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Hard Rock Stadium

Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, FL, home of Miami. Capacity 64,767. Opened August 16, 1987.

Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, FL
Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, FLPhoto: elisfkc2, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
64,767
Opened
1987
Surface
Tifway 419 Bermuda grass
Roof
Open air
Elevation
9 ft
Home team
Miami
Miami here
88–⁠32 games on file since 2008
College GameDay
13 times

Since it opened: Miami is 200–⁠51 in home games from the 1987 season on. Our source names a game’s stadium only from 2001, so that count takes every earlier home game not marked neutral and may include a few played elsewhere.

Biggest games here

From the games on file here, 2005 on: title and postseason games, meetings of two ranked teams, upsets by our pregame Elo ratings and the biggest swings in CollegeFootballData.com’s excitement index.

Crowds season by season

Average and biggest crowd at Hard Rock Stadium by season, 2005 to 202620k40k60k80k100k2005: 12,180 a game over 2 games; biggest 16,4212006: 74,470 a game over 1 games; biggest 74,4702007: 42,435 a game over 2 games; biggest 74,1112008: 49,627 a game over 9 games; biggest 78,4682009: 50,205 a game over 7 games; biggest 66,1312010: 53,501 a game over 7 games; biggest 75,1152011: 51,143 a game over 8 games; biggest 67,5632012: 54,814 a game over 8 games; biggest 80,1202013: 56,117 a game over 8 games; biggest 76,9682014: 53,229 a game over 8 games; biggest 76,5302015: 50,425 a game over 7 games; biggest 67,6152016: 59,838 a game over 7 games; biggest 67,4322017: 58,682 a game over 8 games; biggest 65,3032018: 62,145 a game over 7 games; biggest 66,2032019: 54,590 a game over 7 games; biggest 65,1572020: 11,522 a game over 7 games; biggest 14,9262021: 45,414 a game over 9 games; biggest 66,8392022: 54,705 a game over 8 games; biggest 66,2002023: 51,415 a game over 8 games; biggest 63,3242024: 54,591 a game over 8 games; biggest 66,8812025: 60,489 a game over 11 games; biggest 67,2272026: 65,338 a game over 1 games; biggest 65,33820052010201520202025

Biggest crowds on file

80,120Notre Dame at Alabama2012
78,468Florida at Oklahoma2008
76,968Florida at Miami2013
76,530Florida State at Miami2014
75,115Florida State at Miami2010

Bars are each season’s average crowd, dots its biggest (the record in orange), the dashed rule today’s capacity. Attendance is on file for most games from 2001 on.

College GameDay here

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from Hard Rock Stadium 13 times, first in 2008.

Jan 19, 2026Indiana 27, Miami 21Inside Hard Rock Stadium
Sep 20, 2025Miami 26, Florida 7Lakeside Patio
Jan 9, 2025Notre Dame 27, Penn State 24Inside Hard Rock Stadium
Dec 31, 2021Georgia 34, Michigan 11Outside Hard Rock Stadium
Jan 11, 2021Alabama 52, Ohio State 24
Sep 26, 2020Miami 52, Florida State 10Hard Rock Stadium
Dec 29, 2018Alabama 45, Oklahoma 34Outside Hotel Victor
Nov 11, 2017Miami 41, Notre Dame 8Lakeside Patio
Dec 31, 2015Clemson 37, Oklahoma 17
Jan 7, 2013Alabama 42, Notre Dame 14
Jan 4, 2012West Virginia 70, Clemson 33
Jan 3, 2011Stanford 40, Virginia Tech 12
Jan 8, 2009Florida 24, Oklahoma 14

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of College GameDay locations (CC BY-SA).

Weather on game day

Coldest kickoffs

Hottest kickoffs

Coldest game days before 2004

Hottest game days before 2004

Kickoffs: the NOAA report nearest kickoff from the closest weather station (NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database). Game days: the day’s high and snowfall at the NOAA station nearest the stadium, for Miami’s home games before 2004 (NOAA GHCN-Daily, public domain).

The stadium’s history

Former names
Joe Robbie Stadium (1987–⁠1996)
Pro Player Park
Pro Player Stadium (1996–⁠2005)
Dolphins Stadium (2005–⁠2006)
Dolphin Stadium (2006–⁠2009)
Land Shark Stadium (2009–⁠2010)
Sun Life Stadium (2010–⁠2016)
New Miami Stadium
Miami Stadium (2026 FIFA World Cup)
Opened
August 16, 1987
Architect
HOK Sport (now Populous)
Surface over the years
Tifway 419 Bermuda grass
Record crowd
Football: 80,120 (2013 BCS National Championship Game)
Baseball: 67,498 (1997 World Series Game 6)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Hard Rock Stadium.

From above

100 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 360 by 350 meters (1,190 by 1,150 feet). Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 20263Miami 43, Florida State 35
Sep 26, 20266Miami 52, Central Michigan 3
Sep 10, 20267Miami 77, Florida A&M 7
Sep 6, 2026South Carolina State 31, Florida A&M 13
Jan 19, 20261Indiana 27, 10Miami 21
Jan 1, 20265Oregon 23, 4Texas Tech 0
Nov 15, 202516Miami 41, NC State 7
Nov 8, 202518Miami 38, Syracuse 10
Oct 25, 20259Miami 42, Stanford 7
Oct 17, 2025Louisville 24, 2Miami 21
Sep 20, 20254Miami 26, Florida 7
Sep 13, 20255Miami 49, 18South Florida 12

Pouring rights

PepsiCo has the stadium’s soft-drink pouring rights, on record since 2022. Independently corroborated.