The Miami Orange Bowl is a stadium in the City of Miami, Florida, west of the downtown area and on the edge of Little Havana. It is the home stadium for the University of Miami Hurricanes football team. It also hosted the Miami Dolphins until the opening of Dolphin Stadium in 1987. The stadium was renamed in 1959 for the Orange Bowl Classic college football game, which was played at the Orange Bowl following every season from 1937 to 1995, although it has been played at Dolphin Stadium since 1996, save for the January, 1999 contest between Florida and Syracuse. The Minor League Baseball Miami Marlins played certain games in the Orange Bowl from 1956 to 1960.

In addition to football, the stadium also hosts concerts and other public events. The stadium has a regular capacity of 74,177 orange seats, and can seat up to 82,000 for concerts and other events where additional seating can be placed on the playing field. The stadium was built by the City of Miami Public Works Department. Construction began in 1936 and was completed in mid-1937. It was originally named after Roddy Burdine, one of Miami's pioneers. The original stadium consisted of the two sideline lower decks. Seating was added in the endzones in the 1940s, and by the end of the 1950s the stadium was double-decked. The west endzone section was then added in the 1960s, bringing the stadium to its peak capacity of 80,010. In 1977 the permanent seats in the east endzone were removed, and further upgrades have brought the stadium to its current capacity and design. The city skyline can be seen to the east through the open end, over the modern scoreboard and palm trees. The stadium opened for Miami Hurricanes football on December 10, 1937. The AFL expansion Miami Dolphins played their first regular season game ever in the stadium on September 2, 1966.

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