August 21, 200718 yr From CaneSport. Sounds pretty definite... Barring a last-minute stumbling block, UM President Donna Shalala will recommend to the Board of Trustees at a Tuesday morning meeting that the Hurricanes move their home football stadium from the Orange Bowl to Dolphin Stadium. The inevitability of that move has drawn closer and closer in recent days as final negotiating points were ironed out between UM and Dolphin Stadium and the list of trustees who opposed the move grew smaller and smaller. The lone biggest issue that remains -- just when should the Hurricanes make the move. It could happen as soon as the 2008 season. Or Miami could stay in the OB in its current state for at least one more season while it waits for the Florida Marlins stadium situation to work itself out. UM officials want to avoid playing on Dolphin Stadium's infield dirt as much as possible. But sources told CaneSport that Dolphin stadium officials, also anxious to remove the Marlins infield from the Dolphins equation, have been exploring the use of new technology that would allow them to make the infield portable and replaceable by pregrown sections of turf for football games. CaneSport also learned that lawyers have finished ironing out the final points of an agreement and that City of Miami officials have agreed to let UM out of its OB lease before its 2009 expiration if the Hurricanes decide to make the move. So Shalala's endorsement of the move to the trustees has become almost a formality. CaneSport Magazine publishes 25 times a year, 10 glossy monthly printed issues and 15 online or Gameday Issues for a subscription price of $54.95. An online only subscription or a printed magazine only subscription is $39.95. Call 1-800-635-2263 or visit CaneSportmagazine.com http://miami.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=703813
August 21, 200718 yr still kinda sad. I have so many memories there. I know the place is a dump & probably too much $$ to bother with minimal renovations, but still.... I dotted the "i" one year for our sad little marching band in the pregame show.
August 21, 200718 yr Got reports coming in from many places....I guess tomorrow is D-Day for the OB-UM situation.
August 21, 200718 yr Herald report now up: http://capefish.blogspot.com/2007/08/um-lo...-to-orange.html
August 21, 200718 yr The OB has a lot of history and everything but the Jets won the Super Bowl there so it must be blown up. :thumbup
August 21, 200718 yr The OB has a lot of history and everything but the Jets won the Super Bowl there so it must be blown up. :thumbup That and the fact they can use the land to build the Marlins a ballpark are the only reasons I need...they should bulldoze the place and then blow up the rubble.
August 21, 200718 yr I'll press the button if it gets a ballpark built faster. I am right there with you! This is the best news I've had in a LONG time! Finally, light at the end of the tunnel for the Marlins' ballpark issue!
August 21, 200718 yr The OB has a lot of history and everything but the Jets won the Super Bowl there so it must be blown up. :thumbup Not to mention they held the WORST. SUPER BOWL. EVER. Hey, are you going to argue with Bubba Smith? :thumbup
August 21, 200718 yr I've been waiting for this day for years! When UM makes official their intentions to move to Dolphin Stadium, it will mark the beginning of the end of the Marlins stadium quest and also establish the beginning of the Marlins' permanency in South Florida.
August 21, 200718 yr I will miss you Orange bowl. I still remember going there when 5 onwards back then seeing Danny boy play. Over twenty years I have gone to Fins and Canes games there and I love that ratnested sh$thole. But, all good things are put to rest and it is time to move up to the gift and blessing that Joe Robbie built in south florida for us all. maybe we can finally have stability for baseball as well.
August 21, 200718 yr But, all good things are put to rest and it is time to move up to the gift and blessing that Joe Robbie built in south florida for us all and that H. Wayne Huizenga has ruined for baseball fans. Corrected.
August 21, 200718 yr I will miss you Orange bowl. I still remember going there when 5 onwards back then seeing Danny boy play. Over twenty years I have gone to Fins and Canes games there and I love that ratnested sh$thole. But, all good things are put to rest and it is time to move up to the gift and blessing that Joe Robbie built in south florida for us all. maybe we can finally have stability for baseball as well. Since we are reminiscing, had my first date with my wife at a high school game in the OB. Brought it up the other day discussing the stadium issue with my daughter, who works for UM, and my wife didn't remember that. So, you see, the Bowl has special memories for some but not for everyone. HOW THE HELL COULD SHE FORGET.
August 21, 200718 yr I'll press the button if it gets a ballpark built faster. I am right there with you! This is the best news I've had in a LONG time! Finally, light at the end of the tunnel for the Marlins' ballpark issue!Whoa! A ghost from the past! I agree with all of these, even as much as I absolutely love the OB.
