Miami Orange Bowl

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The Miami Orange Bowl was an outdoor athletic stadium in Miami, Florida, from 1937 until 2008. The stadium was located in the Little Havana neighborhood west of downtown Miami. The venue was considered a landmark and served as the home of the Miami Hurricanes college football team from 1937 through 2007 and for the Miami Dolphins for the franchise's first 21 seasons, until Joe Robbie Stadium (now Hard Rock Stadium) opened at the nearby Miami Gardens in 1987. The stadium was also the temporary home for the FIU Golden Panthers for one year, in 2007, while its on-campus FIU Stadium underwent expansion.

Opened in 1937, it was originally known as Burdine Stadium. In 1949, it was renamed to the Orange Bowl for the Orange Bowl college football bowl game, which was played annually at the venue following every season from 1938 to 1996. The event was moved to Pro Player Stadium (now Hard Rock Stadium) beginning on December 31, 1996. In January 1999, it returned to the Orange Bowl for a final time due to a scheduling conflict. From 1956 to 1960, the Miami Marlins team of Minor League Baseball occasionally played games in the Orange Bowl.