Miami May Be Done Hosting Super Bowls — Here’s Why
Miami has hosted the Super Bowl 11 times — tied with New Orleans for the most of any city. But it probably won't be hosting another one anytime soon, and the reason is surprisingly specific.
Hard Rock Stadium no longer meets the NFL's requirements for hosting a Super Bowl. The culprit is construction. When the stadium added facilities to accommodate the Miami Open tennis tournament and the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix, that construction ate into the open space around the venue — and a Super Bowl requires significant room around the stadium for hospitality events, sponsor activations, and the general circus that surrounds the game.
Dolphins owner Stephen Ross confirmed the situation at an April 30 conference in Brickell. "Miami is not really in line for one," he said. "It's always exciting to have the Super Bowl but that was before we had all the other events."
His son-in-law Daniel Sillman, who was also there, said he believed a solution could be found — but acknowledged the hospitality space problem is real.
What This Means
Miami has been a Super Bowl staple basically forever. The weather is perfect, the infrastructure is there, and the city knows how to handle massive events. The last time it hosted was Super Bowl LIV in 2020. The next three games are already locked in — Los Angeles in 2027, Atlanta in 2028, and Las Vegas in 2029. Miami isn't in that rotation and based on what Ross is saying it's not close to getting back in.
The irony is that the events that knocked Miami out of Super Bowl contention — F1 and the Miami Open — are both massive revenue generators and have made Hard Rock Stadium one of the busiest multi-purpose sports venues in the country. Ross chose those events knowing they would likely cost the city Super Bowl bids.
"The one thing that suffered is Miami hasn't gotten a Super Bowl here, and we normally have one every five years," Ross said.
What Comes Next
Ross said he's looking at improvements to the stadium and wants to find a way to solve the hospitality space problem. Whether that means reconfiguring what was built for F1 and tennis or finding another creative solution hasn't been spelled out yet.
Until something changes Hard Rock Stadium — which sits in Miami Gardens and has been one of the NFL's most reliable Super Bowl hosts for decades — is on the outside looking in. A city that's synonymous with big game weather and big game energy is going to have to watch the Super Bowl go to Atlanta and Las Vegas while it figures out a parking lot situation.
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