http://www.miami.com/dolphins-sobe-style-article I am starting to really appreciate Ross and his vision for marketing the stadium and the Dolphins.. I also know several people that work for Duffy's Tavern which is teaming up with the Phins to offer phenomenal gameday deals and transportation.. Ross gets the business side of things and this can only mean more money and an extended fanbase to support the team.. He clearly has the experience after running Red Sox and I'm glad he is taking risks and changing things around in what many considered a dead stadium. I'll say it again- We many not agree with his music choices or the environment, but the old method wasn't bringing the consistent energy we needed at JRS... As long as he stays out operationally on the football moves, I'm strongly behind Ross.. In fact I think Ross brings more to the table than Wayne did.
I have to agree with you on Ross. I liked that Wayne loved the fish, but Ross is probably going to do better things for the team in the long run. Edit: Hopefully they name the Luxury Penthouse the "Robbie Room".
I think Ross understands the city and understands the fanbase better.. I mean the old Dolphin chant song was great and all, but we haven't been Super since 1974 and the current fanbase will get far crazier and jacked with a Pit Bull song than some old Southern honky tonky jam that hasn't been relevant since before most of us were born.
Ok new team rules. If you are caught at any nightclub not this one, fine and suspension and 100 laps. Nobody will be allowed to drive off after visiting. Genius.
Disagree but thats because I am probably old enough to be your father. There is something to tradition you know. They have it in Chicago in Wrigley Field. They have a packed stadium every game, and they have Wayne Messmer sing the National Anthem since the early 80's, 7th inning stretch with signing "take me out to the ballpark" and the whole atmosphere is nostalgia. Granted they haven't won a WS since 1908 and haven't been to a WS since 1945......
Yeah but how many other sports venues can say that? Wrigley, Fenway, Yankee Stadium (old one at least) out of 30+ cities shows you how corporate the sports world is now. Mix in what was the Boston Garden, United Center, Lambeau Field, old RFK Stadium..... Out of over 100 venues where sports are held, I'd guess that no more than 25% of them are still traditional to this day. Winning is winning and I'd rather do that listening to Justin Bieber rather than having some tool singing during the 7th inning while we don't win **** for 100 years.
Very creative and smart decision by Ross. It makes total sense. Having said that, as a basic football fan it saddens me. I like the days of the old Orange Bowl. There were no "Club Seats" and definitely no entertainment areas that were meant to take fans out of the seats in the middle of a game. If you went to a football game in the Orange Bowl or in any city just a few decades ago, you went to watch the damn football game, to get crazy and to experience being a fan of the game. The direction continues to go to glam, big money and corporate parties rather than actual football fans going to a game to support their team. Hate it but there's no turning back now. It's just the way it is.
Those days will be gone at some point, even for the venues I mentioned about. I didn't really grow up with those stadiums so it probably would bother me less and less if Wrigley Field was blown up for a bigger and better place for the Cubs to play.
I agree... But Ross has to understand the dynamics of the market.. South Florida is a transient town with an influx of Spanish speakers that don't have roots down here.. He needs to be creative to build the local base.. And this fits in perfectly in Miami.. In a perfect world DolfanJake is correct... But given the state of the economy and the demagraphics of Miami, Ross is correct in his changes.. Also, we can't compare Miami to say Chicago, which has had generations of fans..
I bet that there are enough actual Floridians in Florida to fill the seats without so many gimmicks. I have a hard time believing there aren't enough people in south Florida that just want to see the Dolphins play to fill those seats.
The demographics have completely changed in South Florida. This is a long-range plan, and though the attractions don't mean much to me in whether or not I attend a game, in the next 10 years those able to afford tickets are of another generation.
Put me in the camp thats vehemently against Ross and his "Sports + Entertainment" vision. These types of theatrics further dilute the purity of the game and turn it into a glitzy, shallow spectacle. It represents everything thats wrong with football today. I stick this initiative in the same waste basket as TV timeouts, artificially-induced noise and interviews with celebs in the middle of a drive. It wreaks of commercialism. If you want to build a nightclub outside the stadium, go for it. But inside the stadium? During a game? At the expense of 400 seats? Please. Oh yeah, and Gloria Estefan has NOTHING to do with Dolphins football. /end of rant
