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When Will Mr. Ross Renovate Sun Life Stadium?

i really like the way the concept roof looks, just for the fact that it is different and nobody else has one like it. is there any plans to get it done yet?
 
I must agree with the location of the stadium. It is easier for folks in Palm Beach, Broward and Dade county to get there. It has good access unlike the Orange Bowl had. The Orange Bowl was great. But it was in an even worse part of town with virtually no access. At least this stadium has access. I remember when we had the busses that ran from the interchange (Cloverleaf) in North Miami to the orange bowl. City busses. They should look at that again. It was a mission to drive to the Orange bowl and the buses were the great. Lots of fun with all the fans. I remember once leaving early when we were losing, just to hear the come back win on the radio in the bus. Everyone was going nuts.
You guys are talking about building a new stadium and I have never been to Joe Robbie. I moved from Miami the season right before it opened. I have seen it from the outside several times while down there. I have never been inside. YET!
 
It is too bad the amount of money that has been dropped on renovating the stadium over the last decade with what seems to be little return. Wayne H dropped what 250 million in it that would have been a good downpayment on a new stadium. That said, is there enough room at the current location to build a new stadium while the current one is in use (seems like we are putting lipstick on a pig at the moment.)?

Maybe even get a pool put into it so there can be a dolphin at the game on game days...like in the early days of the OB. I mean the whole idea around stadiums now a days is to have something novel.
random thoughts after a weekend of camping.
 
steviey013 said:
Since we are firmly entrenched in the offseason I thought it was prudent to ask this question...our building is kind of a disgrace right now. My biggest complaint is the poor lighting system that doesn't do well with HD broadcasts. Heard they were doing some interior renovations...any news on the crumbling exterior?
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When Fans start going to games and its worth renovating!
 
sinPHIN said:
i really like the way the concept roof looks, just for the fact that it is different and nobody else has one like it. is there any plans to get it done yet?
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The seating arrangement of the concept renovations look excellent. But that roof particularly from the outside looks hideous. The Marlins got the right idea. We need a retractable roof stadium. Anyone who has sat in the upper 400s during a 1pm September game knows what a rotisserie chicken feels like.
 
A new stadium would be fine with me. Since I live in Broward, I think the current location is really good. There are fans in Broward & Palm Beach counties as well. I would not relish having to drive to and park in downtown Miami for games.
 
Roman529 said:
They "renovate" it just about every year in an attempt to get another Superbowl there, but they probably would be better off in just building a nice new stadium, which a retractable roof....maybe they also could add air conditioned seats or some kind of misting system to keep the fans cool. It also should be in Miami and not out in the middle of the swamps, or some place out in the middle of nowhere like where it is at now.
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​No offense, but since you live in Colorado you probably don't realize that the present stadium is pretty central for the fanbase. It is not in the middle of nowhere, it is easy to get to from most of South Florida.
 
jtoomuch said:
​No offense, but since you live in Colorado you probably don't realize that the present stadium is pretty central for the fanbase. It is not in the middle of nowhere, it is easy to get to from most of South Florida.
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i agree and i dont live in fl, but visit every year
 
I guess you all are to young to remember going to orange bowl for games and no parking.
 
We don't need a roof on the stadium!! That would be as dumb as hell. Do we want our team to become soft? Yeah lets close the roof on any day it's over 80 degrees or if it's raining or windy. The weather elements are all a part of football for crying out loud!!!
 
How hot would the field be if Miami installed FieldTurf? Plus it would keep the field nice during inclement weather.
 
DefensiveEnd76 said:
We don't need a roof on the stadium!! That would be as dumb as hell. Do we want our team to become soft? Yeah lets close the roof on any day it's over 80 degrees or if it's raining or windy. The weather elements are all a part of football for crying out loud!!!
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A roof doesn't make a dome. The fans need a roof over the stands. The field is left uncovered. That's how every stadium is designed these days.
 
TheWalrus said:
It's all throwing good money after bad now. Has been for a while, if not since before it was even built. That stadium is an unfocused concrete drab of a place that looks more out of date than college stadiums built decades before, and combines that with a gently sloping seating arrangement that magnifies the huge distance the seats already are from the field. It boasts a horribly low ratio of lower bowl seats to upper bowl ones. And it also sits outside the city limits of Miami in what can charitably be called a real ****hole of a neighborhood. Even the area surrounding Jacksonville's abomination of a stadium -- where you are often forced to park in grass/dirt lots -- is nicer than what surrounds Dolphin stadium.

If Ross really has the best interests of the team in mind, he'll stop trying to improve Dolphin stadium and move immediately on plans to construct a new state of the art, retractable roof, huddled close (meaning: loud) stadium somewhere inside city limits. Perhaps he's waiting for the team to show more success before moving on that kind of a plan, but his public statements have always been to effect that he likes the stadium and views improving it as the best investment. A typical example of billionaire penny pinching. Even Paul Allen knew that a new stadium is often vital in rejuvenating the fortunes of a team, and low and behold, a few years after building a new stadium the Seahawks experienced the greatest run in team history, including a Super Bowl berth. Same with the Buccaneers and their new stadium. A Super Bowl followed closely after. The Patriots won their first Super Bowl after breaking ground on Gillette Stadium and two more followed (with two more appearances beyond that) after moving in. The Giants won the Super Bowl in 2007, the year they broke ground on their new home (Metlife Stadium), and another win followed last year. The Colts won the Super Bowl their last year in the RCA Dome and went to another shortly after in LucasOil. The Cardinals went to their first Super Bowl three years after moving into their new stadium. The Titans/Oilers only Super Bowl appearance in their history coincided with their first year in their new stadium in Nashville. The pattern goes back to the 70s Steelers, a team that was totally inept for years before the combination of Chuck Noll and a new stadium propelled them to four Super Bowls.

People can point to this and point to that and say it's all correlation blah blah blah. Whatever. Give me some of that ****ing correlation. It's insane. And anyway, I reject the notion that it's mere correlation. A new stadium speaks of purpose, it speaks of energy, it speaks of seriousness. Refurbishing old Joe Robbie Stadium speaks to none of that, and will lead nowhere.
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A couple things....

1. The location of the stadium won't ever be changed. The current location is between Miami and Broward County. The Dolphins would not want to isolate one fanbase by moving the stadium further into one city. Many people who live in Palm Beach and Broward Counties wouldn't drive to the games if the stadium moved into Miami.

2. They won't build a new stadium any time soon, especially if Ross would be seeking public funds. Now that the Marlins fleeced the tax payers for their new stadium, Ross would have a tough time getting public money for his. If he pulled a Joe Robbie and financed the new stadium all by himself, that would be great, but he shouldn't expect public money for a private stadium, especially in this economy. I doubt he would want to pay for a stadium all by himself, for this reason, don't expect a new stadium any time soon.
 
If you have ever been to Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, you would think that Sun Life Stadium is the freaking Taj Mahal. If you want to see a TRUE dump of a stadium, visit the Q.
 
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