Miami Dolphins pre-home opener pep rallies start today
The Dolphins are hosting four pep rallies across South Florida to get fans excited about the team’s Monday Night home opener against the Indianapolis Colts on Sept. 21 at Land Shark Stadium. The first is at 5:30 p.m. today at Bongos Cuban Café, 601 Biscayne Blvd., Miami.
The team is calling the pep rallies, which will feature Dolphins alumni, cheerleaders, ticket giveaways, interactive games and music, the “Countdown To Kickoff, Ride The Aqua & Orange Wave.”
The one today is being held in partnership with new Dolphins limited partners Gloria and Emilio Estefan. The second one will be held Saturday at 6 p.m. at CityPlace, a development built by Dolphins owner Steve Ross’ Related Companies.
On Wednesday, Jim Mandich’s Ziggie & Mad Dog’s at 83000 Overseas Hwy, Islamorada, plays host starting at 5 p.m. And then on Friday, Sept. 18, the party moves to Huizenga Plaza in downtown Fort Lauderdale, where Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jack Seiler is scheduled to proclaim the day “Aqua and Orange Day.”
The team is also encouraging fans to turn Fridays aqua and orange, by wearing and decorating their offices and buildings in the team’s colors.
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.
