A Classic Venue With A Contemporary Upgrade
The Rose Bowl and Sentinel
When it comes to famous sites for athletics, one of the most
well-known is the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. Since
the first football game played there in 1902, the storied Rose
Bowl has hosted thousands of sporting events, from high
school to college to the pros, including five Super Bowls.
Literally billions of people around the world have seen the
Rose Bowl’s field on one occasion or another, so is there added
pressure to keep such a high-profile venue looking its best?
“Our expectations here are higher,” explains Will Schnell,
Turf Superintendent of the Rose Bowl. “We want the best
surface in the country, and we want it perfect all the time—
like a pool table. Even if we’re not on national TV that day,
if it’s just a Little League game, you always want the surface
to be perfect.”
The Sentinel central control system helps keep the Rose Bowl
looking good.
Given such high standards, Toro was very honored when the
Rose Bowl chose a Toro Sentinel irrigation control system.
Things weren’t always so rosy before the Sentinel. The
facility’s previous irrigation system was badly outdated, and
required much more work and attention.
The Sentinel is a “smart” system that delivers the ultimate
flexibility and performance. With a range of modular
components including hand-held radios and satellites,
Sentinel allows changes in the field to be uploaded to the
central computer.
“We got a call from the Rose Bowl one day, and when we got
there, we found a 20-year-old controller,” recalls Don Ghella,
Toro’s Central Control Manager. “And it was all hand valves, so
every day they had to send people out to turn hundreds of valves
on and off by hand.”
“It’s one of the best things we ever did here,” Schnell says
enthusiastically. “It gives us total control of the amount
of water being put down, and
we can keep exact records of it.
Toro then installed a new Sentinel control system. “We were
done in three hours,” Ghella says about the installation,
“and then because of its simplicity, they were able to operate
the controller immediately.”
With that remote control, you’ll
be out riding on a mower, and if
you see a hot spot, you can just
turn it on.
“Even a person who has no computer background
can be taught with this,” adds Schnell. “It’s pretty
self-explanatory.”
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True two-way communication
Fixed station counts from 12 to
Today the Rose Bowl actually operates on two
Sentinel controllers, one on each side of the
stadium. In addition to the playing field, Sentinel
controls the irrigation for the Rose Bowl’s beautiful
exterior landscaping and vegetation—even running
its famous neon sign over the main gate.
48,
in 12-station increments
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Drone or “MapTo” units may be
controlled from the field satellite
assembly
Field satellites and MapTo
controllers have flow monitoring
as a standard feature
“It’s been a tremendous asset to the whole facility,”
Schnell adds, “and I’m still learning what the system
can do.”
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Sentinel control system
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