Dolphins VIP parking
The renovation of Dolphin Stadium has created another perk for the well-heeled: VIP Parking.
The stadium has added 48 new parking spots that if they were any closer would be inside the stadium. They are located by new club level entrances on the venue’s north and south sides and are being sold first to suite and club seat members and then to season ticket holders. Last year some spots were added at Gate E on the stadium’s east side.
They are sold on a season basis for $250 a game, which includes the prime spot and a sign identifying the buyer or his or her business. That’s $2,250 for the nine regular season and exhibition games this season. You’ll see them if you are attending today’s Dolphins-Oakland Raiders game and enter on the stadium’s north or south sides.
Dolphins Enterprises spokesman George Torres said the spots were created after surveys showed fans wanted parking spots close to the building, and that they are selling well. Although there’s no special access for exiting the lot after the game, Torres said, fans wanted the spots for “the convenience of knowing it’s yours, it has your name or your company’s name. That’s your spot. If you’re running late, you know you always have a spot.”
CRAIG DAVIS In more than 33 years at the Sun Sentinel, Craig Davis has written about a wide variety of sports topics from baseball to yachting, fishing to triathlons, and also worked as a copy editor and page designer. Recently he reported on local sports, including running, swimming, cycling, equestrian and beach volleyball. He enjoys sports as a participant as well as a spectator, is active in the South Florida running scene plays in the curling club at Saveology Iceplex. This blog offers a glimpse at the business side of sports in the interest of enhancing enjoyment of the games and sporting options as a spectator as well as a participant.
