Joe Robbie stands over the architectural rendering of the Miami Dolphins’ new stadium on January 8, 1985, the day he OK’s the go-ahead. The stadium opened in 1987.

Baseball came to Miami`s Joe Robbie Stadium Friday night when the Atlanta Braves played the New York Yankees. Next season, the park will have a team of its own. When the expansion Florida Marlins ...

Joe Robbie says he first got the idea he would need a new stadium as far back as 1976. “Our first 10-year lease was up and the city tried to quadruple our rent,” he says.

A visionary, Robbie would privately fund that stadium — christened in 1987 as Joe Robbie Stadium at his children’s insistence — and give it the specifications required to accommodate ...

The 65,000-seat Hard Rock Stadium first opened in 1987. It was then called the Joe Robbie Stadium, named after the Miami Dolphins founder Joe Robbie.

Tim Robbie, son of Dolphins founder Joe Robbie, says he feels pride that FIFA awarded World Cup 2026 matches to the stadium his father built. News Sports Restaurants Entertainment Opinion ...

Peel away layer upon layer from the marquee on what is now called Sun Life Stadium and you’ll find the words “Joe Robbie Stadium,” so originally named for the founder of the Miami Dolphins ...

Miami stadium loses an 's', gains a new name. Assocaited Press. Apr 8, 2006, 07:38 PM ET. ... The stadium also has been known as Joe Robbie Stadium and Pro Player Stadium since opening in 1987 ...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO) — There’s a unique South Dakota connection behind this year’s Super Bowl. Sisseton-native Joe Robbie was the founder of the Miami Dolphins football team, and in the ...

Sunday, before a capacity crowd of 75,223, Joe Robbie Stadium will be the site of Super Bowl XXIII. It was Robbie`s brainchild, all his idea. Almost everybody said it couldn`t be done.

The stadium opened in 1987 as Joe Robbie Stadium, honoring the Dolphins' founding owner. It has also been Pro Player Park, Pro Player Stadium, Dolphins Stadium, Dolphin Stadium and Land Shark Stadium.

Joe Robbie Stadium, the glimmerglass of NFL stadiums, shines brilliantly in the afternoon sun. It is 1:20 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 27, 1987. The New York Giants, defending Super Bowl champions, and the … ...