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Canes305 said:
And again, I will ask you what made the OB so great? Was it the peeling paint, the aroma that came from the bathrooms? The 70 year old ladies yelling No Pakin as you drove by?

Or was it the 58 game home winning streak? The titles that were won on that field?

If the canes were to win in a similar fashion at Hard Rock those same type of 'feels' would come back.

You can't tell me that when Bandy returned that pick against ND that you sat there and said, 'This ain't sh*t'
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Stage 5 chardonnay sipper...
 
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TurntUp said:
Stage 5 chardonnay sipper...
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Papo you have no earthly idea who I am and you clearly don't know anything about me..... I'm certainly not bout that bodybaglyfe but I don't drink wine either. You say you've been a season ticket holder for 20 years.. Well I got that beat. Regardless I'm not here to compare d*ck sizes. The whole stadium thing is tired and old. It's not going to happen any time soon, so enjoy what you have. If you don't like HR then don't go anymore. Go root for the team on 8th street.. They have an on campus stadium.
 
mitchellorin said:
After the renovations, I'm personally totally content with hard rock and think it's a positive at this point because attendance seems to be better and I'm sure recruits love playing in a stadium that nice, the only complaint would be location. I doubt the powers that be will be willing to fork over hundreds of millions simply for a location change as well as a buyout for a contract that's good through the year 3500. Not happening.[/QUOTE
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Canes305 said:
Papo you have no earthly idea who I am and you clearly don't know anything about me..... I'm certainly not bout that bodybaglyfe but I don't drink wine either. You say you've been a season ticket holder for 20 years.. Well I got that beat. Regardless I'm not here to compare d*ck sizes. The whole stadium thing is tired and old. It's not going to happen any time soon, so enjoy what you have. If you don't like HR then don't go anymore. Go root for the team on 8th street.. They have an on campus stadium.
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I said over 20 years, my d*ck is bigger ...
 
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mitchellorin said:
After the renovations, I'm personally totally content with hard rock and think it's a positive at this point because attendance seems to be better and I'm sure recruits love playing in a stadium that nice, the only complaint would be location. I doubt the powers that be will be willing to fork over hundreds of millions simply for a location change as well as a buyout for a contract that's good through the year 3500. Not happening.
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What is wrong with the location exactly? The students can't get to the game? Doesn't seem to be an issue when playing FSU or ND? Oh look there's an on campus basketball arena. How's the student section during those games?
 
Can we kill this thread forever. There's never going to be an on campus football stadium. There is no room for it and it would be way too expensive.

Hard Rock stadium is in the perfect location for fans. Think about it. It was built for Dolphins fans which are pretty much the same fans. Centrally located for people north, south, east, and west of the stadium.

Also, it's a moot point for the players. I assume like most programs, the team stays in a hotel the night before close to the stadium regardless of home or away. Can someone please confirm. This way there is no worry of anyone missing the game from being late or getting into trouble the night before.

Please kill this thread!!!
 
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Number1CanesFan said:
Can we kill this thread forever. There's never going to be an on campus football stadium. There is no room for and it would be way to expensive.

Hard Rock stadium is in the perfect location for fans. Think about it. It was built for Dolphins fans which are pretty much the same fans. Centrally located for people north, south, east, and west of the stadium.

Also, it's a moot point for the players. I assume like most programs, the team stays in a hotel the night before regardless of home or away. Can someone please confirm. This way there is no worry of anyone missing the game from being late or getting into trouble the night before.

Please kill this thread!!!
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Wahhhhh! We don’t have any money! Wahhhhh! There’s no room! Wahhhh!

FOH.

We have both the money and the room.

What we need is an admin with the will to get it done.
 
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TheOriginalCane said:
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.
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I knew it was a canal from when I was there but ... good history in your post, which I did not know. Thanks!
 
TheOriginalCane said:
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.
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That’s not nearly big enough and that whole shopping center is owned by the family that owns Magic City casino. They’ll never, ever sell that land. They don’t need the money and are waiting for casinos to be legalized in Florida.
 
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TheOriginalCane said:
If it's such a monumental waste of money, why did UCF do it and USF is trying to do it?

There are lots of advantages, some monetary, and some control-oriented. Either build a "satellite campus" with UM fundraising money or let the City of Miami do it and use it for concerts and events.
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You are talking to people who actually believe Miami home games are comparable to college home games that are played on campus. It is all time hilarity and it will never stop. They applied the ignorance in major globs.

Hey, now we have a patched roof atop our 32 year pro stadium 40 minutes from campus. That makes our parking lot drunk even more amazing. The Race Track gas station dropped 3 cents. Walmart has more Roll Backs. And don't try to pretend that Alabama hosts a major tennis tournament within yards of that Bear Bryant statue.

Howard Schnellenberger knew what he was doing. There are always brilliant foresightful types among all the competing conventional wisdom dullards. We blew this decades ago. Now we patch campus with an indoor facility and somehow brainstorm that all is swell. It's like a country club installing a new putting green.
 
RightSaidFred said:
Miami is not even in the top 5 as far as metro areas in the US, and it’s not even in the top 20 as far as population density.

New York was trying to get the Giants to move back to the city, and they were trying to build olympic stadiums right in NYC.

Some of you guys are totally clueless and delusional.

There’s plenty of room in Miami for a stadium.
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Jorge Mas just found himself some room...
 
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texascane12 said:
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?
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Our contract is in play till 2025 @ Hard Rock Stadium, on another note Tropical Park is off limits. Your better off being creative and buy out the Miami seaquarium. There you can technically build an on campus stadium and do a parking garage @ Virginia key. Furthermore you can work with the city of key Biscayne to expand lanes and create a overpass walkway to allow fans access to the stadium instead of crossing the street. See how complicated this is? Not impossible, but very hard and would cost a fortune! For now, just enjoy how loud Hard Rock Stadium is and great the venue is.

PS: I enjoy my alcohol @ the games and I refuse to buy season tickets where I cant buy a **** beer.
 
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