*Super Thread* SunLife Stadium Renovations

[dirwuf]

2015 will be the 1st and only season Sun Life will look like a legit stadium. Then 2016 it's gonna look like such an eyesore with that canopy.

Who the hell cares what it looks like from the outside?

 

[Dolph N.Fan]

Who the hell cares what it looks like from the outside?

A lot of people Every time the networks show outside aerial shots of it.

 

[DefensiveEnd76]

The owner, coaching staff and roster needs to be renovated.

 

[DuderinoN703]

I think one thing is for certain, this design and plan completely blows away what Wayne Huizenga did in 2005 . . . so for that, I have to give Ross a lot of credit. He's been shot down several times and the Marlins fiasco did him no favors, but he stuck to his guns and he's getting SunLife the love it sorely needs.

In a ideal situation, it would of been great to just have a new stadium built from the ground up . . . . however there are just so many issues with trying to do that (location, money, voting, etc.), this was the only "logical" route to go and if it turns out anything like the designs I say job well done.

I think the one concern for everybody is the roof and just how effective it is going to be from a lot of aspects. Will it shade the crowd yet give us the heat advantage? Will it be efficient against rain? Only time will tell.

The roof is for the crowd. As already stated, it will cover 92% of the fans. Garfinkel spoke in the presser about the team doing sun studies to determine the best method for a canopy. If you notice the images in the video, the field has the sun shining on it at all times with just a tiny part of the stands in the sun as well.

That leads me to believe the humidity is still a factor for the players.

 

[rent this space]

Just having the fans closer to the field will make it louder, add the canopy will make it one of the louder stadiums in the league

It makes me think of that 1981 Monday Night game when they stopped the game several times because the Miami crowd was too loud for poor little Ron Jaworski.

 

[Daytona Fin]

Who the hell cares what it looks like from the outside?

Who cares what it looks like on the inside?

When I go to the games I tailgate, walk to my seat, watch the game, leave. I'm there for football, not to check and see if the grout lines on the bathroom tiles are straight. People get too emotional over comparing the stadium to other venues.

 

[phins_4_ever]

2015 will be the 1st and only season Sun Life will look like a legit stadium. Then 2016 it's gonna look like such an eyesore with that canopy.

Lucky you that you don't have to go to that eye sore.

 

[DefensiveEnd76]

They gave the citrus bowl open concourses where you can see the field from concessions by gutting the entire lower half of the stadium and replacing it. With Joe Robbie, I think the fact the club level is built right on top of the lower level keeps them from doing something as drastic.

The roof will be nice though. Hopefully the concessions too.

It is NOT A ROOF!! It's only a canopy over the seats. The field is exposed to the elements!!

 

[-MiamiSoul]

Drove by today on the way to the Heat game. I was driving so I couldn’t take a picture. .....but one whole corner of the stadium was completely gone. It looked so strange.

 

[Daytona Fin]

Some of the latest work

 

[TheJetsBlow]

Looks like they still have a lot of seats to rip out.

 

[DefensiveEnd76]

Should keep the stadium capacity at 30,000. That's about all that shows up at Dolphins and Canes home games.

 

[Daytona Fin]

 

[I am Bane]

why is it becoming more enclosed?

 

[FSU Truth]

why is it becoming more enclosed?

it is evolving....we have yet to see its final form...