“I’m thrilled to support the Miami Dolphins’ effort to fight cancer by performing at DCC VI in February,” Melissa Etheridge said. “Everyone can be a cancer fighter and I salute those who will ride, walk and volunteer to raise money for cancer research. I hope thousands of South Floridians will join us and I look forward to celebrating their efforts at the finish line!”
General admission tickets are on sale now at DolphinsCancerChallenge.com for $50. Proceeds from the concert will be part of the gift given to the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center.
“We are excited for Sheryl and Melissa’s involvement in the Dolphins Cancer Challenge,” Miami Dolphins President & CEO Tom Garfinkel said. “Like most of us, both women have been touched by cancer and are active in causes that raise awareness and funds for innovative cancer research.”
On February 20, 2016, all routes for DCC VI will lead to Sun Life Stadium. Participants can choose between seven options: from a 5k walk/run to rides 13-100 miles. In addition, there are volunteer opportunities available for anyone who interested in being a cancer fighter.
More information on all of the activities associated with the DCC, along with fundraising requirements for each event and information on the concert, including purchasing tickets, can be found at DolphinsCancerChallenge.com.
About Dolphins Cancer Challenge
The Dolphins Cancer Challenge (DCC) was founded in 2010 by the Miami Dolphins organization as the signature initiative of the Foundation’s health pillar. In part inspired by Dolphins alumnus and long-time radio voice Jim “Mad Dog” Mandich’s courageous battle with cancer, the DCC’s mission is to improve people’s lives through financial support for innovative cancer research at South Florida’s only academic-based cancer center – University of Miami’s Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. Since its inception, the DCC has raised over $11.55 million, donating 100% of participant-raised funds to Sylvester. Every person, fan and age can fight cancer! For additional information, call (305) 943-6799 or visit www. DolphinsCancerChallenge.com. DCC can be found on Facebook at facebook.com/RideDCC and on Twitter at @TackleCancer.
About Sheryl Crow
Sheryl Crow is a nine-time GRAMMY winner who has sold more than 35 million albums around the world and has performed duets with musical luminaries such as Sting and Mick Jagger, has been nominated for an additional 27 GRAMMYs and has released eight studio albums (seven charting Top 10, four of them platinum-plus), a quadruple-platinum greatest hits collection and a Christmas album. Her most recent album, FEELS LIKE HOME, captures the sound of a great and established artist enjoying a kind of fresh start. It features songs on which Crow collaborated with her longtime guitar player and frequent co-writer Jeff Trott (with whom she co-wrote such past Crow classics as “If It Makes You Happy,” “My Favorite Mistake” and “Every Day Is A Winding Road”), as well as such Nashville songwriters as Chris DuBois, Luke Laird, Natalie Hamby and Chris Stapleton, among others. Crow has a combined 40 Top 10s on the Billboard Hot 100, Adult Top 40, Adult Contemporary, Mainstream Top 40, Triple A (with the most No.1 singles among women in the chart’s 17-year history) and Hot Country Songs charts, Crow can also count a Top 20 solo country single to her long list of accolades. Sheryl is a passionate supporter of a variety of environmental and health-related charities, including The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, The NRDC, The World Food Program and Feeding America.
About Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Etheridge stormed onto the American rock scene in 1988 with the release of her critically acclaimed self-titled debut album, which led to an appearance on the 1989 Grammy Awards show. For several years, her popularity grew around such memorable originals as “Bring Me Some Water,” “No Souvenirs” and “Ain’t It Heavy,” for which she won a Grammy® in 1992. Etheridge hit her commercial and artistic stride with her fourth album, Yes I Am (1993). The collection featured the massive hits, “I’m the Only One” and “Come to My Window,” a searing song of longing that brought Etheridge her second Grammy® Award for Best Female Rock Performance. In 1995, Etheridge issued her highest charting album, Your Little Secret, which was distinguished by the hit single, “I Want to Come Over.” Her astounding success that year led to Etheridge receiving the Songwriter of the Year honor at the ASCAP Pop Awards in 1996. Known for her confessional lyrics and raspy, smoky vocals, Etheridge has remained one of America’s favorite female singer-songwriters for more than two decades. In February 2007, Melissa Etheridge celebrated a career milestone with a victory in the “Best Song” category at the Academy® Awards for “I Need to Wake Up,” written for the Al Gore documentary on global warming, An Inconvenient Truth. As a performer and songwriter, Etheridge has shown herself to be an artist who has never allowed “inconvenient truths” to keep her down. Earlier in her recording career, Etheridge acknowledged her sexual orientation when it was considered less than prudent to do so. In October 2004, Etheridge was diagnosed with breast cancer, a health battle that, with her typical tenacity, she won. Despite losing her hair from chemotherapy, Etheridge appeared on the 2005 Grammy® telecast to sing “Piece of My Heart” in tribute to Janis Joplin. By doing so she gave hope to many women afflicted with the disease. Most recently, she released her latest album This Is M.E. in September 2014, which features singles Take My Number, A Little Bit of Me, and Monster. www.melissaetheridge.com | https://twitter.com/metheridge
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]]>“The Miami Dolphins are committed to fighting cancer,” said Garfinkel, the current Chairman of the Dolphins Cancer Challenge. “By changing our name to the Dolphins Cancer Challenge and adding new elements to the event, we are hoping to expand our reach by asking everyone in our community to be a cancer fighter and help us raise funds that go directly to fighting the disease.”
In February 2016, fundraising participants now will be able to fight cancer by participating in a 5K walk/run or by choosing from six different cycling rides ending at the stadium; capped off by a fun event and concert. Participants will enjoy VIP access to the concert and general access will be open to the public with proceeds from ticket sales also going to fight cancer. High-profile performers will be announced in the coming weeks when tickets go on sale.
Prior to DCC VI, the Dolphins Cancer Challenge will host two Fall Family Fests this November, with the objective of growing fundraising participants for DCC VI. The first is scheduled for November 8 in Fort Lauderdale, at Holiday Park, with the second November 15 at the University of Miami Coral Gables campus. Children ages 3-16 will be able to participate in a kids ride in a car-free, safe location with their families – from short loops up to 8-10 miles. Each event will have activities for the entire family, including a kids zone with bounce houses, face painting, Dolphins Youth Programs activities and other entertainment.
More information on all of the activities associated with the DCC, along with fundraising requirements for each event and information on the concert, can be found at the newly redesigned DolphinsCancerChallenge.com.
]]>Seats can be purchased as single or double seats at Dolphins.com/seatback. A limited number of seats will be sold to Season Ticket Members first (limit 2 per account) during a defined time window based on tenure, followed by the general public. Season Ticket Members from the 1960s and 1970s will have the first opportunity to purchase seats at 11 a.m. Members from the 1980s and 1990s will start at noon with post 2000 Members starting at 1 p.m. The general public can start purchasing seats at 2 p.m., subject to availability.
| Season Ticket Member Tenure | Start Time |
| 1960s and 1970s | 11 a.m. |
| 1980s and 1990s | Noon |
| Post 2000s | 1 p.m. |
| General Public | 2 p.m. |
In addition, the Dolphins announced that they will host a series of autographed seat auctions throughout the year featuring Dolphins legends and key players throughout the team’s history:
| Start Date | End Date | Player(s) | Starting Bid |
| July 8 | July 13 | Jason Taylor | $500 |
| July 10 | July 17 | Dan Marino | $1,500 |
| July 15 | July 22 | Mark Duper | $750 |
| July 20 | July 27 | Larry Little | $1,000 |
| July 24 | July 31 | Nat Moore | $500 |
| July 29 | August 7 | Ryan Tannehill | $500 |
| December 7 | December 14 | Hall of Famers | $5,000 |
Furthermore, the Dolphins set aside thousands of seatbacks and will make those available for sale as well. Seatbacks will be available for $20 and can be picked up at Sun Life Stadium on Saturday, July 18 or can be purchased online anytime at Dolphins.com/seatback and shipped for $35.
