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Super Bowl 44 Commemorative 24KT Gold Coin Photo Mint
Super Bowl XLIV Commemorative 24KT Gold Coin Photo Mint
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Sun Life Stadium
Miami, FL
When one thinks of cities that host the Super Bowl, Miami is one city that is likely to come to mind. This is because the city has hosted nine Super Bowls and will host its tenth, Super Bowl XLIV on February 7, 2010. 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. The numerous many circular ramps and escalators make accessibility to any seat very 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. In 1991, MLB awarded Miami a team, the Florida Marlins, who 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. The stadium name reverted back to Dolphin Stadium, briefly, after the 2010 FedEx Orange Bowl. Prior to Super Bowl XLIV, the Dolphins and Sun Life Financial reached an agreement to rename the stadium, Sun Life Stadium. The five year deal is worth $7.5 million annually. It has been the host to two World Series in 1998 and 2003, and four Super Bowls in 1989, 1995, 1999 and 2010.In January 2010, the Miami Super Bowl Host Committee unveiled plans that would renovate the stadium, making it competitive with other cities bidding for future Super Bowls. Under the plan, the entire lower deck would be removed and rebuilt closer to the field, videoboards would be placed in the stadium's corners, and a metal roof would be placed over the seating elements to protect fans. The Host Committee has not released cost estimates for the project or how it would be paid for.
 

 

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SUPER BOWL XLIV

  • Tenant: Miami Dolphins
  • Capacity: 76,500
  • Surface: Grass
  • Cost: $115 Million
  • Opened: August 16, 1987
  • Naming Rights: Sun Life Financial
  • Former Names: Joe Robbie Stadium (1987-'96), Pro Player Stadium (1996-2005), Dolphin Stadium (2005-2009) Land Shark Stadium (2009)
  • Public Financing: 90%
  • Private Financing: 10%
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New Orleans Saints vs Indianapolis Colts
Sun Life Stadium
2/7/2010
6:25PM - CBS
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