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The Pink Elephant | |
Address | 721 NW 1st Ave |
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Location | Miami, Florida |
Coordinates | 25°46′52″N80°11′41″W / 25.78111°N 80.19472°W |
Public transit | Historic Overtown/Lyric Theatre |
Owner | City of Miami (1988–2004) Arena Ventures, LLC. (2004–2008) |
Operator | Miami Sports and Entertainment Authority |
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Construction | |
Broke ground | August 4, 1986 [1] |
Opened | July 13, 1988 [2] |
Closed | July 2008 |
Demolished | August–October 2008 |
Construction cost | $52.5 million ($130 million in 2022 dollars [3] ) |
Architect | Lloyd Jones Fillpot Associates |
Structural engineer | Walter P. Moore [4] |
General contractor | Linbeck Construction Company |
Tenants | |
Miami Heat (NBA) (1988–1999) Miami Hurricanes (NCAA) (1988–2002) Florida Hammerheads (RHI) (1993) Florida Panthers (NHL) (1993–1998) Miami Hooters (AFL) (1993–1995) Miami Matadors (ECHL) (1998–1999) Miami Manatees (WHA2) (2003–2004) Miami Morays/Florida Frenzy (NIFL) (2005–2006) |
Miami Arena was an indoor arena located in Miami, Florida. The venue served as the home of the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL). From 1988 until 1999, it also was the indoor arena for the Miami Hurricanes.
Completed in 1988 at a cost of $52.5 million, its opening took business away from the Hollywood Sportatorium and eventually led to that venue's demolition. The arena was the home of the Miami Heat from 1988 to 1999, the Florida Panthers from 1993 to 1998, the University of Miami basketball teams from 1988 to 2003, the Miami Hooters of the Arena Football League from 1993 to 1995, the Miami Matadors of the ECHL in 1998 and the Miami Manatees of the WHA2 in 2003. The first game played by the Heat in their first home was a loss to the Los Angeles Clippers, 111–91, on November 5, 1988; the first victory came a month and a half later against the Utah Jazz, 101–80.
The arena also hosted the 1990 NBA All-Star Game, the 1991 WWF Royal Rumble, the 1994 NCAA men's basketball East Regional final, the NHL's 1996 Stanley Cup Finals between the Florida Panthers and Colorado Avalanche and the NBA's 1997 NBA Playoffs Eastern Conference Finals between the Miami Heat and Chicago Bulls.
By 1998, the Miami Arena, like most indoor sports arenas built in the late 1980s, was beginning to show its age, despite being only 10 years old. Its seating capacity was one of the lowest of any NBA or NHL arena. In addition, sports teams in general began wanting newer, more updated facilities, specifically luxury suites and new concessions. In 1998, the Panthers moved into the National Car Rental Center (now Amerant Bank Arena) in Sunrise, near Florida's largest outlet mall, Sawgrass Mills. On January 2, 2000, the Heat moved to the new American Airlines Arena located three blocks east of Miami Arena on the shore of Biscayne Bay.
After the year 2000, the arena became mostly inactive, as most of the concerts that were held at Miami Arena moved to the newer venues. However, the Miami Manatees of the WHA2 played at the Miami Arena in 2003, and the Miami Morays indoor football from 2005 to 2006.
The arena was easily accessible via mass transit, with a Metrorail stop at Historic Overtown/Lyric Theatre station just across the street (once known as Overtown/Arena station). Miami-Dade city buses also service the arena area downtown. Miami Arena was sometimes called the "Pink Elephant", because it was a white elephant with pink colored walls.
In 2004, the arena was sold in a public auction to Glenn Straub, an investor from Palm Beach County, for half of the price the city of Miami paid for its original construction. On August 3, 2008, Straub announced in a television interview that the interior of the arena had been cleared out and that the building would be demolished by the end of the month. On September 21, 2008, the roof of the Miami Arena was imploded. While the exterior walls remained standing after the implosion, demolition continued until the falling of the west wall on October 21, 2008. A parking lot now exists where the arena used to stand.
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Preceded by none | Home of the Miami Heat 1988–1999 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by none | Home of the Florida Panthers 1993–1998 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Host of the NBA All-Star Game 1990 | Succeeded by |