Dolphin Stadium (the stadium's original name, later named Joe Robbie Stadium and then briefly Pro Player Park before becoming Pro Player Stadium, and now back to being named for the team, first as Dolphins Stadium then to its original name) is a football and baseball stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, a suburb of Miami incorporated in 2003. Prior to 2003, the venue was inside an unincorporated part of Miami-Dade County but had a Miami address.

Stadium naming rights

On August 26, 1996, Pro Player, the sports apparel division of Fruit of the Loom, sponsored the renaming of Joe Robbie Stadium as Pro Player Stadium. Pro Player, which specialized in licensed sports apparel, became the first sports marketing and products company to entitle a stadium or arena with their ten year, $20 million deal. Fruit of the Loom, however, filed for bankruptcy in 1999, but the name remained until 2005. On January 10 of that year, Huizenga announced a $300 million renovation of Pro Player Stadium to add luxury suites, additional parking and a retractable dome and the immediate renaming of the facility as Dolphins Stadium. Daktronics is installing the world's largest HDTV-ready video system in both end zones that were completed by the Marlins' home opener on April 11, and the world's longest full-color fascia boards as they will be completed by July 2006.

It was first reported on April 5 in both The Miami Herald and the South Florida Sun-Sentinel that on April 8, 2006, the "s" would be dropped from the stadium name and revert back to the original "Dolphin Stadium" name along with a new logo (seen on the right). [1] [2] This renaming is part of a national branding campaign that will conclude with Super Bowl XLI on February 4 2007.

(Source: Wikipedia)

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