Miami arena

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Miami arena
The Pink Elephant
The Miami Arena (around 2002)
The Miami Arena (around 2002)
Data
place 701 Arena Boulevard Miami , Florida 33136
United StatesUnited States
Coordinates 25 ° 46 ′ 51 ″  N , 80 ° 11 ′ 44 ″  W Coordinates: 25 ° 46 ′ 51 ″  N , 80 ° 11 ′ 44 ″  W
owner City of Miami (1988-2004)
Glenn Straub (2004-2008)
operator Miami Sports and Entertainment Authority
start of building 4th August 1986
opening July 13, 1988
demolition September 21, 2008
surface Ice rink,
parquet,
artificial turf
costs 52.5 million US dollars
architect HOK Sport
capacity 16,640 seats (basketball)
14,696 seats (ice hockey)
16,508 seats (concert, maximum)
Societies)
Events

The Miami Arena was a multifunctional arena in the US city ​​of Miami in the state of Florida .

history

Miami Arena satellite image
The Miami Arena two days after the roof was blown up

After building costs of 52.5 million US dollars , the Miami Arena was inaugurated in July 1988. It replaced the Hollywood Sportatorium from 1970, which closed in 1988 and was replaced by a supermarket after its demolition in 1993.

The Miami Arena was from 1988 to 1999 home of the NBA - Franchise of the Miami Heat , then they moved to the American Airlines Arena to. The NHL franchise of the Florida Panthers and the college basketball team of the Miami Hurricanes ( NCAA ) of the University of Miami were also resident from 1993 to 1998 . From 1998 to 1999, the Miami Matadors ( ECHL ) played their ice hockey games in the multi-purpose arena. Briefly, the Miami Hooters ( AFL ) from 1993 to 1995, the Miami Manatees ( WHA2 , 2003-2004) and the Miami Morays ( NIFL ) were based in the Miami Arena. The Florida Panthers' first NHL game in the arena took place on October 12, 1993 against the Pittsburgh Penguins (1: 2).

The most important events in the arena include a. the NBA All-Star Game 1990, the Royal Rumble of the WWF in 1991. In 1996 the Florida Panthers reached the NHL finals for the Stanley Cup , but lost the final series 4-0 to the Colorado Avalanche . The Christmas Eve wrestling -Veranstaltung Monday Night Raw of WWE with u. a. with The Rock was a guest here in 2001.

At the end of the 1990s, the Miami Arena no longer met the demands of the home teams in terms of comfort and equipment. In January 2000, the Miami Heat moved to the American Airlines Arena , three blocks east of the Miami Arena. Before that, the Florida Panthers had migrated to Sunrise , Florida, to the BankAtlantic Center in 1998 . Most of the concerts now took place in the new, larger and more comfortable arenas. Since then, the Miami Arena has been mostly empty. Investor Glenn Straub (Arena Ventures, LLC.) Bought the building for US $ 28 million from the city at auction. The Miami Arena, with its pink facade built as The Pink Elephant ( German  The Pink Elephant called) in relation to the White Elephant .

In a television interview in August 2008, the owner Straub announced that the interior of the hall would be cleared and then the building would be demolished. The city proposed the arena site as the location for the Miami Ballpark , the new baseball stadium for the Miami Marlins . The baseball club was against it, however, so they exchanged ownership of two properties. Straub received the site of the former Orange Bowl Stadium ; the new home of the Marlins , which costs around US $ 515 million, is now being built there. On September 21, 2008, the roof of the empty multi-purpose arena was blown up and the remains demolished.

Concerts

On July 13, 1988, Julio Iglesias gave the opening concert at the Miami Arena.

Web links

Commons : Miami Arena  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ miamiherald.com: Former Miami Arena site has new owner article from October 9, 2012 (English)
  2. ↑ youtube.com: Video of the demolition of the hall (English)
  3. ↑ setlist.fm: Miami Arena concert list (English)