Dolphin Stadium close to naming rights deal with Land Shark beer

[Scurrilous]

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"Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross wants his stadium to have little piece of Margaritaville, the tropical paradise Jimmy Buffett sang about.

So much so, in fact, that Ross is poised to re-name his stadium after Buffett's beer.

Get ready to attend football and baseball games at Land Shark Stadium, which would be Dolphin Stadium's sixth name since it opened as Joe Robbie Stadium in 1987.

Dolphins Stadium president Bruce Schulze said Friday the facility likely will enter a naming rights deal with Land Shark Lager, but declined to comment further. A news conference with Ross and Buffett has been scheduled for May 8. One of the stadium's other tenants was informed by stadium executives that the facility is expected to be renamed Land Shark Stadium.

Ross wants to open a Margaritaville themed-area inside Dolphin Stadium, and the naming rights deal would fit within that plan. Ross reportedly has approached Buffett about becoming a minority owner in the team."

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[madinmaryland]

1. Funny name, but it could be worse...

Enron Field, CitiField, etc.

[Jack from Charlotte]

21. Doesn't that college team play there too? The Miami college team

will be playing in a stadium named after an alcoholic beverage. Is that allowed?

So the joint's been named Joe Robbie Stadium...after the alcoholic 1st owner of the Dolphins, Pro Player Park... a now bankrupt company that used to make under ware, Dolphin Stadium after one of the teams that plays there....only because they didn't have a paying company sponsor and now it Pabst Blue Shark Beer Stadium. The beer that make Carol City famous.

What traditions Miami has.

[trumad]

22. The Douche from Charloote chimes in-----

Please dude--- you're fucking one-tooth Gators makes Miami look like a Nunnery.

This all in the past year--- What a fucking bunch of hoods.

Gainesville Police arrested UF cornerback Jacques Rickerson overnight on a charge of domestic battery by strangulation, the law enforcement agency reported. The charge is a felony.
http://www.gatorsports.com/article/20081104/NEWS/811040966/1130?Title=UF_football_player_arrested
November 4, 2008

GAINESVILLE — Florida sophomore Carl Johnson, expected to be a starting offensive tackle for the Gators this fall, was arrested Monday for violating a temporary restraining order one week after it was issued, according to a University of Florida Police report.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/sports/content/sports/epaper/2009/02/16/0216uffoot.html?cxntlid=inform_artr
February 16, 2009

GAINESVILLE -- University of Florida football player Marquis Hannah, a graduate of Miami Carol City High School, was arrested at 5 p.m. on Friday for allegedly forcing his way into a Gainesville apartment and punching a man in the face.
http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/colleges/uf/story/1017071.html
Posted on Saturday, 04.25.09

Urban Meyer has racked up an impressive résumé at Florida, including two National Titles and a Heisman Trophy winner. While it is less publicized, Meyer is also looking to take the lead for active coaches in most arrested players under one head coach.

Offensive guard Carl Johnson became the 22nd player arrested since Urban Meyer became coach of the Gators, the fourth in the past 10 months. While Meyer may know a thing or two about coaching a football team, this all appears lost when teaching young men the game of life.

Apparently Johnson violated a domestic violence restraining order filed against him by an ex-girlfriend. While Johnson tips the scales at 330 pounds these days, he felt the need to see his ex up close and personal.

While players and young men in general getting into trouble here and there is part of growing up and can even be part of life experiences, what we have developing in Gainesville has gone beyond that and is now a trend.

While we rarely hear about these Gator arrests, they sure are out there. And as Urban Meyer has been known to use negative publicity against other teams for his own recruiting edge, he sure is giving all of the others around the country plenty of ammunition to bring with them into the living rooms of high school players all around the country.

Johnson joins ex-teammates Cam Newton (Felony Burglary), Jamar Hornsby (Felony Credit Card Theft), and Jacques Rickerson (Felony Battery) in the latest of Meyer players being brought to justice.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/128766-a-full-line-up-22-florida-football-players-arrested-under-the-meyer-regime

[Jack from Charlotte]

27. It's official .... This year it's Land Shark Lager Stadium but next year it's....

what? Their selling the name for just a year?

