Tag: Hard Rock Stadium

Dolphins partner with FARE to provide allergy-free concessions

Dolphins partner with FARE to provide allergy-free concessions

Going out to the ballgame can be a pretty tough chore for anyone with food allergies — concession stands aren’t exactly known for their ability to compartmentalize foods and avoid cross contamination that could provide quite the scare for anyone with severe reactions to certain foods. The Miami Dolphins are looking to change that in 2021 — announcing that they are the first sports venue to offer an allergy-friendly concession kitchen alongside their new partners, ‘FARE’ (Food Allergy Research & Education).

The objective of the kitchen is to provide safe food choices that are free of the eight most common allergens — and the Dolphins are the first sports team to pursue a FARECheck partnership.

Parties for both the Dolphins/Hard Rock Stadium and FARE offered statements upon the announcement of the partnership.

“We spent a great deal of time evaluating the in-stadium experience for the 2021 season and working with FARE will help service our fans and raise awareness on food allergies. We are excited to work with FARE on this first of its kind partnership to build a comprehensive plan for events, staff education and community impact.” — ” Jeremy Walls, Senior Vice President, Chief Revenue Officer of Miami Dolphins and Hard Rock Stadium

“Going out with your family and friends to take in a game is fun and relaxing, especially when you are confident that you will have access to allergy-friendly food options when you need them. FARE’s partnership with the Dolphins in providing a FARECheck-certified kitchen will help millions of people make food choices that work for them.” — Lisa Gable, Chief Executive Officer of FARE. 

The Dolphins and Hard Rock Stadium plan to implement four “grab and go” stations but also provide a concession space on the 100, 200 and 300 levels of the stadium.

Watch: Behind the scenes look at Dolphins’ 2021 Media Day

Watch: Behind the scenes look at Dolphins’ 2021 Media Day

The Miami Dolphins are currently enjoying the calm before the storm — the Dolphins will be back in Miami Gardens for their first ever training camp at the team’s new training facility in about a month. But for now, it is time to enjoy family, friends and rest. With perhaps a sprinkling of playbook studies and workouts along the way.

But in order for the transition for Miami to be as smooth as possible from here on out and for the players to focus on the task at hand when they return for camp, the Dolphins have gotten a jump on some of the administrative duties that await for the 2021 season. Most notably?

Media day.

The Dolphins took advantage of the team’s attendance at mandatory minicamp in June to get ahead of the game. Photos, videos, GIFs, you name it. The Dolphins did it with all but one of the members of the offseason roster in attendance at minicamp. Only Dolphins cornerback Xavien Howard (holdout) was missing in action, but none the less the Dolphins appear to have a great collection of content for on game day for the season ahead.

But don’t take our word for it. The Dolphins have afforded fans a look behind the scenes at their 2021 Media Day efforts; including some members of the Dolphins’ team flashing their personalities for the camera along the way. You can watch the full behind the scenes look at 2021 Media Day below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXiA-DKZSUQ

Hard Rock Stadium’s elevators outfitted for 2021 season

Hard Rock Stadium’s elevators outfitted for 2021 season

The elevators at Hard Rock Stadium have been the subject of plenty of admiration over the years. Whether it be the Miami Miracle or any other spectacular highlight of the team over the last few years, Hard Rock Stadium’s elevator doors have been known to showcase the high points of the Dolphins every few months.

And now we’re ready for the 2021 season to get underway.

Jason Jenkins, the Dolphins’ Senior Vice President of Communications & Community Affairs, has shared the Dolphins’ latest setup for the elevators doors: a look at the Dolphins’ 2021 regular season schedule.

By the time the season rolls around, one would have to imagine that the elevator doors will have another image spotlighted — but those at Hard Rock Stadium who take the elevators will get a good look at those doors over the course of the 2021 season. Miami plays nine home games at Hard Rock Stadium and goes nearly two full months with just one game on the road: a trip to New Jersey to play the Jets between November 1st and Christmas Day.

And that, much like the elevator swag at Hard Rock, is high five worthy.

