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On August 14, 2015, the Dolphins told the Miami Herald that Sun Life's deal would expire in January 2016, and that the team had no plans to renew, wanting to position its renovated stadium as a brand new entity. The team also stated that it would remove Sun Life's signage upon expiration of the deal, regardless of its ability to find a replacement sponsor before then. Since 2018, the stadium has hosted the large hip-hop music festival Rolling Loud. The festival will be held for its fourth consecutive year at the stadium from July 22 to July 24, 2022, and will feature headliners including Ye, Future, and Kendrick Lamar.
The stadium has been the site of the Orange Bowl game since 1996, except for the January 1999 contest between Florida and Syracuse, which had to be moved due to a conflict with a Dolphins playoff game. Between 1990 and 2000, the stadium hosted a bowl game variously known as the Blockbuster Bowl, CarQuest Bowl and MicronPC Bowl. After 2000, that bowl was moved to Orlando, where it eventually became known as the Russell Athletic Bowl. The stadium has played host to six Super Bowls , and also hosted the 2010 Pro Bowl. The Dolphins could potentially be slotted as the fifth seed in the AFC with a win, and the Patriots could fall to the second seed if New England loses. Furthermore, these two teams could find themselves against each other again in the near future depending on how the playoffs unfold in the AFC.
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The Buffalo Bills received a unanimous vote of approval to play a series of regular and preseason games at Rogers Centre in Toronto from 2008 to 2017. This was separate from the regular International Series as arrangements are made by the team as opposed to the league as with the International Series. The Bills' Toronto Series was mutually terminated after the 2013 contest. The games have been popular, with tickets selling out in two days, nine months in advance. According to the NFL, only 3% of those attending the London games are Americans or American expatriates, while 22% are from London and 60% from elsewhere in Britain.
On September 5, 2014, two months after a heavy defeat to Germany in the World Cup, Brazil beat Colombia 1–0 in front of an announced attendance of 73,429 fans, a new attendance record for a soccer match at the stadium. A number of soccer matches have been held at the stadium, including a number of international friendlies featuring Central or South American sides. This is due to South Florida being home to one of the largest populations of Central and South Americans in the United States. The stadium was the venue where Mark McGwire hit his NL-record 57th home run to best Hack Wilson's 68-year-old record of 56 in 1998. All those series have been played when the stadium went by the name Pro Player Stadium.
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After Huizenga bought part of the stadium, it was extensively renovated to accommodate a baseball team at the cost of several million dollars, as part of his successful bid to bring baseball to South Florida. However, Robbie had foreseen Miami would be a likely location for a new or relocated MLB team, and the stadium was designed to make any necessary renovations for baseball as seamless as possible. On January 24, 1994, soon after buying the Dolphins, Huizenga acquired the remaining 50% of the stadium to give him 100% ownership. In addition, the stadium hosts the Orange Bowl, an annual college football bowl game, and the Miami Open tennis tournament.
For the first time in nine seasons, the Chargers will be without Pro Bowl free safety Eric Weddle, who signed a deal with the Baltimore Ravens. Look for Joey Bosa to play an imposing role in the Chargers defense, pressuring Ryan Tannehill at every turn. If the Dolphins are going to seriously contend in the AFC in 2016; a win at Qualcomm Stadium would be huge. In 2016, the Oakland Raiders hosted the Houston Texans on November 21 at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, at the first International Series game played in Mexico. Previously, the Houston Texans and Pittsburgh Steelers had expressed interest in playing a game at Estadio Azteca (or possibly Estadio Olímpico Universitario) in Mexico City, although Houston was not prepared to give up a home date.
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The topic of a 2020 preseason game in China was discussed in the 2019 owners' meetings, but no news came out of those meetings. Other events held at the stadium have included international soccer games, Hoop-It-Up Basketball, RV and boat shows, the UniverSoul Circus, numerous trade shows, and religious gatherings. The stadium has also hosted Australian rules football exhibition matches (including two Victorian Football League post-season exhibitions). For the 1988 exhibition between Collingwood and Geelong, the game was played on the diagonal to compensate for the stadium not being an oval. A privately funded $350 million stadium renovation project began in January 2015, after the 2014 Orange Bowl.
Owner Ross expressed interest in New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton; however, on January 6, Payton announced he would remain in New Orleans for another season. In February 2022, the NFL announced a four-year agreement to expand the NFL International Series to Germany with games to be split between the Allianz Arena in Munich and the Waldstadion in Frankfurt. The 2016 game between the Redskins and Bengals was the first International Series game to go into overtime, the first to end as a tie, and had at the time the highest attendance of all International Series games . Prior to 2004, the San Diego Padres had shared Qualcomm Stadium with the NFL's San Diego Chargers. The Padres moved into their current home, Petco Park, in time for the 2004 season.
"We played pretty much great the whole day," Rams defensive end Robert Quinn said. "We kept fighting, but those last 6 minutes, I think it's going to haunt us." DeVante Parker caught a 9-yard touchdown pass with 36 seconds to play, and the surging Dolphins rallied for two late scores to spoil Goff's big day with a victory Sunday.
For 2016, the Indianapolis Colts volunteered to play a game the week after their London game, preferring to have their bye week later in the season. The Colts playing the week after London was also done by the NFL as a test to see team fatigue for evaluation of an eventual London franchise. For 2017, three teams playing in London , would have games immediately following their International Series game. In all three cases, the teams playing after their International Series game are based on the East Coast of the United States and will either be home or (in the Jaguars' case) playing in East Rutherford, New Jersey. In 2018 and 2019 all teams once again received their bye immediately following their international game, including the teams who played in Mexico. While Joe Robbie Stadium was built primarily for football, it was also designed to easily accommodate baseball and soccer.
Guadalajara on August 3, 2011, as part of the 2011 World Football Challenge. In 2021, the team opened the Baptist Health Training Complex at the west side of the Stadium complex. The Dolphins permanently moved to the state-of-the art facility that hosts the team headquarters, and is also a World Cup practice facility site. In 2010, the NFL threatened to take the stadium out of further consideration for a Super Bowl or Pro Bowl unless significant renovations were made. One of the upgrades desired was a roof to protect fans from the elements.
The 2016 Miami Dolphins season was the franchise's 47th season in the National Football League, the 51st overall and the first under head coach Adam Gase. The season saw the Dolphins trying to improve upon their 6–10 record from 2015. After a lackluster 1–4 start, the Dolphins would claim six straight wins, and finish the season on a 9–2 run. This made Gase the Dolphins' first rookie coach since Tony Sparano to end a year-long playoff drought and also lead them to a winning record of at least 10 wins. They were also the first AFC East team, other than the New England Patriots, to qualify for the postseason since the 2010 New York Jets.
Coming off an atrocious 5-11 season, Joe Flacco and the Ravens are coming into 2016 looking to return to the AFC’s upper echelon. This includes two losses last season, one of which was a catastrophic loss at home. This game will have special meaning for defensive end Mario Williams, who was released by the Bills after a tough 2015 season where he only registered five sacks.
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