Florida Marlins ballpark = overpass? (UPDATED with video)
TMC
About an hour into ABC’s broadcast of Saturday’s UM-Oklahoma game at
Land Shark Stadium, Brent Musburger waxed about the Hurricanes’ former
home, the now-demolished Orange Bowl.
ABC aired video showing where the old stadium once stood. On the site,
as you know, workers have been constructing columns that will serve as
the supports for the Florida Marlins’ $515 million retractable-roof
ballpark. The images were something like this one at left, although
much closer up. (Many, many thanks to Edward Martinez for posting the
video on YouTube -- see below).
Here’s what Musburger said (thanks to a friend with a DVR):
“Well, there’s where the old Orange Bowl stood. All those great years
and great games. Now an overpass is being built down there.”
Huh? An overpass? Could someone have clued him in?
Here’s what else he said:
“Many, many memories for a lot of folks here in South Florida and
around the country, from Doug Flutie to Kellen Winslow, Joe Namath,
you can go on and on. And here, they are in their new digs, Land Shark
Stadium, where the Dolphins play their home games.”