Looks like the USF-Miami series will continue in Dolphin Stadium

[BDYZR]

Gets NFL stadium. Will play in the Dolphins stadium beginning 2008.

GO BULLS!

[SRQ]

Much better for Bull's fans.

[Jewbull]

Now I dont have to worry about parking and everyone saying "blocko or no blocko"

[Jamie]

If I were the Dolphins I'd be pretty pissed about this. Now there are THREE other tenants running around on your field - the Marlins, the U, and FIU. Then throw in the usual summer rains in Miami and that field is going to be a complete train wreck for most Dolphins games. They may have to resort to FieldTurf.

[BullsWinBucsWin]

Much better for Bull's fans.

Hopefully they will have more than 1 beer line for every 20,000 people like they had at the OB. 

[FazaUSF]

This is the letter that got sent to all students, faculty, and staff this morning:

August 21, 2007

To the University Community:

We have an extraordinary history and tradition at the Orange Bowl: The players running through the smoke tunnel. “Touchdown Tommy†and his cannon. The Ring of Honor. An incredible winning streak of 58 consecutive home wins. And three of our five national championships were won on that field. I love the Orange Bowlâ€â€we all do!

As many of you are aware, the University has been working closely with the City of Miami to assess the feasibility of making much-needed renovations to the Orange Bowl. It has long been our goal to have a first-class football stadium.

The City of Miami has been a wonderful partner with us at the Orange Bowl for many years, and they understand how hard we have wrestled with a very difficult decision. Mayor Manny Diaz has been heroic in his efforts to meet our future needs. After much thought, analysis, and discussions with many, many of our trustees, faculty, staff, students, alumni, and fans, we have concluded that we must move our football games to a better facility. The more than $200 million in renovations that the city has proposed would only provide basic and mostly infrastructural upgrades. A part of those funds are not in hand and may or may not be determined until after the proposed construction would be well underway. Overall, the renovations clearly would not address the long-term needs of our athletes and our fans.

The Orange Bowl chapter of our historyâ€â€in which we can all take great prideâ€â€will never close, and we are confident that the legacy of Miami Hurricanes football will live on and thrive as we move to a new location. After an assessment of all options available to us, we have decided reluctantly and painfully to move to Dolphin Stadium for the 2008 season.

Dolphin Stadium is one of the premier football stadiums in the country. At our new home, our student-athletes will have the opportunity to compete in a first-class facility that plays host to the NFL’s Miami Dolphins, the FedEx Orange Bowl, BCS National Championship Game, and that has been the site of recent and upcoming Super Bowls.

Our fans will experience outstanding amenities including one of the world’s largest plasma TV displays, high-definition video boards, club seating and suites, chairbacks on every stadium seat, approximately 14,000 parking spaces, and a large variety of concessions and restaurants.

The end zones will be redone so that our shared home will reflect both Miami teams’ pride. The Dolphins are actively pursuing a corporate sponsor so that by 2010 the stadium will have a neutral name.

I want to assure all members of our University communityâ€â€students, faculty, staff, alumni, trustees, donors, friendsâ€â€and the tens of thousands of fans who regularly cheer us on, that we looked exhaustively into every aspect of the choices in front of us, and that your needs figured prominently in our final decision. The quality of your experience at our games is of the utmost importance to us.

As always, we would like to hear from you. Please contact us at an e-mail address we have established for your comments: umfootball@miami.edu. If you have any further questions, please go to the Official Athletic Department Web site at hurricanesports.com or call 1-800-GO-CANES.

Thank you, and Go ’Canes!

Sincerely,

Donna E. Shalala

All I know is that I live a block from the Orange Bowl. They just closed the bridge down to the highway (thanks to the large bridge accident that has every city scrambling to check their bridges), and if they tear down the OB, I'll be surrounded by construction on all sides. Not cool. Everything about this city is summed up in one word, which it should be re-named to: INCONVENIENCE. But, on a lighter note, when we play Miami again in Thanksgiving 2009 and beyond, at least we won't have to scrounge around in that dump of a building for the away games.

[puc86]

You people need to stop disrespecting the OB!! Tune to about 1:50.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=9LMB4DnroeI

[Guest]

The end zones will be redone so that our shared home will reflect both Miami teams’ pride.

Before anyone gets their panties in a twist over this statement... remember it's easier to do when both teams have the same name.  MIAMI = Dolphins or Hurricanes; PITTSBURGH = Steelers or Panthers...

If USF was reanamed UTB or TBU then we'd be okay... and probably able to get something more neutral on the field...

Just something to keep in mind.

[MikeG]

If I were the Dolphins I'd be pretty pissed about this. Now there are THREE other tenants running around on your field - the Marlins, the U, and FIU. Then throw in the usual summer rains in Miami and that field is going to be a complete train wreck for most Dolphins games. They may have to resort to FieldTurf.

seems to me that the opposite is true-- that the Dolphins are embracing the Canes far more than the Bucs embrace the Bulls.

For that. I'm a little envious

[Jihme]

well there goes all the recruits that were going to sign with miami.... they are obvisouly going to like UCiF's OCS over having to play in dolphin stadium  : : : : :