We're supposed to be guided by usage, so I think this article should probably be moved. LWizard @ 19:45, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
- Oppose Tournament of Roses is the official name (and it's not the Rose Bowl Parade either). --evrik (talk) 14:51, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
- Wikipedia normally titles things under the most common name, not the official name. Jonathunder 16:38, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
- Oppose -- As long as the appropriate redirects exist, I'd say the article belongs under the official name. -- Atlant 16:41, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Splitting out the lists
Does anyone want to split out the lists of the queens, the themes and the Presidents? --evrik (talk) 15:00, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Where are these huge floats put together, assembled and stored?
I was just watching the event and my uncle visiting from Spain asked if these floats were all put together in Pasadena right before the event or if parts were put together in their original cities and some of the chassis parts brought via train to the region. Also, what happens after the event with these huge floats? are parts re-used for future ones? go to a float junkyard? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.138.8.141 (talk) 17:48, 1 January 2007 (UTC).
