BusinessMiami is the magazine of the University of Miami School of Business. This article  discusses the three student studies done by an MBA class under the direction of Dr. Andrea Heuson, Professor of Finance at the U of Miami MBA program for a parcel of land just to the west of the Marine Stadium.

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This feature length article is focused on the engineering aspects of the Marine Stadium. It includes interviews with Jack Meyer, the original engineer of the Stadium and Michael Brainerd, Senior Project Engineer for Simpson, Gumpertz and Heger, the firm that analyzed the Stadium in structure in 1993 after Hurricane Andrew and in 2010, for Friends of Marine Stadium.

The Headline under the Table of Contents Reads:

"Engineers have determined that an endangered landmark-a concrete open-air stadium that has suffered deterioration from disuse in a marine environment-can indeed be preserved".

Civil Engineering is the magazine of the American Society of Civil Engineers

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Here is a beautifully written article which captures the essence of the Stadium from an architectural point of view. "Click For Related Link" to see the article and slide show, which features historic photos of the construction of the Marine Stadium from the Bramson Archive.

Don't forget to click on the link that says "Read More about the Stadium", to see the article.

This is our third article in in AIA Architect, which the trade magazine for the American Association of Architects.

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The Virginia Key Master Plan was approved by a 5-0 vote by the Miami City Commission. The plan places the Marine Stadium as its key feature. Although there is no financing tied to the plan, it is an important step forward and allows us to move on to implementation.

Friends of Marine Stadium has now begun working with the City of Miami to secure funding. The Florida Inland Navigation District (FIND) Commission, an independent taxing district, has approved $150,000 for a design, analysis and permit study for the sea wall and seaside pilings of the Marine Stadium. This must be matched by another source. If this phase moves forward successfully, the City can re-apply to the FIND Commission to fund the actual construction work for the pilings and seawall.

The Marine Stadium continues to get great press-there is a feature length article in Modern Magazine, and a web story prepared by Architectural Record.

Due to the interest in graffiti at the Stadium, we are now setting up a separate section of the web site to showcase the work of photographers who have documented it.

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This is a feature length article on Hilario Candela and the Marine Stadium. It discusses the Stadium in the context of Hilario's long and highly successful career.

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On July 22, the City of Miami celebrated its 114 birthday party. The Miami Downtown Partnership hosted a party for the City at American Airlines Waterfront Arena.

Twelve charities were named beneficiaries of the event-including Friends of Marine Stadium.

Pamela D'Amelio and Marta-Beth Nordstorm of "It's Your Red Carpet TV" documented the event for us. This video includes intreviews with Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado, former Miami Heat player Tim Hardaway, and supporters of Friends of Marine Stadium.

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This video, which was placed on the website of Architectural Record, features an interview with architect Hilario Candela and current footage of the Marine Stadium.

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Notice on Virginia Key Master Plan, which includes the Marine Stadium ad comes before the City Commission on Thursday, July 22. We support the proposed plan, which places the Marine Stadium at the center of the restoration of Virginia Key, and we urge Miami Marines to email the Commission and attend the meeting.

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Miami Marine Stadium has long and proud history of boat racing. We thank Don Winer, who raced boats at the Marine Stadium for the videos below. Don has been an important part of our effort to restore the Marine Stadium. Copy and paste these links into your browser to see exciting boat racing act the Stadium. The photo is of the LeMans 225, circa 1965 at the Stadium.

Brief compilation - Most, but not all in MMS.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhnAVCfm0xg


1971 Eastern Divisional Championships - Miami -
Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzuiKQ5UmxQ
Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8ehyP73zSU
Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO8-vhvi1Rs&feature=related


1969 Eastern Divisional Championships

Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQiQe5BYN0k

Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBuk_i61YrA&feature=related

Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGaoFTjWHoE&feature=related



1965-1968 Miami Marine Stadium Classic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZlzf6UnyX4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZOgs4g1Mdk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Clo4egbodM&feature=related


Mike Gordon 100 - Miami Marine Stadium - Fifth Annual
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB1VhRZzPSQ&feature=related

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The City of Miami is having a birthday party July 28.  The Miami Marine Stadium has been selected as one of the charities to benefit from ticket sales for the party. Tickets cost only $25 for an evening filled with music, food, and fun-and all of the ticket price can be designated for Friends of Marine Stadium.

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On July 28, there will be a "birthday party" for the CIty of Miami. Friends of Marine Stadium has been selected to be one of the ten charitable beneficiaries for this event. You can support Friends of Marine Stadium by going to the website aaarena.com and buying a ticket (cost $25) for this event-and designating Friends of Marine Stadium as the charity of choice.

The Virginia Key Master Plan-which includes the Marine Stadium, is now scheduled to go to the City of MIami Commission on July 22 for approval. We will provide you with more information on upcoming meetings shortly. The plan has been developed with the cooperation of a student workshop at University of Miami School of Architecture (under the direction of Jorge Hernandez, Co-Founder of Friends of Marine Stadium and Hilario Candela, architect of the Stadium) and a coalition of groups lead by the Urban Environment League.

We recently met with Jack Meyer, the originial engineer of Miami Marirne Stadium. Jack has been very helpful to us and strongly supports efforts to restore the Marine Stadium.  Thanks to superior engineering and workmanship, the Stadium is structurally sound and can be repaired. Jack's remarkable story of the creation of the Marine Stadium can be found on this website under "Articles and Press".

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The Marine Stadium is part of the City's vision for Virginia Key. What other types of activities/facilities should complement the Stadium?

In the spring of 2010, an MBA Finance Course from the University of Miami under the direction of Professor Andrea Heuson studied three different alternatives. The reports of the three student teams are below. Copy and paste the web links into your browser to see them.


The Marine Industry Trade Center

http://www.marinestadium.org/index.php?module=uploads&func=download&fileId=399

Retail Proposal

http://www.marinestadium.org/index.php?module=uploads&func=download&fileId=398

Maritime Museum

http://www.marinestadium.org/index.php?module=uploads&func=download&fileId=397

We continue to get outstanding support from the national boat racing community, which places great value on the Marine Stadium. This article has already generated lots of interest.

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Recently, we had the opportunity to spend some time with Jack Meyer. Jack was the Lead Engineer with Dignum Engineers, who did the work on the Marine Stadium. Attached is his remarkable accound of how the Marine Stadium got built.  Jack is pictured in the photo at left.

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Miami Dade County Commission unanimously approves $3 million of funding for the restoration of Miami Marine Stadium. Sunny Isles Offshore Power Boat Challenge on June 10-13 to benefit the restoration of Miami Marine Stadium. The current drafts of the Master Plan for Virginia Key place key priority to the initiatives to restore the Marine Stadium. The Master Plan is currently scheduled to come to the Miami City Commission in July-we will be providing information on this as we receive it.

Photo above is by Jay Koenigsberg

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This is the fifth editorial from The Miami Herald in support of restoration of the Marine Stadium. You can find the other four editorials in this section by srolling down below.

We are thrilled with the strong and consistent support by our City's paper of record.


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Final call to action for April 6 Commission meeting. Check out attached great photo of the Miami International Triathlon by JJ Palacio.

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Increasingly, we see special reports about the Marine Stadium showing up on various blogs and websites. Here is a very nice story by Peter Gonzalez, aka "The Boldman".

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The Miami-Dade Commission has unanimously agreed to provide $3 million toward the city-owned facility's restoration. A big milestone for us!

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