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Wednesday, 22 August 2007 |
An uncertain future for Miami's Orange Bowl
The Orange Bowl stadium in Miami, which is one of America's most famous sporting venues for American football and other events, has a very uncertain future because the University of Miami's American football team, the Hurricanes, who are currently using it have opted to move on.
The Orange Bowl, which was previously known as the Burdine Stadium in 1959, has been the base for the Hurricanes since it opened in 1937.
But now the Hurricanes are relocating to the Dolphin Stadium in 2008 on a 25-year deal, and previous Orange Bowl tenants, the NFL's Miami Dolphins had already stopped using it as their base.
Unless a new team will take it on the 70,000-capacity stadium may be forced to close.
In its past illustrious career the Orange Bowl has hosted five Super Bowls, a famous speech by former President John F Kennedy to the Cuban exiles, benn the venue for concerts, boxing and Olympic soccer matches, and in recent years it has been used to stage soccer matches in the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
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