(07-30-2014 11:40 AM)adcorbett Wrote:  

(07-29-2014 03:48 PM)green Wrote:  a retractable roof would have been cost-prohibitive ...

BEGGARS CAN'T BE CHOOSERS

It's weird how that works. Roofs on new stadiums are not incredibly expensive, and the difference in cost between a fixed roof and a retractable one is "only" about $20 million, which is small potatoes for most of these projects. But when you try to retrofit them on to stadiums not designed for a roof, the cost can be upwards of $200 million.

A retractable roof on a new stadium only costs $20M? I'm skeptical.

http://www.newmiamistadium.com/

now U see me ...

NOW U DON'T

http://www.psfk.com/2015/02/miami-dolphi...ation.html

This is the best seat in College Football Next Year. The new Living Room Lounge for our Golden Cane + Members
-- Jesse Marks @jessehmarks

In order to make fans feel more at home, 32 “living rooms” will be added to the stadium.
-- psfk.com

LIVING LARGE

Are they going to reduce the seating capacity so they don't have to use tarps during Hurricane games?
CJ

(02-14-2015 01:50 PM)CardinalJim Wrote:  Are they going to reduce the seating capacity so they don't have to use tarps during Hurricane games?
CJ

http://theusports.com/SunLife/?DB_OEM_ID=28700

Sun Life Stadium, which can now accommodate 76,000 for football, will plunge in capacity beginning next season to 66,000 (for the Dolphins) and about 55,000 (for UM, according to the school), because of stadium modernization that will put some seats closer to the field and eliminate others.

UM’s decision against selling upper level end zone season tickets accounts for the difference, though additional seats could be opened for select games if UM wishes.
-- Miami Herald

with a large screen used to cover seats in the upper end zones.
-- local10

YES & NO

(02-14-2015 01:50 PM)CardinalJim Wrote:  Are they going to reduce the seating capacity so they don't have to use tarps during Hurricane games?
CJ

They're reducing capacity by 10,000 and still using tarps.

http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/nfl/mi...72627.html

Have a look at the video animation of the planned renovation to Sun Life Stadium in Miami. Pretty nice
-- FootballScoop Staff ‏@FootballScoop

IT'S ALIVE

New seat brackets going in...
-- Tom Garfinkel ‏@TomGarfinkel

wow, they scrubbed the hell out of that concrete!
-- ShaunMoore‏@ShaunMoore

DUCKS IN A ROW

http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/nfl/mi...49696.html

After two months of demolition, seats are no longer coming out of Sun Life Stadium. The bright aqua chairs are now going in.

Construction crews last week put in the brackets for the first of some 65,000 seats — a process that cannot take more than five months.

Work on the stadium’s seating bowl has to be done in time for the Dolphins’ first home preseason game. ... the team is guaranteed to have a home game no later than Aug. 30. The University of Miami will open its season at Sun Life the following Saturday.
-- Miami Herald

BUM'S RUSH

You know, if they really want to make home games look good, maybe they should install seat backs with pictures of fans already painted on them...

I thought Miami was getting a new stadium to share with Beckham? If so, who cares about the Dolphins' stadium?

(03-31-2015 01:48 PM)Marge Schott Wrote:  I thought Miami was getting a new stadium to share with Beckham? If so, who cares about the Dolphins' stadium?

Miami MLS proposed debut season -- maybe 2017, more likely 2018.
-- Michelle Kaufman

it's home until it's not ...
make the best of ...

WHATDAYASAY

LMAO

Nice of UMiami to include the Dolphins' investments as part of their own.

https://twitter.com/TomGarfinkel/status/...1628307456











hello, no photos of the stadium in a while. How's it coming along?
-- Christopher Sandoval ‏@crsandoval

TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT US NOW

(04-25-2015 12:10 PM)green Wrote:  https://twitter.com/TomGarfinkel/status/...1628307456

TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT US NOW

Appropriate theme song for the 'Canes: "Against All Odds"

(04-25-2015 12:10 PM)green Wrote:  https://twitter.com/TomGarfinkel/status/...1628307456



TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT US NOW

Wow Bobby Dodd Stadium looks weird now!

(I guess the Orange Bowl was the last game played there before construction started?)

http://www.miamidolphins.com/news/press-...9f32004004

Excited to #tacklecancer by handing UM @SylvesterCancer a check for $4.65M from @ridedcc (Dolphins Cycling Challenge)
-- Miami Dolphins @MiamiDolphins

POP A WHEELIE

(03-31-2015 01:48 PM)Marge Schott Wrote:  I thought Miami was getting a new stadium to share with Beckham? If so, who cares about the Dolphins' stadium?

UM and Beckham face a significant hurdle: the Miami Dolphins.

Shalala recently lamented the football team having to play games at Sun Life Stadium. But leaving the program’s home since 2008 could be costly. Dolphins owner Stephen Ross has signaled his intent to hold the Hurricanes to the remaining 17 years on their lease at the stadium, which is undergoing renovations that were part of a county subsidy deal approved last year.

One option might be to cut a deal whereby the Hurricanes play one or two big games at Sun Life per season — for example, the game against Florida State, which typically draws near-sellout crowds.
-- Miami Herald

BLUE EYE SHADOW SHOULD BE ILLEGAL

How does that "deal" make sense for Ross?

Maybe Golden will be doing a lot of endorsement deals to help pay the lease buyout?