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The first step toward that goal coming to fruition happened this week at the owners meetings in San Francisco when Miami was selected as one of four finalist cities for the 2019 and 2020 Super Bowls.
“It wasn’t a total surprise, but you always get a lot of gratification when an owner like Steve Ross writes the check, makes your stadium better and allows you to compete with all the new stadiums coming online,” said Rodney Barreto, Chairman of the South Florida Super Bowl Committee. “In essence, the improvements to the stadium are already bearing fruit.”
The sites for Super Bowl LIII and Super Bowl LIV will be announced in May 2016, and Miami will be competing with Atlanta, New Orleans and Tampa.
Miami has hosted the Super Bowl 10 times, tied with New Orleans for most. But the Super Bowl hasn’t been in Miami since January 2010 when the New Orleans Saints beat the Indianapolis Colts, 31-17.
Miami was one of three finalists when the sites for Super Bowl L and Super Bowl LI were selected in May 2013, but lost out to Santa Clara, California, and Houston, respectively.
Barreto said he was confident Sun Life Stadium would get the nod this time.
The modernization of Sun Life Stadium is being done in two phases, with the first scheduled to be completed in time for the start of the 2015 season. Once the entire renovation is complete prior to the start of the 2016 season, the new-look Sun Life Stadium will feature, among other things, a shade canopy and four giant high-definition scoreboards.
After Santa Clara and Houston, Minneapolis is scheduled to host the 2018 Super Bowl.
Barreto said he already has scheduled a meeting of his Super Bowl committee to start working on the bid proposal, but isn’t worried in the least about coming up with a final product.
“It wouldn’t take us 10 days to put together what we need to put together,” he said. “We’re so familiar with putting these together that it really is just second hand for us. I feel very confident we’ll put together an incredible proposal like we did for the last bid and we’ll move it forward.” ]]>
2015 Dolphins Cycling Challenge: Day One – Hurricanes Hundred – Miami Beach TD Ride – and “U”-turn – February 7, 2015
Ramp Closures / Lane Closures 1
1. Close eastbound SR 112 from NW 36th St. to NW 12th Ave. beginning at 6 a.m. and ending at 11 a.m.
2. Close the ramps from Okeechobee Rd., NW 36th St. and LeJeune Rd. to eastbound SR 112 beginning at 6 a.m. and ending at 11 a.m. Detour traffic southbound on LeJeune Rd. and eastbound on SR 836.
3. Close the ramps from NW 27th Ave. to eastbound SR 112 beginning at 6 a.m. and ending at 11 a.m. Detour traffic southbound on NW 27th Ave. and eastbound on SR 836.
4. Close the ramps from NW 22nd Ave. to eastbound SR 112 beginning at 6 a.m. and ending at 11 a.m. Detour traffic northbound on NW 22nd Ave. and eastbound on NW 62nd St.
5. Close one (1) eastbound lane on SE 8th St. from Miami Ave. to Biscayne Blvd. beginning at 7:30 a.m. and ending at 11 a.m.
6. Close one (1) northbound lane on Biscayne Blvd. from SE 8th St. to MacArthur Cswy. beginning at 7:30 a.m. and ending at 11 a.m. Maintain traffic in three (3) northbound lanes until lane drop just north of NE 6th St. / Port Blvd. Maintain traffic in two (2) northbound lanes from just north of NE 6th St. / Port Blvd. to MacArthur Cswy. / SR A1A.
7. Close the northbound Biscayne Boulevard ramp to eastbound MacArthur Cswy. / SR A1A beginning at 7:30 a.m. and ending at 11 a.m. Detour traffic north on Biscayne Blvd. to east on NE 14 St. to south on North Bayshore Dr. to east on MacArthur Cswy. / SR A1A.