Dolphins new practice facility appears ready for action in latest look

Dolphins new practice facility appears ready for action in latest look

Happy trails, Davie! The Miami Dolphins are making a big move this offseason — moving south from Davie and into their new practice facility, which is located on site next to the team’s home field, Hard Rock Stadium. The move, which is rooted in a $135 million investment to give the Dolphins a state of the art practice facility, will be ready for the 2021 season; meaning we’ve seen the last of Miami hosting training camp at the Baptist Health Training Facility at Nova Southeastern University.

What does a $135 million investment into a new training facility look like? Take a look for yourself — we’ve gotten our best look at the Dolphins’ new facility yet thanks to The Athletic’s Josh Tolentino sharing a recent video from Instagram that offers a glimpse at both the outdoor fields and indoor facilities.

Miami will break in their new facilities this offseason in what has been described by Dolphins vice-chairman, president and CEO Tom Garfinkel as the next step in the evolution of the Dolphins organization when the plans were first revealed nearly two years ago.

“I think (a new training facility) came more to a head about a year ago (in 2017) and became something we discussed more seriously and now that the stadium is closer to being completed, it was like ‘what’s the next step in the evolution of the organization to really be best in class?” said Garfinkel.

“And every year we’ve had needs (in Davie) and we’ve sort of just put band-aids on and we just decided we needed to build a first-class facility.”

The waiting period is now over, as you can see for yourself. Miami’s first opportunities to break in the new digs are right around the corner.

LOOK: Painted Michigan State superfan spotted outside National Championship stadium

A certain painted Michigan State superfan was seen riding a bike outside the Hard Rock Stadium after the NCAA National Championship game.

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The NCAA National Championship is over and Alabama is your champion, knocking off Ohio State in a largely one-sided affair. One of my personal favorite moments of the night happened outside of the stadium, though.

After the game, a man painted in green who appeared to be a certain Michigan State superfan was seen riding a bike outside of Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida waving a Michigan State flag. The man resembled well-know MSU fan ‘Johnny Spirit’.

Take a look for yourself below:

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Watch: Hard Rock Stadium winds back clock as Dolphins wear throwbacks

Watch: Hard Rock Stadium winds back clock as Dolphins wear throwbacks

As the saying goes, one must look good to play good. You’ll have a hard time finding a better look than the one the Miami Dolphins are all set to sport this afternoon against the Los Angeles Chargers in the team’s Week 10 AFC clash. Because Miami is, for the first time this season, breaking out their retro uniforms and winding back the clock — hoping that the team can invoke some of the same dominance of Miami Dolphins teams of the early 1970s in the process.

Hard Rock Stadium will be ready, too — as they’ve released a teaser featuring the old team logo on the 50-yard line ahead of today’s contest. Needless to say, we’re just about ready for game time:

The throwback uniforms have become a hot topic for the Dolphins, as the push has become more and more prominent to see Miami return to the old look once and for all and re-adopt the classic look as the team’s default uniforms. There’s apparently quite a bit of momentum in the Dolphins’ building for that as well — but not from team owner Stephen Ross. And as a result, instances like today will instead remain an occasional treat instead of a weekly occurrence.

But the good news for Dolphins fans is that you’ll see the retro fits twice more this season after today; so while you should definitely enjoy the view while it lasts, rest easy knowing that they’ll be back soon once again.

Miami and Los Angeles kick off from Hard Rock Stadium at 4:05 PM EST today.

Miami Dolphins pass on chance for full Hard Rock Stadium

The Miami Dolphins will limit attendance to 13,000 despite an ok from the governor to fill Hard Rock Stadium.

Congratulations to the Miami Dolphins for showing common sense.

The NFL team was given permission to go to full capacity of 65,000 fans at Hard Rock Stadium for their next home game, Oct. 25, against the Los Angeles Chargers.

Team management wisely said, “Not so fast” during a coronavirus pandemic and it is reported will keep the limit at 13,000 fans so there can be social distancing.

Now that’s a perfect call

Weather forecast for Dolphins’ Week 2 showdown with Bills

Weather forecast for Dolphins’ Week 2 showdown with Bills

Tomorrow will be the very first Miami Dolphins home game of 2020, Dolphins fans! The Dolphins weren’t exactly able to get things off on the right foot last Sunday, seeing their season opener flop with an 11-point effort on offense against the New England Patriots. But in Week 2, the Dolphins welcome the Buffalo Bills to town and the Dolphins will try once again to get into the win column. The good news for Miami? Not only were there be fans in attendance at the game, Miami’s location offers them one of the stiffest home field advantages in all of football. And it will be in full effect for Sunday’s 1 PM EST kickoff.

