Sun
Life Stadium
Miami,
FL
For decades football has
been a part of the Miami landscape including 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 Miami Hurricanes (NCAA). In the late 1970s and early 1980s
after playing at the Orange Bowl for two 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. Construction
began in December 1985. Funding for stadium construction include luxury suite
and club seat sales, private funds and long term
agreements with season ticket holders. Completed in under two
years, the stadium was originally named after Joe Robbie.
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