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Orange Bowl hotel options
Dec 5, 2022, 8:34 AM
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I’ve never been to Miami and am considering attending the Orange Bowl. How safe is the area around the stadium? Any recommendations of hotels or areas to stay/avoid?
Thanks in advance!
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A better one
Dec 5, 2022, 9:20 AM
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not safe. ..
Dec 5, 2022, 8:40 AM
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but.. Miami is a big place, you'll find plenty of places within a 15-20 min drive.
The last time i stayed in small hotel right on the beach..
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Re: not safe. ..
Dec 5, 2022, 11:43 AM
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Miami Beach - 15-20 minutes from the stadium? more like 45-1 hour on game day... and getting out is worse...
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Hard Rock Hollywood. Boutique hotel on the beach. // end.***
Dec 5, 2022, 8:43 AM
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Re: Orange Bowl hotel options
Dec 5, 2022, 8:46 AM
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Miami Gardens is actually near Ft. Lauderdale/Plantation area. So you can look around Ft. Lauderdale actually. Look at the map and see where Miami Gardens is, and then you can find hotels. We stayed in a Holiday Inn Experss in Plantation about 15 minutes from the stadium, but there were a lot of lights on the main road to the stadium. I think there are some Marriott properties like a Courtyard kind of near there too.
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Re: Orange Bowl hotel options
Dec 5, 2022, 8:55 AM
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The stadium is a million miles from downtown Miami and the traffic is a real nightmare.
Consider staying closer. Maybe Lauderdale,
The weather will likely be great but that’s the only thing about Florida that is a positive. To me!
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Re: Orange Bowl hotel options
Dec 5, 2022, 11:34 AM
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Don't count on the weather to be warm at night. Many people have made that
mistake at the OB.
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Re: Orange Bowl hotel options
Dec 5, 2022, 8:57 AM
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We lived in the area just north of the stadium and I worked in Miami twice for a total of 10 years but we haven’t lived there since 2003. The advice I was given when we moved there was to stay west of University Drive and as far north as you feel comfortable driving. I think that probably still applies. We are trying to decide if we are going and if we do we will stay in the Weston area. That is where we lived and we are familiar with it and it is about 20 minutes from the stadium with normal traffic. When I searched properties my choice would have been the Vacation Village at Weston. It is near or on the Bonaventure Golf course and I was pretty surprised at how reasonable their rates are. There are plenty of restaurants in the Westin area and around the Sawgrass Mills mall.
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Re: Orange Bowl hotel options
Dec 5, 2022, 9:29 AM
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We’re staying in a condo next to the Hollywood Beach Boardwalk. Maybe a 30 min drive to the stadium.
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Re: Orange Bowl hotel options
Dec 5, 2022, 9:37 AM
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On game day that 30 minute drive may be something else! It’s like being in the middle of the pack at Daytona race track.
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Re: Orange Bowl hotel options
Dec 5, 2022, 9:30 AM
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Do not stay near the stadium. We prefer to stay on Miami Beach. It's a nice area with lots of nightlife and great hotels.
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Drive 10 miles east and stay on the beach***
Dec 5, 2022, 9:41 AM
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Re: Orange Bowl hotel options
Dec 5, 2022, 11:40 AM
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Stay in Lauderdale on the water... easier to get to the stadium and more to do at night... beach is right there... take a drive to Miami Beach and see it but not worth staying there...
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Re: Orange Bowl hotel options
Dec 5, 2022, 11:43 AM
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And if you are flying, the Ft Lauderdale airport is MUCH easier to navigate than the Miami airport. Miami might have more options but the traffic around that airport is a nightmare.
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Stay at Embassy Suites in Boca. Add in OB Coaches Lunch…
Dec 5, 2022, 11:43 AM
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…at Parrot Island. Nice lunch and event with the Teams & Players.
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