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As the 12th oldest stadium in the NFL, Dolphin Stadium ranks as one of the best in the league. In the late 1970’s and early 1980’s 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, Dolphin Stadium Tickets Robbie decided build the stadium himself. After finding a site to build the stadium, construction began in December 1985. Construction costs fort he 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 Dolphin Stadium Tickets 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 video boards are located above the rim of the upper deck of each end zone. In 1990, in an effort Dolphin Stadium Tickets 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 begin 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 Dolphin Stadium Tickets 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 Dolphin Stadium Tickets 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, Dolphin Stadium Tickets owner of the Dolphins, Wayne Huizenga announced that Pro Player Stadium would be renamed Dolphin Stadium. Furthermore it was announced that the stadium would be renovated and enlarged. To be completed in three phases over several years the project is expected to cost Dolphin Stadium Tickets $300 million. The project includes remodeling of the club level and luxury suites, new scoreboards, additional parking, and eventually a dome or retractable roof. Dolphin Stadium has been the host to three Super Bowls and the 1997 and 2003 World Series.
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