August 21, 200718 yr I will miss you Orange bowl. I still remember going there when 5 onwards back then seeing Danny boy play. Over twenty years I have gone to Fins and Canes games there and I love that ratnested sh$thole. But, all good things are put to rest and it is time to move up to the gift and blessing that Joe Robbie built in south florida for us all. maybe we can finally have stability for baseball as well. Since we are reminiscing, had my first date with my wife at a high school game in the OB. Brought it up the other day discussing the stadium issue with my daughter, who works for UM, and my wife didn't remember that. So, you see, the Bowl has special memories for some but not for everyone. HOW THE HELL COULD SHE FORGET. remember to use that if you ever forget the anniversary or another thing like that
August 21, 200718 yr I will miss you Orange bowl. I still remember going there when 5 onwards back then seeing Danny boy play. Over twenty years I have gone to Fins and Canes games there and I love that ratnested sh$thole. But, all good things are put to rest and it is time to move up to the gift and blessing that Joe Robbie built in south florida for us all. maybe we can finally have stability for baseball as well. Since we are reminiscing, had my first date with my wife at a high school game in the OB. Brought it up the other day discussing the stadium issue with my daughter, who works for UM, and my wife didn't remember that. So, you see, the Bowl has special memories for some but not for everyone. HOW THE HELL COULD SHE FORGET. remember to use that if you ever forget the anniversary or another thing like that You're a good man.
August 21, 200718 yr I'll press the button if it gets a ballpark built faster. What is the reality of this happening?
August 21, 200718 yr UM says so long to the Orange Bowl Posted on Tue, Aug. 21, 2007 The University of Miami decided Tuesday to leave the Orange Bowl and move its games to Dolphin Stadium The relocation will eliminate the last marquee tenant for the Orange Bowl and could lead to demolition of the city-owned stadium, a faded relic with bench-style seats, inadequate restrooms and few amenities. The switch is tentatively scheduled to happen in 2008, provided the school can negotiate an early end to its lease with Miami. The move was approved by the 17-person executive committee of UM's Board of Trustees and announced at a 10:30 a.m. news conference. UM and Dolphin Stadium officials agreed to a 25-year lease. Huizenga Holdings has assured the university that the Dolphin Stadium name will be changed sometime in the next few years. That would likely involve selling naming rights to a corporation. UM also received an assurance that Dolphin Stadium would eliminate the baseball infield dirt within a few years after 2010. That would require either the Florida Marlins leaving by then (their lease ends after the 2010 season) or Dolphin Stadium coming up with a solution to eliminate the dirt. The Orange Bowl was once the home of the Miami Dolphins and the Orange Bowl Classic. But the NFL team and the college classic both moved north to the stadium that then-Dolphins owner Joe Robbie built after years of clashes with Miami city officials. The bowl also hosted several Super Bowls before Dolphin Stadium came along and outshone it. UM, which has played at the Orange Bowl since 1937 (when it opened as Burdine Stadium) could play its final game there on Nov. 10 against Virginia. Miami closes the season with road games at Virginia Tech and Boston College. Besides Virginia, UM's other home games this season are against Marshall on Sept. 1, FIU on Sept. 15, Texas A&M on Sept. 20, Duke on Sept. 29, Georgia Tech on Oct. 13 and North Carolina State on Nov. 3. Finances have been the biggest factor in UM's move north. UM officials have said the school would earn at least $1.5 million more annually -- and potentially more than twice that -- by moving to Dolphin Stadium. Miami City Manager Pete Hernandez has said the Orange Bowl site would be an ideal location for construction of a retractable-roof ballpark for the Marlins. Discussions of that possibility are expected to get under way soon. http://www.miamiherald.com/598/story/210237.html
August 21, 200718 yr :happydance I'll press the button if it gets a ballpark built faster. What is the reality of this happening? I'd say there is a really good possibility of that. I think in the next few weeks we will start to see the wheels start turning at the rate they were turning earlier this year. The city committed $88M of CDT to renovate the OB, my understanding is, they can shift that money towards a new ballpark just by holding a public hearing.
August 21, 200718 yr WOW! Finally,it is done! Next on the agenda: DOWNTOWN vs OB Lets see how long it takes the City and County to talk MLB and Loria into the OB site! (or vise versa).
August 21, 200718 yr :happydance I'll press the button if it gets a ballpark built faster. What is the reality of this happening? I'd say there is a really good possibility of that. I think in the next few weeks we will start to see the wheels start turning at the rate they were turning earlier this year. The city committed $88M of CDT to renovate the OB, my understanding is, they can shift that money towards a new ballpark just by holding a public hearing. Part of the deal is that after 2010, the UM is second behind the dolphins in priority and that the infield will no longer be there-THUS-Wayne will no longer be accomodating if there is no stadium built. Something has to happen soon, one way or the other, and it will.
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