I need a different perspective on this renovation?

A jammed packed stadium full of Dolfans if the team continues to get better and we have Championship talent and COACHING so that we have an awesome chance to bring the Lombardi back to Miami....I have to tell you Deej that I have been to the stadium several times with 75000 plus loud screaming Dolfans rocking the " house that Robbie built." It's not the stadium but the product that has been on the field for the last 20 or so years with a few exceptions...the new renovations ( especially the shade ) coupled with a great team on the field will get the stadium rocking again.

 

It looks like there are more rows in the lower bowl.
I think there are currently 32. The new pic looks more like 40.

 

Love the seats will be dark blue. You def get a feel of a more intimate football stadium..and I think its distinctively south florida. You look at what they spent on new stadium in NY..and theres nothing about it that has character. You could stick that stadium anywhere and its..eh..and they spent 2 bil on that.

I def see concrete construction..just put that pic next to another from Sun Life

 

The entire lower bowl is completely different. The players tunnel is gone and it looks like there are 2 of them now in the far corners of the end zones. The entry tunnels for the 100 level are gone and are now directly below the upper level.

Edit: The entry tunnels are still there but something is different about the 200 level. It doesn't look like any of it is under the upper deck any more. It also looks like there are fewer rows throughout the upper deck.

 

The new stadium from your link shows smaller/narrower sidelines so it does mean they added seats to the bottom level.

 

I don't like the kite looking roof. And the sidelines appear to be just as deep as they've always been.

 

It also looks like the rake of the lower bowl is diff. Its steeper

 

Why do you say they cant move it closer?

 

Taking a 2nd look, I see the lower seats dont taper away from the field like they currently do.

 

Yeah. I think that is where the new player tunnels are. It's probably more symmetrical on the Dolphins side.

Check out the upper deck tunnels. They are all the way at the bottom. It looks like 5 to 10 rows have been removed all the way around.

 

What is that, a whole 7 yards closer to the field? I don't think I'll be happy with anything they do at that site, until they pull it all down and try again.

 

I think the pictures you guys are looking at are just mocks. Not sure that is going to be exactly how it ends up.

 

Deej, I think you're dramatically underestimating the effect the canopy is going to have on not only keeping butts in seats but also in amplifying the sound.

 

Not sure exactly how many rows but yea, the sideline does still look really wide

 

Holy ish .... A more drastic discovery. My section is GONE. look at the 400's in each corner. I was about to complain about the smaller big-screens being farther away, until I noticed they totally axed the nose bleeders to accommodate them! But for some reason, the lower rows (upper level) are wiped out as well. I'm row 2, some of my buds in row one have held those seats since the thing opened in 87'! I wonder when/if we'll get official notice before renewal.

 

Row one will still be row one.

 

McFly, the section is non existent, as in NO seating.

 

It does look to me like the seats are slightly closer to the sidelines. I also absolutely hate the tentpoles for the canopy. There has to be a better way.

 

Indeed. If anyone wants a taste, watch a soccer match played at the San Siro in Milan; it doesn't boom, but you can probably hear what the last guy all the way up in the grandstands just yelled. That flat canopy seems to focus the sound right onto the field. A dome might boom, but acoustically it feels like it echoes and the sound seems to come up before it comes down.

With the flat canopy, there's much less echo, and more sharp loudness projected directed right at the players.

 

You're definately right. I would hope that they would offer you comperable seats.

 

I can't say I love the look of a flat canopy, but I do expect it will dramatically increase the noise. I'll take that trade-off happily.

 

It'll be a unique look, as far as the NFL is concerned.

 

My front rows seats better stay front row seats...

 

Its kinda cool...in a Jetsons sorta way...

 

Aaaaaaannnnnnnnnd there'll be less roasted fans. Which means more people in the stands instead of in the tunnels and concourse.

 

Speaking of tunnels. Having the tunnels where they are currently makes no sense. I never thought about it, but it's really just a gap in seating sections directly facing the endzones which further takes the crowd out of the game.

Corner tunnels makes a ton more sense.

 

Well, they are going to be closer. And again the sound level will be drastically higher and it will easier for the fans to stay near their seats.

 

I don't see how a clear glass canopy can make it any cooler for the fans. Seems like it would be like the inside of a car in 95 degrees not moving with the windows half open. There may be protection from the harmful UV rays but not the heat.

 

Its going to be clear glass?