The Rose Bowl Flea Market is one of the largest flea markets in the country. They boast over 25,000 vendors and attract almost 20,000 visitors on a monthly basis. What serves as a sports arena during college football season turns into a sea of buyers and sellers, on the second Sunday of each month. Within just hours, this large football stadium turns into a huge outdoor shopping mall selling a vast array of products.

 The flea market is held right on the ground of the famous Rose Bowl games, which is located at 1001 Rose Bowl Drive, Pasadena, California. The doors open sharp at 9:00 am for regular admission and close at 4:30 pm. For an extra fee, visitors can choose express admission allowing them entrance into the market at 8:00 am or early admission, which allows visitors to enter at 7:00 am. For those who really want to get the first glance at the merchandise inside the Rose Bowl Flea Market, VIP admission begins at 5:00 am.

 With over 25,000 vendors, the Rose Bowl Flea market has just about everything you are looking for. The market is set up by putting similar merchandisers together and guests are provided with a color-coded map where each color represents a category. For example, the orange areas host the antiques and collectables, the white area includes vintage clothing and miscellaneous antiques, the pink area has all the arts and crafts, and the blue area is home to the newer items.

 You will not find a shortage of food as you spend your day shopping since the Rose Bowl Flea Market is full of food vendors selling everything from burritos and cheeseburgers to beer and wine. There are also plenty of vendors selling their homemade goodies for you to purchase to take home with you. As a little tip, you may want to bring your own bottle of water along because it can be quite pricey inside the market.

Rose Bowl Flea Market

 Most vendors inside the Rose Bowl Flea Market will accept only cash payment since many of the buyers are from other areas in the country. If you did not take cash along with you, there is an ATM machine on the market’s grounds allowing visitor to take cash out only when they need it. It is also a good idea to remember that a flea market is all about haggling for the best deals. The best time of the day to haggle a seller is after 3:00 pm because is it close to closing time. They may prefer to sell it at a cheaper rate than pack it back up and take it home.

 Most visitors to the market love the large amount of different things that are offered at the Rose Bowl Flea Market. It is like searching for hidden treasure and with so many unique things be sold, there is bound to be a treasure in there for everyone. Many visitors walk away more than pleased with what they were able to purchase inside. Since this flea market has been operating for over 40 years, you know that it is well managed and very organized.