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Miami's Hard Rock Stadium is "not really in line" to host an upcoming Super Bowl according to Dolphins owner Stephen Ross, who revealed why in a press conference on April 30 in Brickell.
Ross, 85, said the NFL no longer considers Hard Rock Stadium to meet its requirements to host the Super Bowl. Specifically, the facility lacks enough hospitality area according to the league, in part due to recent developments related to Formula One racing and tennis' Miami Open.
Ross' comments, which were first published in the South Florida Business Journal, lend insight into Hard Rock's recent Super Bowl drought and why that could continue. The stadium last hosted a Super Bowl in 2020.
“Miami is not really in line for [a Super Bowl]," Ross said. "It’s always exciting to have the Super Bowl but that was before we had all the other events. Miami has by far the best weather. It’s in their best interest to have one here but at this point they don’t believe we meet all the requirements and the demands.”
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Hard Rock Stadium is set to host Formula One's Miami Grand Prix on May 3, the culmination of a week of events with world's premier open-wheel, single-seat racing league. The facility first hosted the event in 2022.
The world's No. 1 tennis players, Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka, won this year's Miami Open in March. The tournament has been hosted in Miami Gardens since 2019.
Expansion in open-wheel racing and tennis have undoubtedly been financial successes for Ross and Hard Rock Stadium.
In March, Ross told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel's Dave Hyde, “We get more attendance for F1 races for three days than the entire Dolphins season tickets that we sold."
Despite the "Super Bowl" consequences of Ross' priority shift, the billionaire owner has not given up on luring the NFL's biggest game back to Miami.
“We are looking at how to make improvements,” Ross said at the Brickell conference. “I want to make the stadium always feel like a new stadium, we are looking at what the next phase will be and making the fan experience that much better.”
Eric J. Wallace is deputy sports editor for The Palm Beach Post. He can be reached at [email protected].
This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Why Hard Rock Stadium is 'not really in line' to host Super Bowl soon
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Ross, 85, said the NFL no longer considers Hard Rock Stadium to meet its requirements to host the Super Bowl. Specifically, the facility lacks enough hospitality area according to the league, in part due to recent developments related to Formula One racing and tennis' Miami Open.
Ross' comments, which were first published in the South Florida Business Journal, lend insight into Hard Rock's recent Super Bowl drought and why that could continue. The stadium last hosted a Super Bowl in 2020.
“Miami is not really in line for [a Super Bowl]," Ross said. "It’s always exciting to have the Super Bowl but that was before we had all the other events. Miami has by far the best weather. It’s in their best interest to have one here but at this point they don’t believe we meet all the requirements and the demands.”
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Hard Rock Stadium is set to host Formula One's Miami Grand Prix on May 3, the culmination of a week of events with world's premier open-wheel, single-seat racing league. The facility first hosted the event in 2022.
The world's No. 1 tennis players, Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka, won this year's Miami Open in March. The tournament has been hosted in Miami Gardens since 2019.
Expansion in open-wheel racing and tennis have undoubtedly been financial successes for Ross and Hard Rock Stadium.
In March, Ross told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel's Dave Hyde, “We get more attendance for F1 races for three days than the entire Dolphins season tickets that we sold."
Despite the "Super Bowl" consequences of Ross' priority shift, the billionaire owner has not given up on luring the NFL's biggest game back to Miami.
“We are looking at how to make improvements,” Ross said at the Brickell conference. “I want to make the stadium always feel like a new stadium, we are looking at what the next phase will be and making the fan experience that much better.”
Eric J. Wallace is deputy sports editor for The Palm Beach Post. He can be reached at [email protected].
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