while - the game was the second biggest event of the week. pkg michelle turner the parade came first, the first parade was in890 and that was helel by a local club called thehe vallll hunt club. professoso charles holder suggested they hold a festival to show off to show off what a fabulous winter we had. but after a while - southern cifornia's best effort to thumb t tir nose at ththrest of the nation just wasn't getting the attention organizers hoped it would. their solution was to play a football game for the whole nation to see. a rocky start eventually ld to games starting in 1916. turner eventualal these games were getting so popular and creating enough revenue that they decided to build a bowl. the early crowds of 25 thousand people now are dwarfed byby sell out crowd of 92 thousand. upgrades and additions mean the stadium can host olympic events, world cup soscer and five super bowls. turneriis great because you know it's what the founders of the parade wanted. they wanted pasadena to get this national and international attenon and see how great of a winter we have it's also g