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The first regular season NFL game played there was a 42–0 Dolphins victory over the Kansas City Chiefs on October 11, 1987. The first regular season game was scheduled for September 27, a week 3 game against the New York Giants this game was canceled and not made up due to the 1987 players strike. The first preseason game for the Dolphins was played on August 16, 1987, against the Chicago Bears. The stadium before a Miami Dolphins game, January 2008 Today, it is located in the city of Miami Gardens, which was incorporated on May 13, 2003. Specifically it was in the Scott Lake census-designated place. This resulted in a less intimate venue for football compared to other football facilities built around this time, as well as to the Orange Bowl.Īt the time it opened in 1987, Joe Robbie Stadium was located in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, and had a Miami address. Because of this design decision, the first row of seats was 90 ft (27 m) from the sideline in a football configuration, considerably more distant than the first row of seats in most football stadiums (the closest seats at the new Soldier Field, for instance, are 55 ft (17 m) from the sideline at the 50-yard line). The wide field also made it fairly easy to convert the stadium for soccer. At his request, the stadium was built in a rectangular configuration, with a field that was somewhat wider than was normally the case for an NFL stadium. Robbie also believed it was only a matter of time before a Major League Baseball (MLB) team came to South Florida. I began thinking in earnest about building a stadium.' What made the construction of the stadium truly unique was that it was the first multipurpose stadium ever built in the United States that was entirely privately financed.

Team founder Joe Robbie explained what led to the decision to build a new stadium: 'In 1976, the city of Miami wanted to quadruple our rent. Joe Robbie Stadium during its construction, April 1987įor their first 21 seasons, the Miami Dolphins played at the Orange Bowl. In August 2016, the team sold the naming rights to Hard Rock Cafe Inc. The facility opened in 1987 as Joe Robbie Stadium and has been known by a number of names since: Pro Player Park, Pro Player Stadium, Dolphins Stadium, Dolphin Stadium, Land Shark Stadium, and Sun Life Stadium. From 1993 until 2011, the stadium also was the home field of the Florida Marlins of Major League Baseball (MLB). In addition, the stadium will be one of many to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Since 2022, the grounds of Hard Rock Stadium has also hosted the Miami International Autodrome, a temporary racing circuit used for Formula 1's Miami Grand Prix.

In addition, the stadium hosts the Orange Bowl, an annual college football bowl game, and the Miami Open tennis tournament.

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The stadium also has hosted six Super Bowls ( XXIII, XXIX, XXXIII, XLI, XLIV, and LIV), the 2010 Pro Bowl, two World Series ( 19), four BCS National Championship Games ( 2001, 2005, 2009, and 2013), one CFP National Championship ( 2021), the second round of the 2009 World Baseball Classic, and WrestleMania XXVIII.

The stadium is the home field for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL) and the Miami Hurricanes, the University of Miami's NCAA Division I college football team. Hard Rock Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Miami Gardens, Florida.