It’s official. The Miami Open is moving from Key Biscayne to Hard Rock Stadium in 2019. And though the scenery from the turnpike isn’t as picturesque as sailboats bobbing on turquoise water alongside the Rickenbacker Causeway, tournament officials promise the new site will “enhance every aspect” of the player and fan experience.

With the move, the 32-year-old tennis tournament trades its lush, tropical island home for a much larger, fancier, state-of-the-art facility in Miami Gardens replete with more courts, double the parking, double the suites, plush amenities for the players, and easier access for fans in Broward and Palm Beach counties.

IMG and Dolphins owner Stephen Ross will spend “upwards of $60 million” to build “a full-time tennis, entertainment center” on the parking lots adjacent to the stadium.

"everyone wins,” said Ross, reached in Hawaii. “We will landscape it so it will look like a Florida paradise, a five-star resort."

The new site will have 30 courts — 29 of them permanent. A 14,000-seat Center Court, for marquee matches, will be inside the stadium, atop the field, with screens covering the unused stands. A 5,000-seat permanent Grandstand court will include player lounge, locker rooms and a gym.

There will be three video boards — the largest one 40 feet tall by 90 feet wide — and a hospitality village with concessions, retail, and music and art exhibits that will also be used during Dolphins and University of Miami football games, soccer matches, and concerts.

Construction on the new tennis facilities will begin in 2018.
-- Miami Herald

TENNIS ANYONE

(12-29-2017 03:49 PM)green Wrote:  





It’s official. The Miami Open is moving from Key Biscayne to Hard Rock Stadium in 2019. And though the scenery from the turnpike isn’t as picturesque as sailboats bobbing on turquoise water alongside the Rickenbacker Causeway, tournament officials promise the new site will “enhance every aspect” of the player and fan experience.

With the move, the 32-year-old tennis tournament trades its lush, tropical island home for a much larger, fancier, state-of-the-art facility in Miami Gardens replete with more courts, double the parking, double the suites, plush amenities for the players, and easier access for fans in Broward and Palm Beach counties.

IMG and Dolphins owner Stephen Ross will spend “upwards of $60 million” to build “a full-time tennis, entertainment center” on the parking lots adjacent to the stadium.

"everyone wins,” said Ross, reached in Hawaii. “We will landscape it so it will look like a Florida paradise, a five-star resort."

The new site will have 30 courts — 29 of them permanent. A 14,000-seat Center Court, for marquee matches, will be inside the stadium, atop the field, with screens covering the unused stands. A 5,000-seat permanent Grandstand court will include player lounge, locker rooms and a gym.

There will be three video boards — the largest one 40 feet tall by 90 feet wide — and a hospitality village with concessions, retail, and music and art exhibits that will also be used during Dolphins and University of Miami football games, soccer matches, and concerts.

Construction on the new tennis facilities will begin in 2018.
-- Miami Herald

TENNIS ANYONE

Will this improve the football experience? If not, this is of no consequence to Miami or the ACC.

It'll take away parking and create longer walks...

Bragging about this is like bragging about a pool upgrade to your apartment building you rent from.

The only thing somewhat relevant is this: hospitality village with concessions, retail, and music and art exhibits that will also be used during Dolphins and University of Miami football games

When I'm tailgating I've always wondered why not set up an art exhibit. I now get my wish in 12 years.

According to UM coach Mark Richt, Hard Rock Stadium has gone from a perceived negative in recruiting to a positive, thanks in part to renovations, crowd noise and the enthusiasm the Hurricanes have generated this season.

“I think at one time people were trying to use the stadium against us,” Richt said on WQAM’s Hurricane Hotline. “When I took the job, [other schools told recruits] you don’t have an on campus stadium. [Now], even [Notre Dame coach Brian] Kelly said look at all these TV screens. The canopy accentuates our fans’ noise. It is so loud we have to use a non-verbal cadence on offense; when people keep cheering for the turnover chain, that doesn’t help either. It’s all fun, it’s all good.

“We had two night games [Virginia Tech, Notre Dame] that were spectacular. When recruits came to that, it was over. They saw how great we could be. They saw how great our atmosphere could be. It’s as good as anybody’s in America. It’s wonderful.”
-- Miami Herald

the nicest stadium in college football just got nicer ...

TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES

LOL...I was there...far from the nicest stadium in college football.

(12-29-2017 05:54 PM)Hallcity Wrote:  Will this improve the football experience? If not, this is of no consequence to Miami or the ACC.

from start to finish, the worldwide leader will beam Miami esteem to a global audience from the home field of the Miami dolphins, Miami Hurricanes and ACC champion ...

YOU CAN'T SAY THAT

(12-30-2017 12:20 PM)green Wrote:  

(12-29-2017 05:54 PM)Hallcity Wrote:  Will this improve the football experience? If not, this is of no consequence to Miami or the ACC.

from start to finish, the worldwide leader will beam Miami esteem to a global audience from the home field of the Miami dolphins, Miami Hurricanes and ACC champion ...

