They had little choice. The OB was essentially condemned. I saw too many games there to count from 1966 to 1988. A lot of Orange Bowls, a LOT of Dolphins games (including the famous triple overtime playoff game against the Chargers), and a few Hurricanes games. It was a GREAT home field advantage, but by the 1980s it was a filthy, dillapidated, toilet bowl for fans, and the city of Miami (which owned it) would not pay to upgrade it. The parking situation nearby was also a complete disaster. You had to pay to park on someone's lawn and then hope you could get your car out when the game was over.
Hard Rock Stadium started rough, because the original owner, Wayne Huizenga, insisted it be designed to also accommodate baseball. But with the most recent renovations, it is now a beautiful stadium. Have to LMAO at Tech fans calling it ugly or unimpressive. WTF is BDS then? LMAO. Sure, it has tremendous history, but it looks like it was designed by the same committee which designed the camel. And who gives a öööö anyway? Off campus? Hello UCLA, Oregon, USC-W (at least the Mausoleum is very close), USC-E (again, close but no cigar), NC State (again, no cigar), Pitt, USF, , , , hell . . . Tech plays one home game every year at MBS. Alabama played most of their games home for 70 years at Legion Field in Birmingham, more than 50 miles from campus. Yeah, Bama football was not "what college football is all about." {Rolls Eyes} And the old Orange Bowl was still about 5 miles away from the U's campus, and yet they managed a 58 game home winning streak and a few Natties.. Again, who gives a öööö?
Finally, I have to ROTFLMFAO at the claims of a paltry fan base. From Georgia Tech fans!!! Looked in a mirror lately? Over the past several years, the Hurricanes have consistently averaged 7000-10000 more fans at their home games than Tech has. In 2017 and 2018 they averaged more fans that BDS even holds at max capacity. In 2019 they still averaged about 53000 per home game.
Please.
