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For decades football has been a part of the Miami landscape from being the home of the Dolphins (NFL), Hurricanes (NCAA), nine Super Bowls and countless NCAA football championship games. In 1966 the Miami Dolphins joined the NFL as an expansion franchise under the ownership of Joe Robbie. They played at the Orange Bowl, a 72,000 seat stadium they shared with the Hurricanes (NCAA).
 In the late 1970s and early 1980s after playing at the Orange Bowl for several decades, Dolphins owner Joe Robbie began lobbying for a new stadium for his team. After voters continually rejected tax increases for a stadium to be built, Robbie decided build the stadium himself. After finding a site to build the stadium, construction began in December 1985. Construction costs for the facility were paid for by the selling of luxury suites, club seats, private funds and long term agreements with season ticket holders. The stadium was completed in under two years and originally named after Joe Robbie.

The Miami Dolphins played their first game at Joe Robbie Stadium on August 16, 1987. Joe Robbie Stadium was a major upgrade from the Orange Bowl. The state of the art facility has 75,000 orange and teal seats that enclose the field. With its many circular ramps and escalators accessibility to any seats is easy. Two high-definition video boards are located above the rim of the upper deck of each end zone. In 1990, in an effort to bring MLB baseball to Florida, Wayne Huizenga purchased 50% of Joe Robbie Stadium, the site that baseball could be played. In 1991, MLB awarded the area a team, the Florida Marlins, that began playing in 1993. Joe Robbie Stadium now became a multipurpose facility. When the stadium was built for the Dolphins, Joe Robbie insisted on a rectangular grandstand layout that was wider than needed for football, believing that baseball would one day come to Miami. The seats in the lower level on the north side of the stadium become retractable so the field can be configured for baseball. The first Florida Marlins game played at the stadium was on April 5, 1993. In 1996, Joe Robbie Stadium was renamed Pro Player Stadium, after the company bought the naming rights to the stadium. In January 2005, owner of the Dolphins, Wayne Huizenga announced that Pro Player Stadium would be renamed Dolphin Stadium. Huizenga also announced that the stadium would be renovated and enlarged. To be completed in three phases over several years the project is expected to cost $300 million. The project includes remodeling of the club level and luxury suites, new scoreboards and additional parking by 2010. In May 2009, the stadium's naming rights were bought by Land Shark Lager, a beer that Jimmy Buffett markets in a deal with Anheuser-Busch. Land Shark Stadium has been the host to four Super Bowls and the 1997 and 2003 World Series.

 

FACTS AND FIGURES 2009 DOLPHINS SCHEDULE
  • Tenant: Miami Dolphins
  • Capacity: 76,500
  • Surface: Grass
  • Cost: $115 Million
  • Opened: August 16, 1987
  • Architect: HOK Sport

 

  • Naming Rights: Land Shark Lager
  • Former Names: Joe Robbie Stadium (1987-'96), Pro Player Stadium (1996-2005)
  • Public Financing: 90%
  • Private Financing: 10%
  • Seating Chart

 

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Miami Dolphins at Atlanta Falcons
Georgia Dome
9/13/2009
1:00PM

GAMEDAY WEATHER FORECAST

 

-9/13 - at Atlanta - 1:00pm
-9/21 - INDIANAPOLIS - 8:30pm
-9/27 - at San Diego - 4:15pm
-10/4 - BUFFALO - 4:05pm
-10/12 - NY JETS 8:30pm
-10/25 - NEW ORLEANS - 4:15pm
-11/1 - at NY Jets - 1:00pm
-11/8 - at New England - 1:00pm
-11/15 - TAMPA BAY - 1:00pm
-11/19 - at Carolina - 8:20pm
-11/29 - at Buffalo - 1:00pm
-12/6 - NEW ENGLAND - 8:20pm
-12/13 - at Jacksonville - 1:00pm
-12/20 - at Tennessee - 1:00pm
-12/27 - HOUSTON - 1:00pm
-1/3 - PITTSBURGH - 1:00pm
All Times are EST
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2269 Dan Marino Blvd.,
Opa Locka, FL

-Parking: Lots surround the stadium. Gates open 4hrs before game. $25/cars
-Parking Map

 

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