The current seating capacity of the Rose Bowl is 92,542). However, UCLA reports the capacity at 91,136. The difference in capacity is due to the fact that lower-level seats behind the team benches are not used for some events since the spectators cannot see through the standing players or others on the field). The Rose Bowl is recognized as a National Historic Landmark and a California Historic Civil Engineering landmark). It is the 16th-largest stadium in the world, the 11th-largest stadium in the United States, and the 10th-largest NCAA stadium). For many years, the Rose Bowl had the largest football stadium capacity in the United States, eventually being surpassed by Michigan Stadium (107,601) ). The Rose Bowls maximum stated seating capacity was 104,091 from 1972 to 1997). However, some of the seats closest to the field were never used during this time for UCLA regular season games and were covered by tarps. Official capacity was lowered following the 1998 Rose Bowl).