Here is the current forecast for Miami’s Week 2 contest against their AFC East rivals, the Buffalo Bills.

Location: Hard Rock Stadium — Miami Gardens, Florida

  • High temperature: 90 degrees
    • Feels like: 102 degrees
  • Percent rain: 50%
  • Humidity: 65%
  • Wind: 10 mph

With all that South Florida heat, it sure feels like a great day for the Buffalo Bills to be wearing colors and for the Dolphins to be in all-white — which is exactly how Miami chose to tackle their uniform situation as the home team. Between the design of Hard Rock Stadium to keep the opposing team in the sun through most of the game and Miami’s experience working in the humidity versus the much more mild temperatures in Buffalo, there is a significant home field advantage to be had here for Miami. The high temperature this past week in Buffalo? 72 degrees. It only exceeded 70 on two days this past week.

So now it falls onto the Dolphins to keep this game close, let the humidity do its work and late in the game, Miami’s experience and conditioning in the heat can serve as a potential deciding factor. Miami will have to execute, but the avenue for success is there.

Report: Dolphins will allow 20 percent capacity at Hard Rock Stadium

Report: Dolphins will allow 20 percent capacity at Hard Rock Stadium

The status of fans attending NFL games across the league has been an area of focus in recent weeks. With the NFL’s testing protocols for the ongoing coronavirus pandemic keeping the league’s number of cases stable, the question has seemingly shifted from “will the NFL play” to “will the NFL play with fans?” For many teams, the answer is no — at least not early on. That includes Miami’s Week 1 date with the New England Patriots, who will have no fans in attendance at Gillette Stadium on September 13th.

Andy Slater of Fox Sports 640 in South Florida broke the news that the Dolphins will have fans in attendance when the team welcomes the Buffalo Bills to town on September 20th for their home opener. Slater is reporting that Hard Rock Stadium will be open at 20% maximum capacity this season, which will accommodate 13,000 fans.

The report has since been verified by the team, which released a statement and declared that all fans in attendance at Hard Rock Stadium will be required to wear a mask.

How the NFL finds a competitive balance with some fans allowed to attend some stadiums and others not allowing fans at all is a bit of an unknown — but for the Dolphins, they’re likely thrilled to be boasting a home-field advantage now that the likelihood of the 2020 NFL season feels more probable and less of a hypothetical.

Dolphins first in NFL to receive high end sanitation accreditation

Dolphins first in NFL to receive high end sanitation accreditation

With all of the focus across the world these days as it relates to sanitation and cleanliness, athletic facilities and stadiums are doing everything in their power to safely accommodate a return of fans to the stands — and the Miami Dolphins can hang their hat on being “first” in the NFL in achieving one gold standard accreditation on this front. The Global Biorisk Advisory Council (GBAC) has offered Hard Rock Stadium STAR accreditation for the facility’s efforts in cleaning, disinfection, and infection prevention strategies.

“As the first NFL stadium to be accredited by GBAC STAR, we are setting a precedent for how large venues should approach cleaning in the wake of the pandemic,” Dolphins & Hard Rock Stadium Vice Chairman and CEO Tom Garfinkel offered in a statement. “By following a credible third-party standard, we are confident that our facility not only meets, but exceeds, the expectations of our spectators and staff.”

Several NFL franchises from around the league have started to announce reduced capacities in stadiums across the league this fall — the most recent being Miami’s Week 3 opponent, the Jacksonville Jaguars. Reduced capacity is a must at this point in time due to the ongoing health crisis, adequate social distancing would simply be impossible in a maximum capacity arrangement. But for the Miami Dolphins, the team can at the very least hang their hat on ensuring that regardless of the number of fans in the stands, they’ll be put in the best position to successfully enjoy a day at the stadium and watch some football.

Miami was also on the cutting edge of plans to admit fans to the stadium several months ago when the pandemic first hit, with Garfinkel making an appearance on Good Morning America to discuss Hard Rock Stadium’s plans to adhere to social distancing while admitting fans into the stadium. When the time comes for kickoff, one thing we can be sure of is Hard Rock Stadium will be as ready as anyone.