Attendance
More recent attendance figures are followed by the TV and predicted attendance in parentheses. Most estimates are conducted by the Tournament of Roses and the Pasadena Police Department. Number of studies were conducted by the Anderson School of Management at UCLA on attendance and economic impact to Southern California. The Los Angeles Times ran a study in 1980 that said the actual attendance at the parade was actually about 60% of what is claimed each year.
- 1890 - 2,000
- 2002 - 800,000 (1,000,000; drop blamed on 9/11.)
- 2004 - (1,000,000)
- 2009 - 700,000 (Pasadena had 1,000,000 visitors during the week of the parade.)
- 2011 - 700,000
- 2012 - 700,000 (with an estimated 70 million watching via worldwide television).
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