8. Close two lanes on eastbound MacArthur Cswy. / SR A1A from Biscayne Blvd. to Alton Rd. beginning at 7:30 a.m. and ending at 11 a.m. Maintain traffic in one (1) eastbound lane.
9. Close northbound Ocean Dr. from 4th Ave. to 12th Ave., and close southbound Ocean Dr. from 12th Ave. to 5th Ave. beginning at 4 a.m. and ending at 11 a.m. Detour traffic to Collins Ave.
10. Close 10th St. between Collins Ave. and Ocean Dr. beginning at 4 a.m. and ending at 1 p.m.
11. Close one (1) lane on northbound US 1 / Federal Hwy. from 250 feet south of NE 2 Ave. to Griffin Rd. in the City of Dania Beach beginning at 8 a.m. and ending at 11:30 a.m. Maintain traffic in one (1) northbound lane.
12. Close one (1) lane on westbound Griffin Rd. from US 1 / Federal Hwy. to Anglers Ave. beginning at 8 a.m. and ending at 11:30 a.m.
13. Close Rosemary Ave. from Okeechobee Blvd. to Fern St. Close Hibiscus St. from Quadrille St. to Sapodilla Ave. beginning at 4 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 7 and ending at 11 on Sunday, Feb. 8. Close Fern St. between Quadrille Ave. and Rosemary Ave. beginning at 4 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 7 and ending at 11 on Sunday, Feb. 8.
2015 Dolphins Cycling Challenge: Day Two – Perfect Season Ride – 1st and 25 – and Dolphins Ride – February 8, 2015
Ramp Closures / Lane Closure
1. Close Rosemary Ave. from Okeechobee Blvd. to Fern St. Close Hibiscus St. from Quadrille St. to Sapodilla Ave. beginning at 4 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 7 and ending at 11 on Sunday, Feb. 8. Close Fern St. between Quadrille Ave. and Rosemary Ave. beginning at 4 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 7 and ending at 11 on Sunday, Feb. 8.
2. Close SW 2nd St. from SW 7th Ave. to SW 4th Ave. beginning at 6 a.m. and ending at 1 p.m.
3. Close southbound US 1 from Broward Blvd. to SE 7th St., including Kinney Tunnel, beginning at 8 a.m. and ending at 1 p.m. Detour traffic to SE 3rd Ave.
4. Close one (1) lane on southbound US 1 from SE 28th St. to westbound I-595 beginning at 8 a.m. and ending at 2 p.m.
5. Close westbound I-595 from US 1 to Davie Rd. beginning at 8 a.m. and ending at 2 p.m. Detour traffic on US 1 to Griffin Rd. and/or SR 84.
6. Close one (1) lane on westbound SR 84 from the Florida’s Turnpike overpass to Davie Rd. beginning at 8 a.m. and ending at 2 p.m. Maintain traffic in two (2) westbound lanes until just west of the Davie Rd. intersection.
7. Close the ramps from I-95 to westbound I-595 beginning at 8 a.m. and ending at 2 p.m. Detour traffic to Griffin Rd. and/or SR 84.
8. Close the ramp from Florida’s Turnpike to westbound I-595 beginning at 8 a.m. and ending at 2 p.m. Detour traffic to westbound SR 84.
9. Close southbound Davie Rd. at the I-595 overpass beginning at 8 a.m. and ending at 2 p.m. Detour traffic to University Dr.
10. Close one (1) lane on eastbound SR 84 from College Ave. to Davie Rd. beginning at 8 a.m. and ending at 2 p.m. Maintain traffic in one (1) eastbound lane.
11. Close northbound Davie Rd. at the I-595 overpass beginning at 8 a.m. and ending at 2 p.m. Detour traffic to SR 7 / US 441.
