THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE MARLINS BALLPARK
Since 1935 when the Orange Bowl Classic was played on a field before the stadium was built, the location of the planned Miami Marlins ballpark
has compiled the most storied record of any team sports venue in Florida. When Major League Baseball takes up residence, the site will open its next 35-year chapter,
continuing a legendary 77-year history of football, baseball, soccer, public events and major concerts attended by tens of millions of fans.
Built as a Depression-era Works Progress Administration project in 1936, the original Roddy Burdine Stadium was designed to host the Orange Bowl Classic college football
game and the University of Miami.
Since then the site has seen:
- the longest college football winning streak in NCAA history when the University of Miami won 58 consecutive
home games there from 1985 to 1994. - the only Perfect Season in the history of the NFL, the 1972 Miami Dolphins
- the 31-game NFL record for home game victories
- 60 years of Orange Bowl Classic legends
- 16 college national championship games
- five Super Bowls
- 60 years of University of Miami football
- 21 years of Miami Dolphins football
- 1996 Summer Olympics soccer
- the Miami Seahawks, which became the Baltimore Colts
- the minor-league Miami Marlins baseball team in the 1950s, starring renowned pitcher Leroy “Satchel” Paige
- boxing championships
- wrestling competitions
- President Kennedy's 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis speech
- Concerts by Bruce Springsteen, Prince, Madonna, Van Halen, the Rolling Stones
No other place in Florida can match this history.
