Stadium

[1mg of Epi]

This was more a question to see if everyone was still interested in the idea of having our own stadium. As I said, I went to the Notre Dame game and believe it was the best atmosphere I've witnessed at a college football game, having been to the Iron Bowl at Baga, many games at A&M and Texas, Tennessee, among others. I know this idea has been talked about ad nauseam

Everyone (with a mental disorder) is still interested in our own stadium.

 

[MainLineCane]

I know I know, we've heard this a thousand times...

But, with Manny's dad being the former Mayor of Miami, do you all think, with some success, that Manny has a greater chance of getting a stadium built due to his apparent stronger political pull in Miami? I went to the Notre Dame game in 2017 and Hard Rock competed with every college stadium I've been to in terms of atmosphere (last Miami game I went to was in Sun Life with ~25,000 people there). Would you all prefer a stadium in, say Tropical Park or keep playing at Hard Rock?

Unless Manny has the $$ to build it himself, regardless of his connections, Manny or anyone else has ZERO chance of getting new stadium built here in Miami for the Canes.

Stop digging up this corpse and parading it around. This topic expired years ago.

Hard Rock is our home for the foreseeable future.

 

[LPK2006]

It doesn't matter how much pull the Diaz family may have. Unless we think of building a stadium in Homestead or the Redlands as an upgrade over our current situation, there's just no room anywhere.

Our fans need to let the whole stadium thing go. We play in a just-upgraded pro stadium that now has a pretty insane atmosphere when the crowd is into the game. It even keeps most of us dry when it rains. How far is it from campus to the stadium, 15-20 miles? Not that terrible, especially on Saturday....people act like it's a 4 hour drive. Granted, the Thursday games suck because of our rush hour traffic, and I wish we wouldn't have any, but that's my only complaint about the stadium.

 

[canesarchitect]

So having a stadium of "your own" is going to make it better? Do you think the University is going to be able to fund a stadium that will make it a better destination then what they currently have right now?

The way I see it, they are Leasing a Maserati.
If they were to buy (get a stadium say at Tropical Park) it would be like owning a Honda Accord.

And Tropical Park isn't anywhere near campus so what would the point be? I would rather get off of the turnpike and right into parking.

 

[texascane12]

So having a stadium of "your own" is going to make it better? Do you think the University is going to be able to fund a stadium that will make it a better destination then what they currently have right now?

The way I see it, they are Leasing a Maserati.
If they were to buy (get a stadium say at Tropical Park) it would be like owning a Honda Accord.

No, I did a horrible job of staging my original post lol. I know this has been an extensively discussed topic, and seeing how political getting a stadium is and us now having a coach who has political ties to (possibly) get this done, is this something anybody even wants anymore? I gave the anecdote about going to the game at Hard Rock because I personally don't see the need to leave. I really f*cked this one up lol.

 

[Tweed]

Only thing I would liked changed at the rock is our end zone art

This is why I would love to go to field turf. Our field with grass gets very slippery and slick at times and other times huge chunks come up.

 

[Canes Brotherhood]

No.

 

[hotshot]

Drain and fill in the campus lake. We could have our own Swamp South.

 

[TheOriginalCane]

I love the "there's no land in Miami" crowd. Ridiculous.

There is a very simple answer, and it is just a few miles from campus, though it's gonna cost a few bucks.

There's a ****hole shopping center at the corner of Douglas and NW 7th Street. There's a K-Mart there. Not sure if you've been following the bankruptcy. Party City. MoneyGram. The shopping center land is roughly the same size of the footprint for the Marlins stadium (including parking garages). It is across from the Magic City Casino, which could potentially be purchased as well (the old dog track).

It's actually closer to campus than the Orange Bowl was. It's near where Beckham is building the soccer stadium. It may not be near a Metro stop, but it has roughly the same access to the Dolphin Expressway that the Orange Bowl did. It's inside the City of Miami, so you could access the bonds and whatnot that could pay for some/all of the construction.

Very close to the Airport.