12. Close one (1) lane on southbound Davie Rd. from SR 84 to SW 39th St. beginning at 8 a.m. and ending at 2 p.m. Maintain traffic in one (1) southbound lane.
13. Close one (1) lane on southbound Pine Island Rd. / Douglass Rd. / NW 37 Ave. from SW 30th St. to NW 199 St. beginning at 8:30 a.m. and ending at 4 p.m. Maintain traffic in one (1) southbound lane.
14. Close one (1) lane on eastbound NW 199 St. from NW 37 Ave. to Sun Life Stadium beginning at 8:30 a.m. and ending at 4 p.m. Maintain traffic in one (1) eastbound lane.
For further information or questions regarding this temporary road closure, please contact Theresa Manahan at (904) 838-7160. To learn more about the Dolphins Cycling Challenge, please visit our website at www.RideDCC.com.
]]>Local, national and international companies from various areas of business support the DMF WalkAbout Autism & Expo. Those corporate sponsors include Walgreens, the Miami Dolphins, Sun Life Stadium, Centerplate, Publix Super Markets, Badia Spices, Greenspoon Marder Law, Chase, Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza and Everglades Holiday Park. As well as our media partners Comcast, Clear Channel Outdoor, iHeartMedia and Lifestyle Magazine.
Participants will enjoy a festival-infused walk and family fun atmosphere at Sun Life Stadium, home of the Miami Dolphins. Musical entertainment will be provided by The Ryan Harris Band, and DJ 1Tre. Kids will have a chance to meet Miami Dolphins players, alumni and cheerleaders, as well as take part in the Dolphins Football Fun Skills Course. Participants will also enjoy the Miami Children’s Museum Imagination Playground, All-Star Events Rides & Games, and giveaways from Walgreens and over 40 WalkAbout Expo exhibitors and vendors. The Publix Hospitality Village will offer delicious food and beverage sampling compliments of Badia Spices, PepsiCo, Blue Bell Ice Cream, CenterPlate and the Produce Connection.
All proceeds raised through this event stay in our local community and benefit The Dan Marino Foundation, Marino Campus as well as participating Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach County Schools, and non-profit autism service providers. Last year our top three fundraising school teams included Cypress Bay High School, Baudhuin Pre-School PTO and Pembroke Pines Charter Schools ESE.
“Claire and I look forward to the walk every year as we enjoy spending time with other families,” Dan Marino said. “Everyone from the sponsors to the walk teams made up of schools, companies and individuals are incredible. It’s just the best day ever.”
For more information, please visit www.dmfwalkaboutautism.org.
About The Dan Marino Foundation: The Dan Marino Foundation, Inc., a 501(c) 3 organization was established in 1992 by Dan and Claire Marino, motivated by their experiences in raising their son, Michael, who is diagnosed with autism. The Foundation’s mission is “empowering individuals with autism and other developmental disabilities.” For over 22 years, the Foundation has served individuals with disabilities in South Florida and raised more than $50 million to create unique and impactful initiatives in the community. Among these “first-of-their-kind” initiatives are the Miami Children’s Hospital Dan Marino Center, Childnett.tv, the Marino Autism Research Institute, Marino Adapted Aquatics, Summer STEPS Employment Programs, and now Marino Campus. For more information, please visit danmarinofoundation.org.
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It’s been a little less than three weeks since the Dolphins played their last game of the 2014 regular season, and their home looks a lot different than it did back on Dec. 28. It also looks nothing like it’s going to look after Phase I of the renovation project at Sun Life Stadium is completed before the start of the 2015 NFL season or after the second and final phase is done in time for the start of the 2016 season.
While some back-of-the-house construction work began at Sun Life Stadium in late June and has continued since then, the real facelift began Monday, Jan. 5 when workers began removing seats from the upper sections of the building the Dolphins have called home since the 1987 season.