What'll it be next year? "Messin' with Sasquatch" Stadium? How about.... "I can't believe it's not butter, stadium.

Hey..... Pay-day Lending Stadium....for all the Miami U fans out there.

Is there any city in the country with less tradition than Miami, Florida? The McDonald's in Dade County have more ivy on the walls that every other building in a 3 county radius.

[joeybee12]

2. Where's trumad?

Gnashing his teeth, I would assume.

[trumad]

3. Nope--

It will always be Joe Robbie Stadium to me.

[Scurrilous]

15. "It will always be Joe Robbie Stadium to me."

Me too.

[Captain Hilts]

20. Me three. He paid for it and built it. Just like Jack Kent Cooke. nt

[Jack from Charlotte]

23. It'll always be Pro Player Undies Stadium of Carol City, to me.

[Jack from Charlotte]

25. But should'nt it really be named after the Gators.... afterall they're the only

only team in Florida to have ever won a championship there, aren't they?

[Upton]

4. How embarrassing

to have your football stadium named after an alcoholic beverage. Of course, considering that the Doplhins are going to be playing a REAL schedule this year, you might see more than a few exhibitions of public drunkeness at Beer Stadium... as the sopped Dolphin fans attempt to deal with what is sure to be a losing season.

[Forkboy]

6. I kind of like it. Our's is named after a bank.

Now THAT'S lame. x(

[trumad]

8. Really---

The Giant's stadium is named after an organization--- AT&T----who has a penchant for allowing the US Government to spy on people.

Your 49ers park is named er---"Monster" park?

Too fucking funny.

You dissing beer is quite understandable since you and your girlfriend Cboy enjoy drinking Zinfandel while cuddling together on your back porch rocking swing.

Douche

[madinmaryland]

10. Dude! That's so wrong. They are doing the roids! There is no cuddling

for them. They are busy bulking up!

[madinmaryland]

9. At least they don't play at BALCO Field as

The roided up Giants fans attempt to deal with what is sure to be a losing season!

[Upton]

11. Hey mad..I see the Pirates have lost 4 in a row

and haven't scored in 22 consecutive innings.... the kings of ineptitude are back.

Talking about losing seasons...17 in a row coming right up!:rofl:

[madinmaryland]

12. You and cboy took a break from your roids to respond to me?

:hi:

[rdmtimp]

26. Err... ever hear of Coors Field in Denver?

home of the Colorado Rockies.

[LisaM]

5. At least it's a cute name and fits the team

though I like Joe Robbie much better.

[hughee99]

7. Pizza guy...

[flvegan]

13. It's still Budweiser.

You can only polish shit just so far.

[Jack from Charlotte]

24. Here's a review of this "beer" I just read...LOL....

The Taste
Imagine drinking a good lager down to the last swallow, then filling the rest of the bottle with water. Then drinking it. You’ve just had a Landshark Lager. There is barely a hop note that appears mid-finish, but for the most part it’s like drinking sparkling water. Depth of flavor: absolutely none. So light bodied it could be anorexic.

Sounds perfect for the two teams that play in their stadium. "Absolutely no flavor."

And when this "beer" gets pulled from the market what are you going to call your stadium next year?

[fishnfla]

14. They are gonna name it puke stadium

landshark :puke:

[Awsi Dooger]

16. Land Shark posts in Election Reform

Now he's got his own stadium.

Who cares what they call it? I'll root for rubble.

But Joe Robbie certainly deserves his name on it. It was his masochistic mistake, as boring and bland you'll ever see and in an irrelevant location. I doubt either Miami team will ever win a title there. The ultimate neutral site, particularly in the third quarter when fans are comically absent.

It's the type of thing that will be denied and downplayed for decades. Then as soon as the replacement venue is finally needed and in place, suddenly it will be chic to scream and emphasize how pathetic Joe Robbie Stadium was, by any moniker.

[BulletproofLandshark]

17. I swear I had nothing to do with this. :)

[underpants]

18. Who is it? mmmmm legitimate playoff contender Who? mmmmm holding onto a distant past

who? mmmmm Land Shark!!!

[Captain Hilts]

19. Dolphins and sharks do NOT get along at all. BAD karma for the Fins. nt