Hit up the Mas brothers to help us negotiate to buy the land. Offer them overflow soccer parking. Would be an easy "March to the Match" (soccer fans know what I'm talking about).

Just as UM is proving the old "Miami has no money to spend on coaches or facilities" argument wrong, it is fairly easy to disprove the "there's no buildable land in Miami" argument too.

 

[TheOriginalCane]

Drain and fill in the campus lake. We could have our own Swamp South.

That was where the stadium was originally supposed to be built.

It's not a lake. It is a widened-out canal. We sold the dirt in order to build the Merrick and Memorial buildings. The dirt was used for causeways over the Bay.

 

[Cuban-Cane]

 

[jjjrcanes]

I hate driving down in that area because of continuous traffic without any football games! Imagine going down there on the Dolphin Expressway passing the airport, the 826 that’s always packed, 95 getting off to go west during game days on the Dolphin expressway!

My question is even if they decided to get to build at Tropical Park, will they make easy entrance and exits for game day traffic?

I can’t see people coming from palm Beach to go to games in SM area if no special provisions being made for game day traffic!

 

[pacusmc]

Every time this topic comes up I wonder if it’s from anybody that has actually ever been to hard rock Stadium for a hurricanes game. If you haven’t then you don’t know what you’re talking about trying to ask for a new stadium. Even the espn crew and Notre Dame players said It’s the loudest stadium they’ve ever been in

 

[TheOriginalCane]

Forget Tropical.

Send Blake an e-mail and ask him to get moving on the Central Shopping Plaza.

 

[TurntUp]

Our stadium now is great, since the renovations... is it the orange bowl? NO ... will any stadium ever be better than the orange bowl? NO ... but since the roof enclosure our stadium has been lit on big games!

 

[Ispyin]

Figured I was gonna get eviscerated for this lol

So you’re only half brain dead, smart enough to know better but dumb enough to post something stupid anyway. Life must be a rollercoaster for you.

 

[texascane12]

Every time this topic comes up I wonder if it’s from anybody that has actually ever been to hard rock Stadium for a hurricanes game. If you haven’t then you don’t know what you’re talking about trying to ask for a new stadium. Even the espn crew and Notre Dame players said It’s the loudest stadium they’ve ever been in

Read my last reply

 

[TheOriginalCane]

Every time this topic comes up I wonder if it’s from anybody that has actually ever been to hard rock Stadium for a hurricanes game. If you have it then you don’t know what you’re talking about trying to ask for a new stadium. Even the espn crew and Notre Dame players said It’s the loudest stadium they’ve ever been in

For one game. For one game.

It is still not very well suited for college football, far from campus, diminishing parking, etc. I don't hate it. But if we had a place of our own, it would be better.

Look, we can sit around and claim that this "can never happen". But it could. There is available land.

I would also point out that the ON-CAMPUS stadium for UCF also hosts a bowl game and a new AAF pro football team.

So there is a shot to generate revenue beyond the 6 games that UM would play there.

 

[9oh4Cane]

This is why I would love to go to field turf. Our field with grass gets very slippery and slick at times and other times huge chunks come up.

Field turf would be brutally hot in day games in south fl, cleats would melt. Home field advantage?

 

[jjjrcanes]

It doesn't matter how much pull the Diaz family may have. Unless we think of building a stadium in Homestead or the Redlands as an upgrade over our current situation, there's just no room anywhere.

Our fans need to let the whole stadium thing go. We play in a just-upgraded pro stadium that now has a pretty insane atmosphere when the crowd is into the game. It even keeps most of us dry when it rains. How far is it from campus to the stadium, 15-20 miles? Not that terrible, especially on Saturday....people act like it's a 4 hour drive. Granted, the Thursday games suck because of our rush hour traffic, and I wish we wouldn't have any, but that's my only complaint about the stadium.

The stadium might not be right on the campus but it’s not far and is centrally locates for most of the fans can get to from the North South and west! One of the easiest exits and getting in and out! And right near the Turnpike!

What they need to do is continue to build a good atmosphere around the stadium to hangout!