Over the next 18 months, Sun Life Stadium will undergo a renovation — more like a modernization, actually — at an estimated cost of $400 million, all of it funded by Dolphins owner Stephen Ross.
“Walking out and seeing the seats being removed for the first time was a satisfying realization that it’s actually happening,”?Dolphins President/CEO?Tom Garfinkel said. “A lot of people have put a lot of hard work into this for a long time. Steve Ross’ commitment to making sure that South Florida has a world-class facility for the long-term future for the Dolphins and for marquee global events is the reason that this is finally taking place.
“Steve has made a commitment to ensuring that the stadium is going to be best-in-class, global entertainment destination, that the Dolphins will be here for a long time, and that Dolphins fans will have as good an experience as anybody else in the NFL in terms of the venue that they go to. He’s made that investment and I?think that says a lot about his commitment to South Florida, to the fans here and to the Dolphins.”
The Dolphins gave the media a look Friday at the construction progress and also presented computer images to show what the updated Sun Life Stadium will look like once the renovations are complete.
Phase I?of the project involves changing every seat in the stadium and rebuilding the concourses on the 100 and 300 levels.
Phase II will involve the installation of a state-of-the-art canopy that will keep as many as 91 percent of the spectators in the shade and protected from the rain, depending on the time of the day and the month, and four giant high-definition video boards, as well as upgrading the concourse at the 200 level.
Capacity at Sun Life Stadium will go from 76,018 to approximately 65,326 seats in 2015. With the new configuration, sideline seats will start 24 feet closer to the field.
Garfinkel said everything involved in the modernization of Sun Life Stadium was done with one goal in mind:?to improve the fan experience.
“Certainly the most important thing, to Steve and to everyone else in the organization, is bringing back the proud winning tradition of the Miami Dolphins,”?Garfinkel said. “But we are also trying to provide the best experience in the stadium itself, including being able to provide shade to fans, particularly on those very hot September 1 p.m. starts; secondly, bringing the seats closer to the field and having it feel intimate like a football stadium and not like a multi-use stadium; and third, really studying and working hard at trying to solve the traffic challenges that we’ve had in terms of people coming in and out of the stadium, those are the three biggest priorities with the stadium.”
The Dolphins also are hoping to increase their home-field advantage by making Sun Life Stadium louder.
“We did a lot of sound studies,”?Garfinkel said. “One of the goals was to try to make it as loud as we can. So we wanted the acoustics to keep the sound in the stadium as opposed to absorb the sound. With the roof canopy, it actually bounces the sound back down. It will be a very loud environment in here when the fans are loud. And that was important. I don’t know that we can ever duplicate or replicate the environment at the Orange Bowl. The Orange Bowl was a unique, special place, but certainly to try to make this as intimate and loud as we can was something we took a very hard look at.”
With the modernization, the hope is that Sun Life Stadium can attract high-profile events, such as the Super Bowl, the College Football Championship or one of the two semifinals, as well as continue to play host to international soccer events and concerts.
The next Super Bowl available is the one in 2019, with NFL?owners scheduled to vote on the site in May 2016.
Garfinkel said his confidence level was “very high” that Sun Life Stadium will now be competitive with other new venues when bidding to host marquee events in the future.
“Historically, to take the Super Bowl as one example, there were four or five venues that hosted the vast majority of the Super Bowls for years and years, us being one of them,”?Garfinkel said. “Over the last decade or so, the competition has increased greatly with new stadiums, facilities opening throughout the country, so in order to be competitive in those environments, we needed a state-of-the-art facility. There’s no better place to hold those types of events than South Florida, and now we’ll have a competitive stadium environment that allows us to be able to compete for those events.”
With the reconfiguration of the seating structure at Sun Life Stadium, all Season Ticket Members will be selecting new seats this offseason.
There will be new seating options in 2015, such as the 100 level Corner Terraces, the Field Club, and the 72 Club.
