Beautiful and now costly, not even the Rose Parade floats dodged inflation.
Kay Sappington with the Sierra Madre Rose Float Association said this year is the most expensive in her nearly three-decade long float building career.
He added that the group continues to see an impact on supply and labor from the pandemic with shipping costs soaring. The rising costs did not go unseen by the people running the annual parade. The Pasadena Tournament of Roses said they had to"look at planning through a different lens."
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