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Canes leaving Orange Bowl after season
Fox Sports ^ | 22 August 2007 | Unattributed

Posted on 08/23/2007 12:35:04 PM PDT by GOP_Raider

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) - The Orange Bowl hosted a dozen games that decided college football's national championship, five Super Bowls and a speech by John F. Kennedy.

Miami football called it home for seven decades — but after this year, no more.

The Hurricanes will play at Dolphin Stadium starting in 2008, leaving the historic but decaying Orange Bowl in what university president Donna Shalala called "a painful and sad decision." University trustees voted to make the move Tuesday, despite the offer of $206 million by city officials to renovate one of Miami's best-known landmarks.

With the Hurricanes set to depart, the Orange Bowl will no longer have a primary tenant — putting the building's future in serious doubt. Some believe demolition may be an option, and the site has also been mentioned as a possible home for the Florida Marlins, who want a baseball-only facility.

"If they don't have a use for it, I'm sure they'll do something else with it," Miami athletic director Paul Dee said.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.foxsports.com ...


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KEYWORDS: collegefootball; miami; orangebowl
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To: Biggirl

That is odd that a major university’s stadium is not part of their campus.


21 posted on 08/24/2007 4:43:54 AM PDT by neb52
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To: GOP_Raider
Where the Rent is located, in what was the old airfield for Pratt and Whitney Aircraft in East Hartford, CT, it is about 3-4 years-old. Also not far from the stadium is a new Cabelas store. This new store is very big. Has anyone heard of Cabelas? Anyone who posts on FR from Nebraska, where it first got started can be of great help. The new store will open up on October 19th.
22 posted on 08/24/2007 4:46:15 AM PDT by Biggirl (A biggirl with a big heart for God's animal creation.)
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To: neb52

It is odd but, what happened was that Connecticut was trying to get the NE Patriots of the NFL to move to downtown Hartford back in the 1990’s over at the soon-to-be-built Adrian’s Landing. But when that went down the drain, Pratt and Whitney Aircraft decided to step up to the plate since it had shut down the old airport and offered the State of CT some land to build the Rent for the UConn Huskies football team. At least it puts my hometown on the map for a change.


23 posted on 08/24/2007 4:51:50 AM PDT by Biggirl (A biggirl with a big heart for God's animal creation.)
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To: neb52
That is odd that a major university’s stadium is not part of their campus.

It's not that odd when the university is located in a major city, that already has stadiums for professional football teams. It's a little different than say, Gainesville, which is a University town.

24 posted on 08/24/2007 7:04:25 AM PDT by dfwgator (The University of Florida - Still Championship U)
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To: Biggirl

Just now added you.


25 posted on 08/24/2007 12:44:28 PM PDT by GOP_Raider ("I guess I like to do things that bother people." -Urban Meyer)
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To: Biggirl
Has anyone heard of Cabelas?

I have and Cabelas is perhaps the most unbelieveable sporting goods store you will ever witness. If you have a few days to kill, go to the original Cabela's store in Sidney, Nebraska. It will blow you away...

26 posted on 08/24/2007 3:08:37 PM PDT by GOP_Raider ("I guess I like to do things that bother people." -Urban Meyer)
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To: dfwgator; neb52

Columbia’s football stadium is at the very northern tip of Manhattan, about 80 blocks north of campus.


27 posted on 08/24/2007 4:23:34 PM PDT by Clemenza (Rudy Giuliani, like Pesto and Seattle, belongs in the scrap heap of '90s Culture)
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