YOU CAN'T SAY THAT

Wasn't that supposed to be "U CAN'T SAY THAT"? You're losing your touch, Green!

(12-29-2017 09:29 PM)TexanMark Wrote:  LOL...I was there...far from the nicest stadium in college football.

The centerpiece of the move will be a new Center Court, which will showcase a 14,000-seat stadium within Hard Rock Stadium. Miami Dolphins Owner Stephen Ross has invested more than $500 million into Hard Rock Stadium over the years, which boasts a state-of-the-art shade canopy, four giant high-definition video boards, new seats closer to the action, concourses, restrooms and retail outlets throughout the entire facility, and new premium spaces that raise the caliber for luxury within a sports facility.
-- miamidolphins

the University of Miami plays in the nicest stadium ...
just one man's opinion ...
notice I didn't say ...
loudest ...
closest ...
most scenic ...
simply look around ...

COMPARE TO PURE IMAGINATION

(12-30-2017 01:45 PM)Hokie Mark Wrote:  Wasn't that supposed to be "U CAN'T SAY THAT"? You're losing your touch, Green!

U CAN SAY THAT AGAIN

Quote:palmbeachpost: In addition to those more involved projects outside the stadium, the Dolphins are still tweaking the inside of the building. There won’t be any hugely noticeable renovations for the upcoming season, but the team still has subtle upgrades on its to-do list.

“There’s a lot of little things that we’re doing to continue to improve on, so I wouldn’t call it one big thing to showcase, but as we go around, people will notice a lot of little improvements,” Dolphins president Tom Garfinkel said. “We’re fine-tuning a lot of things.”

“Dolphins owner Stephen Ross really wants—If you walk around the stadium and see things that still don’t look like they’re brand new, we want to make them look brand new. There might be a floor that didn’t get redone and still looks old. Certain things that still look old, we’re gonna enhance them.”

The construction of tennis-related features could be an inconvenience during the upcoming season for the Dolphins and Hurricanes, but the team expects to smooth all of that out by early next year. The overall plan also includes resurfacing and upgrading the outer parking lots and putting in pedestrian bridges and tunnels connecting them to the stadium block.

“For sure,” Garfinkel said. “If you look at the south plaza that’s being created with fountains and landscaping

3 COINS IN A FOUNTAIN

Call it Mercedez-Benz Stadium envy.

Everyone wants to be like the Papa!



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So they are going to play tennis in a football stadium that is large enough for baseball?

Miami needs to build an on campus football stadium.

(03-27-2018 07:33 AM)XLance Wrote:  Miami needs to build an on campus football stadium.

This...the stadium is in an area devoid of any interest or natural beauty. Typical drive-in, park, tailgate, see game, leave and sit in traffic for 45 mins experience.

Plus you need a Sunpass to drive anywhere in Miami.

(03-27-2018 07:33 AM)XLance Wrote:  Miami needs to build an on campus football stadium.

Quote:miamiherald: With far more real estate in Melreese public golf course, the Beckham group would have enough room for parking garages, practice soccer fields and possibly a stadium large enough to accommodate the University of Miami, an early potential partner in the Beckham venture before fading away as the soccer venture abandoned bids for roomier sites on the Miami waterfront and next to Marlins Park.

not enough land, access or students to justify the prohibitive cost of an on-campus eyesore ...

NIMBY (NOT IN MY BACKYARD)

(03-27-2018 11:31 AM)TexanMark Wrote:  This...the stadium is in an area devoid of any interest or natural beauty. Typical drive-in, park, tailgate, see game, leave and sit in traffic for 45 mins experience.

Plus you need a Sunpass to drive anywhere in Miami.

Quote:palmbeachpost: The main court will be a temporary structure on the football field, but the rest of the design is the real gem of the project. Everything Stephen Ross plans to build on what is currently parking space could make the stadium even more attractive as it bids for future Super Bowls and College Football Playoff games.

The Dolphins are already scheduled to host the Super Bowl in 2020 (Super Bowl LIV) and the National Championship Game in 2021 and will continue pursuing those events as often as possible.

when will snowy syracuse host the world's greatest sporting events ...
never mind, it's a rhetorical question ...

DAYS OF ABSENCE, SAD & DREARY

Nice stadium setting


Not so nice stadium setting

(03-27-2018 12:49 PM)green Wrote:  

(03-27-2018 07:33 AM)XLance Wrote:  Miami needs to build an on campus football stadium.

Quote:miamiherald: With far more real estate in Melreese public golf course, the Beckham group would have enough room for parking garages, practice soccer fields and possibly a stadium large enough to accommodate the University of Miami, an early potential partner in the Beckham venture before fading away as the soccer venture abandoned bids for roomier sites on the Miami waterfront and next to Marlins Park.

not enough land, access or students to justify the prohibitive cost of an on-campus eyesore ...

NIMBY (NOT IN MY BACKYARD)

Enjoy your rental stadium 40 mins from campus in traffic.

(03-27-2018 05:44 PM)TexanMark Wrote:  Nice stadium setting


Not so nice stadium setting

Yep, and this isn't so bad either.