Good bye Sunlife, Landshark, Joe Robbie, Pro Player and maybe a couple of other naming rights deals I missed.

I went to the second last game the Florida Marlins will play in their former home field in Miami Gardens.  There was a rain delay, it was warm, the field looked like there had been a football game a few hours ago and yet I view with some trepidation the new stadium. 

Honestly there has always been something missing at JR, PP, LS and lately Sunlife Stadium.

Even though the stadium has hosted several World Series Games, College National Championships in football and more Superbowls than I can remember and the place has been around for a while, it is not a place that generates a lot of excitement even though there have been exciting games there.

I hope the new Marlin Stadium is comfortable, easy to attend, but most importantly I hope it can generate some excitement and make it a venue people will want to go to. 

Too often JR, PP, and Sunlife have been a place where it is an easy ticket but even worse a place better appreciated on TV rather than in person.

The old Orange Bowl at the end was a crappy, dirty place.  It wasn't a place for the faint hearted, but it was a place where the Hurricanes won football championships, set records for winning streaks and was the home of the Miami Dolphins when they were perfect at best and always seemed to compete in the Shula years.

Whether you like it or not I think the place that has been razed for the ritzy and those who will only attend events that are air conditioned may be even more sterile than the Sunlife Stadium.

Let's hope fans will be more concerned about what happens on the field, than the view of the skyline.

And I haven't even mentioned who is really paying for this public works project.