Aerial view of the Orange Bowl

The Orange Bowl Stadium is a stadium in the City of Miami, Florida, near downtown Miami, Florida. It is the home stadium for the University of Miami Hurricanes football team. It also hosted the Miami Dolphins until the opening of Dolphins Stadium in 1987. The Orange Bowl college football bowl game is named for the stadium, although it has been played at Dolphins Stadium since 1996. The Minor League Baseball Miami Marlins played certain games in the Orange Bowl from 1956 to 1960. Image File history File links Miami Orange Bowl Stadium File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Miami Orange Bowl Stadium File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Olympia Stadium: start and finish lines visible, defining the length of one stadium (in this case 192. ... The Miami skyline, as it is seen from the northeast on Biscayne Bay. ... The Miami skyline, as it is seen from the northeast on Biscayne Bay. ... This is an article about the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... Conference AFC Division East Year Founded 1966 Home Field Dolphins Stadium City Miami, Florida Team Colors Aqua Green, Coral Orange, Blue, and White Head Coach Nick Saban All-Time Record (W-L-T) (At Start of 2005 Season) 373-254-4 The Miami Dolphins are a National Football League team... Dolphins Stadium (originally named Dolphin Stadium, later named Joe Robbie Stadium and then briefly Pro Player Park before becoming Pro Player Stadium, and now back to Dolphins Stadium) is an American football and baseball stadium in Miami, Florida. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Orange Bowl is an annual college football game that is usually played on January 1 in Miami, Florida. ... A college football game between Colorado State University and the Air Force Academy. ... The BCS stands for Bowl Championship Series, a computer ranking format and bowl setup that has decided the unofficial but de facto NCAA Division I_A national football championship since 1998. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... A Class A California League game in San Jose, California (1994) Minor baseball leagues are North American professional baseball leagues that compete at a level below that of Major League Baseball. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

In addition to football, the stadium also hosts concerts and other public events. The stadium hosted soccer world cup matches in 1994. The stadium has a regular capacity of 74,177, and can seat up to 82,000 for concerts and other events where additional seating can be placed on the playing field. The stadium has an open east end that has a view of the city skyline. The stadium was built by the City of Miami Public Works Department. Construction began in 1936. The stadium opened for Miami Hurricanes football on December 10, 1937. It opened to the NFL on September 2, 1966. The stadium has also hosted a multitude of events including concerts by The Eagles, The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson, Madonna, The Marlboro Soccer Cup, an AC Milan Soccer Game, some 1996 Summer Olympics soccer games, several NFL Super Bowls, the former North-South Shrine Game, and the namesake New Year's Day Orange Bowl Classic as mentioned above. The Eagles is an American rock music group that originally came together in Los Angeles, California in the early 1970s. ... The Rolling Stones, mid-60s. ... Bruce Springsteen on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Madonna at the Live 8 concert. ... The 1996 Summer Olympics, formally known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and informally known as the Centennial Olympics, were held in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... NFL logo For other uses of the abbreviation NFL, see NFL (disambiguation). ... The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League, the pinnacle of American football. ... This article is about January 1 in the Gregorian calendar. ...

With the announcement of the new Florida Marlins Stadium, to be built on the east side of the Orange Bowl for the 2008 baseball season, the City of Miami and University of Miami have announced that a major renovation of the Orange Bowl will occur which will lower the seating capacity, modernize much of the stadium, and make it better-suited for both American football and soccer. Marlins Stadium Location: Miami, Florida, USA Tenant: Florida Marlins Owner: Miami-Dade County Architect: [[HOK Sport + Venue + Event]] Cost: $420 million Opening: 2008 The Ballpark will include a retractable roof, approximately 38,000 seats of which 3,000 are premium seats, and 62 luxury suites. ... // Predicted events January-June January 15 - NASAs MESSENGER spacecraft makes the first of three flybys of Mercury. ... Baseball is a team sport, in which a fist-sized ball is thrown by a defensive player called a pitcher and hit by an offensive player called a batter with a round, smooth stick called a bat. ... Seating capacity refers to the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, either in terms of the space available, or in terms of limitations set by law. ...

External links

• Official site
• University of Miami Hurricanes Orange Bowl Stadium Page
• Aerial Views of Miami Orange Bowl Stadium
• Orange Bowl Seating Chart