The wide field also makes it fairly easy to convert the stadium for soccer.īecause of this design decision, the first row of seats is 90 ft (27 m) from the sideline in a football configuration, considerably more distant than the first row of seats in most football stadiums (the closest seats at the new Soldier Field, for instance, are 55 ft (17 m) from the sideline at the 50-yard line). Most notably, the field was made somewhat wider than is normally the case for an NFL stadium. At his request, the stadium was built so only minimal renovations would be necessary to ready it for a baseball team. He believed it was only a matter of time before a Major League Baseball team came to South Florida. Joe Robbie, the team's founder, led the financing campaign to build a new home for the team.
Ĭounty officials check out the interior of the stadium, April 24, 1987įor their first 21 seasons, the Miami Dolphins played at the Orange Bowl. The deal is worth $7.5 million per year for five years (a total of $37.5 million). On January 18, 2010, the Miami Dolphins signed a five-year deal with Sun Life Financial to rename Dolphin Stadium to Sun Life Stadium. The stadium is one of four potential hosts for the 20 Super Bowl games. Since its construction, the stadium has hosted five Super Bowls ( XXIII, XXIX, XXXIII, XLI and XLIV), the 2010 Pro Bowl, two World Series ( 19), four BCS National Championship Games ( 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013), the second round of the 2009 World Baseball Classic, and WrestleMania XXVIII. Originally named Joe Robbie Stadium, it has also been known as Pro Player Park, Pro Player Stadium, Dolphins Stadium, Dolphin Stadium, and Land Shark Stadium. It was the home to the Florida Marlins baseball team from 1993 to 2011.
Sun Life Stadium also hosts the Orange Bowl, an annual college football bowl game. It is the home stadium of the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL), and the Miami Hurricanes football team of the University of Miami. Sun Life Stadium is a football stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, United States, a city north of Miami. Populous (then HOK Sport) HOK (2016 renovation) Prescription Athletic Turf (Natural Grass) Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 668: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.Ĩ0,120 ( 2013 BCS National Championship Game) Sun Life Stadium "Dolphins Stadium or Fins House"
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