Sun Life Stadium
 Arial view of Sun Life Stadium. |
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| Former names | Dolphin Stadium (1987, 2006 – 2008) Joe Robbie Stadium (1980 - 1986,1987 – 1996) Pro Player Park (1996) Pro Player Stadium (1996 – 2005) Dolphins Stadium (2005 – 2006) Land Shark Stadium (2009 - 2010) |
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| Location | 2269 Dan Marino Boulevard Miami Gardens (Opa Locka), Florida 33169 |
| Broke ground | December 1, 1985 |
| Opened | August 16, 1987 |
| Owner | H. Wayne Huizenga (50%) and Stephen M. Ross (50%) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction cost | $115 million |
| Architect | HOK Sport |
| Capacity | 47,662 (1993 Baseball)* 42,531 (2001 Baseball)* 36,531 (2003 Baseball)* 36,331 (2006 Baseball)* 38,560 (2008 Baseball)* 74,916 (Soccer) 76,500 (Football) *Expandable to approximately 68,000 for baseball |
| Field dimensions | Left Field – 330 ft/100.6 m Left-Center – 361 ft/110 m Center Field – 404 ft/123.1 m Right-Center – 361 ft/110 m Right Field – 345 ft/105.1 m Backstop – 58 ft/17.7 m |
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| Miami Dolphins (NFL) (1987 – present) Florida Marlins (MLB) (1993 –2011) Florida Atlantic Owls (NCAA) (2001 – 2002) FedEx Orange Bowl (1996 – 1998), (2000 – present) Blockbuster/Carquest/MicronPC/Champs Sports Bowl (1990 – 2000) University of Miami Hurricanes (NCAA) (2008 – present) |
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Sun Life Stadium is a stadium where football, soccer, and other sports are played. The stadium can be found in Miami Gardens, Florida, which is between Miami and Fort Lauderdale. It replaced the Orange Bowl, Miami's other football stadium. It used to be called Joe Robbie Stadium, Pro Player Park, Pro Player Stadium[1], Land Shark Stadium and Dolphin Stadium. The Miami Dolphins, the Florida Marlins, and the Miami Hurricanes all play in the stadium.[2]
Since it was built, five Super Bowls (XXIII, XXIX, XXXIII, XLI, XLIV, two World Series ('97 and '03), and three BCS National Championship Games ('01, '05, '09) have been played in the stadium.[source?]
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The building of the stadium [change]
The stadium was the very first stadium that was built using money from private people. Joe Robbie was the person who gave a good part of the money needed to build the stadium.
Robbie made the stadium with a wider field so that soccer and baseball could be played in the stadium. The seats that are closest to the field are 90 feet from the sidelines on the football field. Baseball was played in the stadium as planned, making use of the wider fields.
After the stadium was completed, it was renamed after the person who designed the field, Joe Robbie. The first regular season NFL game that was played in the stadium was a win against the Kansas City Chiefs.
Other events [change]
The Miami Dolphins started playing in the stadium in 1987 and the Florida Marlins since 1993. The Orange Bowl game has been held in Dolphin Stadium since 1996. Since Dolphin Stadium was completed, Madonna, U2, Van Halen, Ozzy Osbourne, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Elton John, Billy Joel, Chicago, Genesis, Gloria Estefan, The Police, Guns N' Roses, The Who, Hall & Oates, Rod Stewart, Paul McCartney, and The Three Tenors have all had concerts in Dolphin Stadium.
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Coordinates: 25°57′28.51″N 80°14′19.83″W / 25.9579194°N 80.2388417°W
