My first time at Hard Rock...

Martycane

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I’m from out of state. Loved the experience. The destruction of the OB was a dark period for me. Broke my heart. But HR is the best football stadium I’ve ever seen. Almost went back to see the Dolphins today. (Good move not to.)
—Stadium has character. Captures South Florida. Fun colorful. Open. Plenty of places to cool out, relax before the game and during halftime.
Restaurants, bars, picnic tables. Good Cuban food. Plenty of customer service folks to help you navigate the place.
—The roof creates a great aura. Half a dome. Made it feel a bit like an arena, like the Carrier Dome. But you still get the outside feel.
—I sat up in section 345. But I didn’t feel too far away, as I do in other stadiums. Got a decent price on Stubhub.
—Crowd was great. Except for the drunk guy who fell a couple of rows nearby, everyone was civil. Yelling like crazy but not out of line.
—Wasn’t quite as noisy as I was led to expect — maybe because cane fans were only 60-70 percent of the crowd, not like the usual 90 percent.
— “Hard Rock” a perfect name for a football stadium. Great signage. Sets the tone in a way that “Sun Life” didn’t. I mean does “Sun Life” say football to you?

But...the $#@& parking! Took me maybe 90 minutes to get out of parking lot 18. Nothing moved. Not a good way to end the night. Next time I come, I’ll be asking you folks for advice.

Over all. you all are lucky to have this stadium.
 
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Last night was about a tenth of the atmosphere of ND, VT, or even GT. Seemed a lot of the crowd was disinterested and disengaged. Also WAY too many Wisconsin fans.
 
Yea, wasnt the typical crowd we had all season as it was a bowl game. Was surprised by how many wisky fans they had but they had a great season so fans traveled to miami to support team. Makes sense.

Also if you park in lot, just fire up the grill for another hour, you will be in same spot than if you tried to take off immediately. Now you understand why miami fns are so quick to beat traffic rush, lol..
 
The 20+ years we spent at the OB can never be duplicated but I am very proud of our new digs. the tennis courts are gonna **** us off next year though. Parking will go to $40 for the cheapest
 
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