Ok. Stanford stadium had a track until 2006.
“Stanford Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium on the Stanford University campus. It is the home of the Stanford Cardinal college football team. It originally opened in 1921 as a football and track stadium, an earthen horseshoe with wooden bleacher seating and flooring upon a steel frame. Its original seating capacity was 60,000, which grew to 89,000 by 1927 as a nearly enclosed bowl. Immediately following the 2005 season, the stadium was demolished and rebuilt as a dual-deck concrete structure, without a track.”
You’re dealing with a stadium geek here….and I’ve done lots of research on the way tracks ruin football atmopheres…in college and high school. The current Stanford Stadium has never had a track…..as I said. As for Ohio Stadium, if it did, it was long ago removed as the seats in that place are extremely close to the bench areas.
The point is, not having a track around the field as a selling point for the Rose Bowl fan experience is an idea long long long past its sell by date.