Now that we know which teams will be playing in the big game, we at RC thought it would be fun to take a closer look at the roof the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs will be playing under in Super Bowl LIV. Here’s what we learned about the roof above Hard Rock Stadium in Miami.
When it was first constructed in 1987, Joe Robbie Stadium — as it was then called — had no roof. Built primarily for football in the fall, the roughly 75,000-capacity stadium has hosted some of the most exciting games in professional and collegiate sports. Yet after Major League Baseball expanded in 1993 and the Florida Marlins moved in, fans were subjected to South Florida’s oppressive summer heat.