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I lost the thread about this somewhere.
Any advice on access to Alumni Tailgate? Which wins the battle of parking/traffic hassles vs public transportation?
I do have the pamphlet with both options listed for Rose Bowl which actually lists the Brookside Golf Course for parking/dropoff(Uber I guess) location, which is where the tailgate is.

The LA MTA directions say to take the Metro Gold Line, get off at Memorial Park Station, and walk to Parsons, where a shuttle will take you to the stadium. I presume from there I walk to the Brookside Golf Course on the north side?

I'm tempted to be car-free if indeed that is feasible. But I'm only going off what I read and can't really tell the wisdom or folly of any alternative.
Thanks for any advice.

Being car-free certainly is feasible, easy, better for the environment, and will save you the parking fee, not to mention the headache of driving out of the golf course post-game.
We did this for the 2013 and 2014 Rose Bowls.  Yes, Gold Line to Memorial Park.  Do this early enough, and you can walk two blocks from the station, watch a few floats at the Parade (though the crowd is at least ten deep at that spot), then walk two blocks to Parsons Corp and catch the free shuttle, of which there are many. The alumni association tailgate is just north of the stadium, again a short walk.

The only downside of the shuttle is post-game:  The line is unbelievably long. We got in it, but bailed when it kept going and going and going ... then doubled back.  We walked back to the Memorial Park station both times.  You don't need to memorize the route, as there will be a large number of people doing the same walk.

We can't do the Gold Line this year.  We stayed at the Millenium Biltmore both times (Anthony Travel had reserved it through the official Stanford travel package) which was very easy - the Metro station was right across the street.  But the Biltmore this year was booked by an Iowa travel package.  I had thought about parking my rental car near a Gold line station and taking the train to Pasadena, but I suspect tons of parade-goers will be doing the same thing.  So I hope you are staying close to a station.

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I lost the thread about this somewhere.
Any advice on access to Alumni Tailgate? Which wins the battle of parking/traffic hassles vs public transportation?
I do have the pamphlet with both options listed for Rose Bowl which actually lists the Brookside Golf Course for parking/dropoff(Uber I guess) location, which is where the tailgate is.

The LA MTA directions say to take the Metro Gold Line, get off at Memorial Park Station, and walk to Parsons, where a shuttle will take you to the stadium. I presume from there I walk to the Brookside Golf Course on the north side?

I'm tempted to be car-free if indeed that is feasible. But I'm only going off what I read and can't really tell the wisdom or folly of any alternative.
Thanks for any advice.

Being car-free certainly is feasible, easy, better for the environment, and will save you the parking fee, not to mention the headache of driving out of the golf course post-game.
We did this for the 2013 and 2014 Rose Bowls.  Yes, Gold Line to Memorial Park.  Do this early enough, and you can walk two blocks from the station, watch a few floats at the Parade (though the crowd is at least ten deep at that spot), then walk two blocks to Parsons Corp and catch the free shuttle, of which there are many. The alumni association tailgate is just north of the stadium, again a short walk.

The only downside of the shuttle is post-game:  The line is unbelievably long. We got in it, but bailed when it kept going and going and going ... then doubled back.  We walked back to the Memorial Park station both times.  You don't need to memorize the route, as there will be a large number of people doing the same walk.

We can't do the Gold Line this year.  We stayed at the Millenium Biltmore both times (Anthony Travel had reserved it through the official Stanford travel package) which was very easy - the Metro station was right across the street.  But the Biltmore this year was booked by an Iowa travel package.  I had thought about parking my rental car near a Gold line station and taking the train to Pasadena, but I suspect tons of parade-goers will be doing the same thing.  So I hope you are staying close to a station.