Kroenke Sports activities & Leisure and SoFi Stadium have been added as defendants in an amended criticism filed by the Rose Bowl Working Co. and the Metropolis of Pasadena in Los Angeles Superior Courtroom as a part of the plaintiffs’ bid to maintain UCLA’s soccer staff as a tenant on the Rose Bowl.
In new court docket paperwork filed late Thursday, attorneys for the Rose Bowl Working Co. and the Metropolis of Pasadena contended that “upon information and belief,” in late 2024 or early 2025, Kroenke Sports activities & Leisure executives overtly urged that SoFi Stadium was pursuing UCLA, “demonstrating the SoFi defendants’ intent to induce UCLA’s breach and disturb UCLA’s performance of the agreement” from a contract that binds the Bruins to play on the Rose Bowl by the 2043 season.
The plaintiffs attorneys additional alleged that the SoFi Stadium defendants knew about UCLA’s settlement with the Rose Bowl “yet coordinated with UCLA to breach its contractual obligations and abandon the Rose Bowl stadium in favor of playing its home football games at SoFi Stadium.” The plaintiffs attorneys contended that SoFi Stadium officers have been conscious that such discussions would violate the varsity’s settlement with the Rose Bowl, “thereby acting with malice in luring UCLA football away from its contractual home in Pasadena.”
Moreover, the plaintiffs contended of their allegations that “as a direct and proximate cause of the SoFi defendants’ conduct, and as described herein, plaintiffs have suffered irreparable harm necessitating equitable relief and for which monetary damages alone would be inadequate. Plaintiffs have also incurred significant monetary damages, including economic loss, consequential damages, and other general and specific damages, in an amount to be determined at trial, but which amount could exceed one billion dollars.”
UCLA has repeatedly stated in public statements that it continued to judge its choices for its future soccer residence.
