MIAMI GARDENS - Sun Life Stadium (75,540) - Page 6

1772 · February 5th, 2010, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by KingmanIII

The stadium has been renamed Sun Life Stadium.

Yes, for this week atleast...

MicroX · February 8th, 2010, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by 1772

Yes, for this week atleast...

For the next 5 years.

1772 · February 10th, 2010, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by MicroX

For the next 5 years.

Didn't they say the same about the other names?

ryebreadraz · February 10th, 2010, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by 1772

Didn't they say the same about the other names?

I don't remember the past names, but LandShark was always a very short deal.

JJG · August 24th, 2010, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Dexter Morgan

Seems a little unnecessary to me, but it's their money......

ryebreadraz · August 24th, 2010, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by JJG

Seems a little unnecessary to me, but it's their money......

It depends on whether you believe that the NFL won't be bringing any more Super Bowls to Miami without a roof. If you think it's a bluff, it's not necessary, but if you think it's serious then it's worth the money. Personally, I think they're being serious, but I'm not overly convinced. I could be swayed.

JJG · August 25th, 2010, 04:24 AM

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Originally Posted by ryebreadraz

It depends on whether you believe that the NFL won't be bringing any more Super Bowls to Miami without a roof. If you think it's a bluff, it's not necessary, but if you think it's serious then it's worth the money. Personally, I think they're being serious, but I'm not overly convinced. I could be swayed.

Why wouldn't the NFL have the Super Bowl in Miami anymore? It's like the game is in Florida at least twice every decade.
I mean, for the rest of the country, that would be fine, but I don't understand why there wouldn't be a Super Bowl in friggin' MIAMI......

Benn · August 25th, 2010, 04:59 AM

Because god forbid their high rollers get rained on.......

I actually really like the look of this renovation for some reason, it makes it look much more interesting and brings down the distance of the sidelines considerably, which are ridiculously wide at the moment.

JJG · August 25th, 2010, 06:24 AM

Sideline distance is fine if they wanna fix that. And if they wanna put a roof over it, fine.....

But do they have to get rid of some of those seats?

Benn · August 25th, 2010, 06:59 AM

I guess they want net capacity to stay about the same, and with additional lower level sideline seats they figured somethings gotta go. I like the look better with the corners pulled the videoboards there, but thats just me.

Darloeye · August 27th, 2010, 09:58 PM

Its not that old a stadium really. Iam older than it how come you americans keep pulling down stadiums and arena when they are only 20years old. Its a waste of money but Iam liking the new redesigns to the stadium. how long would it take to refit it ?

slipperydog · August 27th, 2010, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Darloeye

Its not that old a stadium really. Iam older than it how come you americans keep pulling down stadiums and arena when they are only 20years old. Its a waste of money but Iam liking the new redesigns to the stadium. how long would it take to refit it ?

They're not doing the renovation for no reason. There are two big reasons why this is being proposed:

1) The NFL has stated that the Super Bowl won't be going back to Miami unless the stadium is renovated (and that includes a roof)

2) A year and a half from now, it will become a football-only facility. Until now, it has hosted multiple sports and currently has a poor layout for football, so a renovation would bring the seats closer to the field and the field would be lowered.

Benn · August 28th, 2010, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Darloeye

Its not that old a stadium really. Iam older than it how come you americans keep pulling down stadiums and arena when they are only 20years old. Its a waste of money but Iam liking the new redesigns to the stadium. how long would it take to refit it ?

Because we don't have a tiered system of pro sports, so cities off get pushed in to paying the bulk of the cost for a major team to give them higher profit margins at threat of leaving. Because an NFL team generates a lot of revenue for other local businesses and more the point is about as big a point of civic pride a city can have, threats of leaving for a different town that will pay for new facilities is a serious. Its a shit situation for everyone but the owners who make an absolute killing with very little risk involved, but those who have big ins with those who make the rules usually do pretty well. For instance my local team (the Minnesota Vikings) in the Bottom three in the league for revenue and our owner Zygi Wilf "only" made a $40 million profit from the team.

I don't mind the retrofit here is it mostly addresses serious issues with this facility, the sideline distances and the fact that it rains pretty much daily in Miami, which wouldn't bother me but a lot of people don't like getting rained on I guess.

eMKay · August 30th, 2010, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Darloeye

Its not that old a stadium really. Iam older than it how come you americans keep pulling down stadiums and arena when they are only 20years old. Its a waste of money but Iam liking the new redesigns to the stadium. how long would it take to refit it ?

I can't think of any 20 year old stadiums that are being torn down. The only ones that have rumors of that are either poorly designed or in the wrong location. (FedEx, Tropicana field) This is a multipurpose stadium that is losing one of it's tenants, and since the Marlins are leaving it can be turned into a football stadium. It's being renovated not torn down.

