Hard Rock Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Miami Gardens, Florida, United States. The stadium is the home field for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League and the Miami Hurricanes, the University of Miami’s NCAA Division I college football team.
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Discover what is on top of Hard Rock Stadium and the reason for the roof
One of the most striking features of the new Hard Rock Stadium is the giant cable-supported canopy roof with a total surface area of 58,000m2 including 8,800m2 of translucent ETFE.
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When it was first constructed in 1987, Joe Robbie Stadium — as it was then called — had no roof. Built primarily for football in the fall, the roughly 75,000-capacity stadium has hosted some of the most exciting games in professional and collegiate sports. Yet after Major League Baseball expanded in 1993 and the Florida Marlins moved in, fans were subjected to South Florida’s oppressive summer heat.
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