This UM Stadium is a PROPOSED project on Tropical Park by Mr. Ruiz. Nothing has been formally presented to the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners. If this project advances, it will go to a Miami-Dade County-wide referendum vote for residents to approve or DENY!
Proposal Highlights:
- 60,000 seat capacity UM football stadium
- 16,000 planned underground parking spots
- Retractable roof
- Designed by HKS Architects (designed SoFi Stadium in LA)
- Planned improved recreation facilities (baseball, soccer, basketball, tennis) for community and public school use, as well as after school programs
- No current plans to purchase Tropical Park, intend to lease the land (similar to the Miami Freedom Park on Melreese for InterMiami)
- Two hotels planned within the property (Source: Twitter John H Ruiz 9/12/2022)
- UM Campus on premises expanding the existing schools (Source: Community Papers Interview Sept 2, 2022 John H Ruiz)
- New branch of Jackson Health onsite (Source: Community Papers Interview Sept 2, 2022 John H Ruiz)
- Significant loss of green space and the entire north lake (other lakes also appear smaller though not to scale yet)
- No known plan for Environmentally Endangered Land (EEL) Pine Rockland, which is a globally CRITICALLY imperiled habitat
- Wildlife studies have not been completed regarding possible habitat
- NOT SHOWN on masterplan (being eliminated?)
- Ronald Reagan Equestrian Center
- Newly built (2021) Westchester Community Arts Center
- Mary Abreu Community Center
HKS Architects Stadium renderings posted via twitter Aug 26, 2022
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