As for the actual seats that have been removed for the past two weeks, Garfinkel said approximately 3,000 were salvageable and they will be auctioned off, both among Season Ticket Members and the general public, with details on the auction to come later.
In addition, Season Ticket Members who renew this year will receive the seat backs that were salvageable and whatever seat backs are left over also will be made available through an auction. ]]>
Miami, FL – The Miami Dolphins announced Kia is the new naming rights partner to Sun Life Stadium’s 100 Level. Representatives from the Dolphins and Kia were on hand Sunday prior to the team’s home opener against the New England Patriots to cut the ribbon at the newly entitled Kia 100 Level at Sun Life Stadium.
Kia 100 Level branding will be present for all stadium events, while brand ambassadors and the latest Kia models will be on site for a number of high profile events. Branding for the Kia 100 Level also will extend to all printed tickets, Dolphins Membership cards and marketing collateral promoting the physical space. The automaker also receives inner bowl exposure with video board, LED ribbon board and score clock and StadiumVision impressions.
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TOP FIVE U.S. SOCCER CROWDS IN 2014:
ATT. MATCH (DATE/CITY)
- 109,318, Manchester United-Real Madrid (Relevent Sports Aug. 2 in Ann Arbor, Michigan)
- 86,432, LA Galaxy-Man. United (Relevent Sports July 23 in Pasadena, California)
- 84,876, Mexico-Ecuador (May 31 in Arlington, Texas)
- 73,429 Brazil-Colombia (Relevent Sports Sept. 5 in Miami Gardens, Florida)
- 69,364, Liverpool-AC Milan (Relevent Sports Aug. 2 in Charlotte, North Carolina)
TOP FIVE SUN LIFE STADIUM SOCCER CROWDS:
ATT. MATCH (DATE)
- 73,429 Brazil-Colombia (Sept. 5, 2014)
- 71,124 Brazil-Honduras (Nov. 16, 2013)
- 70,080 Barcelona-Chivas (Aug. 3, 2011)
- 67,273 International Champions Cup Day 2 (Aug. 7, 2013)
- 57,748 Chelsea-AC Milan (July 28, 2012)
This season, fans will receive a free game program as they enter the stadium gates. The AT&T Grand Plaza by Gate G will showcase a Dolphins branded NFL experience, photo opportunities, meet and greets with alumni, cheerleaders and T.D. as well as live music on the Bud Light Tailgate Stage. South Florida Ford will offer interactive football activities for fans in its Ford Football Experience on the Grand Plaza, and Norwegian Cruise Line will offer fans the “Ultimate Getaway Fan Experience.”
Also new this year is a Membership Tailgate space, where Members will enjoy a complimentary tailgate party, private meet and greet with Dolphins Alumni and other live entertainment on the Pepsi Stage. Another feature is the longest foosball table in Florida, which spans 25-feet long and can accommodate up to 50 players at one time.
Fans at Gate E on the Don Shula Plaza will experience youth football activities, including a race the clock feature, Under Armour obstacle course and 40-yard dash. The Dolphins Fan Experience truck will entertain fans with music and performances by the Dolphins Cheerleaders and Fins Force. Also debuting this year are 12-foot high Fin Carts – portable carts featuring music, PA and a T-shirt cannon.
The Bank of America Joe Robbie Alumni Plaza near Gate C will showcase the greatness of the Dolphins’ rich history through Hall of Fame displays and the Walk of Fame exhibit. Various tailgate experiences make this a unique destination for groups attending the game.
In addition to adding Bokampers MVP Club, Bru’s Room Sports Grill, BurgerFi, Cold Stone Creamery, Cuban Guys, Michelle Bernstein’s Crumb on Parchment and Sushi Maki, the Dolphins will introduce new food options at the Gate E Promenade. The destination will include an assortment of three rotating food trucks, an Everglades BBQ food truck, two beer trucks, as well as a Dolphins merchandise trailer.
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