to Honor Jack Meyer, Engineer of the Miami Marine Stadium. At Biscayne Bay Yacht Club.
Robert Hammond, Co-Founder of The High line, compares the High LIne
On May 2, 2011 the winners of the Floating Stage Design Contest were announced at the Awards Dinner to a packed house of 175 people.
The Virginia Key Master Plan was approved by the Miami City Commission on July 22, 2011
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Miami Dade County Commission, approves, by a unanimous 12-0 vote, $3 million of funding for the restoration of the Marine Stadium! Click here for more information.
We are very excited to present this video by Jimmy Buffett which helps promote the the Marine Stadium renovation
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National Trust For Historic Preservation names Miami Marine Stadium to its 2009 list of America's Most Endangered Historic Places.
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Record your Marine Stadium memories for a book! Click Here for information.
The 6,566-seat grandstand of the Commodore Munroe Stadium, named for Coconut Grove pioneer and boating enthusiast Ralph Munroe, was completed in 1963. Engineering work for the Stadium was done by Jack Meyer of Dignum Engineers and the Stadium was designed by Hilario Candela, then a 28 year old architect with the firm Pancoast, Ferendino, Skeels, Grafton and Burnham. Poured entirely in concrete, with a hyperbolic parabaloid roof structure, it consists of a dramatically cantilevered folded-plate roof supported by eight big slanted columns anchored in the ground through the grandstand.
During the period from 1963 to 1992, the Marine Stadium hosted many events-hundreds of boat races, concerts on a floating stage, Easter Sunrise services, political rallies, television shows-even a movie-Clambake by Elvis Presley. It was closed in 1992 after the City Administration alleged that it was damaged by Hurricane Andrew. Engineering reports have since proven that the structure was sound, but needed repairs.
In February 20 2008, a new group, Friends of Miami Marine Stadium was formed to support restoration of this marvelous facility. Since then, much progress has been made. The Stadium and Basin were designated as a historic by Miami’s Historic Preservation and Environmental Board in October 2008. It has been recognized as an architectural masterpiece by the National Trust for Historic Preservation (2009 11 Most Endangered List) and World Monuments Fund (2010 Watch List). Jimmy Buffett, who performed many concerts there, did a highly publicized. Most significantly, the Miami community has galvanized behind the Marine Stadium and made its restoration a priority.
In July of 2010, the City Commission of Miami approved a new Master Plan for Virginia Key which makes the Stadium centerpiece. The plan is a road map only as there is no direct funding attached to it-but for the first time in 17 years, it clearly states that public policy is the restoration-not demolition of Miami Marine Stadium. It is the goal of Friends of Miami Marine Stadium to work with the City and community at large to accomplish this purpose and have it operated in the public interest. test