KingmanIII · August 30th, 2010, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by eMKay

I can't think of any 20 year old stadiums that are being torn down. The only ones that have rumors of that are either poorly designed or in the wrong location. (FedEx, Tropicana field) This is a multipurpose stadium that is losing one of it's tenants, and since the Marlins are leaving it can be turned into a football stadium. It's being renovated not torn down.

Stadiums? No.

Arenas? There's at least a couple.

Benn · August 30th, 2010, 08:14 PM

There have certainly been rumblings from the top down about various stadiums that are fairly recent, The Georgia Dome, Rangers Ballpark, Fedex Field have all had some discussions of replacement. All seem to have fixable problems, other than the complaint of Fedex being soulless and wrong.

Nothing tops the "old" Miami Arena which was built for the Heat and lasted only 11 years, thoroughly discraceful for a purpose built facility to last less than 30 years, this one barely a third of that.

Benn · August 30th, 2010, 08:15 PM

There have certainly been rumblings from the top down about various stadiums that are fairly recent, The Georgia Dome, Rangers Ballpark, Fedex Field have all had some discussions of replacement. All seem to have fixable problems, other than the complaint of Fedex being soulless and wrong.

Nothing tops the "old" Miami Arena which was built for the Heat and lasted only 11 years, thoroughly discraceful for a purpose built facility to last less than 30 years, this one barely a third of that.

Darloeye · August 31st, 2010, 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by eMKay

I can't think of any 20 year old stadiums that are being torn down. The only ones that have rumors of that are either poorly designed or in the wrong location. (FedEx, Tropicana field) This is a multipurpose stadium that is losing one of it's tenants, and since the Marlins are leaving it can be turned into a football stadium. It's being renovated not torn down.

Still knocking down a stadium after only 20 years is bit sad when you have to pay tax on for the new one to be build. the old colts stadium was only 24 years old.

Jim856796 · August 31st, 2010, 01:02 AM

And the Delle Alpi Stadium in Turin was only 19 years old when it passed. Waste of a good stadium in a city that thinks it is too large for the stadium. Should have been built in a larger city.

JYDA · August 31st, 2010, 05:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Jim856796

And the Delle Alpi Stadium in Turin was only 19 years old when it passed. Waste of a good stadium in a city that thinks it is too large for the stadium. Should have been built in a larger city.

It wasn't that simple. It was horribly designed. A track stadium not capable of hosting track events, field not visible from the lower tier, and WAY too big of a capacity.

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August 25th, 2010, 04:59 AM	#108
Benn Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 1,412 Likes (Received): 5	Because god forbid their high rollers get rained on....... I actually really like the look of this renovation for some reason, it makes it look much more interesting and brings down the distance of the sidelines considerably, which are ridiculously wide at the moment.

August 25th, 2010, 06:24 AM	#109
JJG Registered User Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Fort Worth Posts: 1,827 Likes (Received): 26	Sideline distance is fine if they wanna fix that. And if they wanna put a roof over it, fine..... But do they have to get rid of some of those seats?

August 25th, 2010, 06:59 AM	#110
Benn Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 1,412 Likes (Received): 5	I guess they want net capacity to stay about the same, and with additional lower level sideline seats they figured somethings gotta go. I like the look better with the corners pulled the videoboards there, but thats just me.

August 27th, 2010, 09:58 PM	#111
Darloeye Registered User Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: County Durham, England Posts: 1,672 Likes (Received): 20	Its not that old a stadium really. Iam older than it how come you americans keep pulling down stadiums and arena when they are only 20years old. Its a waste of money but Iam liking the new redesigns to the stadium. how long would it take to refit it ?

August 30th, 2010, 08:14 PM	#116
Benn Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 1,412 Likes (Received): 5	There have certainly been rumblings from the top down about various stadiums that are fairly recent, The Georgia Dome, Rangers Ballpark, Fedex Field have all had some discussions of replacement. All seem to have fixable problems, other than the complaint of Fedex being soulless and wrong. Nothing tops the "old" Miami Arena which was built for the Heat and lasted only 11 years, thoroughly discraceful for a purpose built facility to last less than 30 years, this one barely a third of that.

August 30th, 2010, 08:15 PM	#117
Benn Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 1,412 Likes (Received): 5	There have certainly been rumblings from the top down about various stadiums that are fairly recent, The Georgia Dome, Rangers Ballpark, Fedex Field have all had some discussions of replacement. All seem to have fixable problems, other than the complaint of Fedex being soulless and wrong. Nothing tops the "old" Miami Arena which was built for the Heat and lasted only 11 years, thoroughly discraceful for a purpose built facility to last less than 30 years, this one barely a third of that.