The+Orange+Bowl

The Orange bowl stadium in Miami, Florida was the sight of Super Bowl III in 1969 and automatically became a recognized icon of the jets victory there. Unfortuanatly the statium has been recently torn down and a new retractable roof stadium has been proposed to be built in its place. The decision to tear the stadium down came after the University of Miami announced that they would be leaving the stadium to play at Dolphins Stadium. The Marlins Wish to build a stadium on the sight despite the fact that they are currently playing at Dolphins Stadium which is less the 20 years old. Where as the Yankees played in old yankee stadium for over 85 years.


 * The Orange Bowl was origionally built in 1936 by the city of Miami and was origionally known as Burdine Stadium.
 * The stadium swiched from natural grass to poly-turf after Super Bowl Three in 1969.
 * Occupants of the stadium included the Miami Hurricanes, Miami Dolphins,Miami Toros(soccer), and the Miami Seahawks.