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 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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

He caught 10 passes for 149 yards against the Chargers, which amazingly wasn’t even his best Super Bowl at Joe Robbie Stadium. Super Bowl XXIX: 49ers 49, Chargers 26 ...

Joe Robbie Stadium (1987–1996) ... New Miami Stadium (2016) The stadium was not new at this point. Hard Rock Stadium (August 2016-present) Like the cafe, but as a sporting venue.

Even the most ardent Miami Dolphins fan would be hard-pressed to remember all the name changes the team's stadium has undergone since it opened in 1987. Well, get ready to add another one to that ...