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Updates Announced For Proposed Miami Grand Prix
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The proposed Formula One Miami Grand Prix, which would take place in 2021 and feature F1 cars navigating a custom-built track around the Hard Rock Stadium for the first time in history, is one step closer to reality.
Last week, Miami-Dade County Commissioners tied in a 6-6 vote, which means the approval of both the city of Miami Gardens, as well as the county, will not be required to go forward with the event.
Officials from the Miami Dolphins, the owners of the Stadium, will proceed with the Miami Grand Prix plans.
“We are happy that the commissioners reaffirmed again that the Hard Rock Stadium entertainment complex is a regional facility that exists to benefit all of Miami-Dade County. We are glad to put this long-delayed vote behind us so we can begin to make the multi-million dollar private investment required to bring a race here, and have positive and productive conversations with local leadership about the many benefits that a global event of this nature brings,” Miami Dolphins and Hard Rock Stadium Vice Chairman and CEO Tom Garfinkel said in a written statement.
The news comes after Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos A Gimenez and Miami GP officials announced plans to accommodate the concerns of local residents, including the removal of a section of the track that was planned on the public road at NW 199th Street. Racing will also not be held during school hours, nor will it take place at night.
Additionally, an acoustical impact study ensures the maximum sound levels inside the nearest homes would be below 76 decibels, “well below the level of other events held at the stadium such as concerts—including the recent SuperFest Miami—with the implementation of recommended sound mitigation strategies,” according to Gimenez.
The Miami GP still faces a legal hurdle as a group of local residents, led by Miami Gardens commissioner Barbara Jordan, have filed a lawsuit against the Miami Dolphins and the Hard Rock Stadium to block the race.
If the race does happen, it would be the first F1 race in Florida since visiting Sebring in 1959.
For more information, visit formula1.com.
Image courtesy of F1
Last week, Miami-Dade County Commissioners tied in a 6-6 vote, which means the approval of both the city of Miami Gardens, as well as the county, will not be required to go forward with the event.
Officials from the Miami Dolphins, the owners of the Stadium, will proceed with the Miami Grand Prix plans.
“We are happy that the commissioners reaffirmed again that the Hard Rock Stadium entertainment complex is a regional facility that exists to benefit all of Miami-Dade County. We are glad to put this long-delayed vote behind us so we can begin to make the multi-million dollar private investment required to bring a race here, and have positive and productive conversations with local leadership about the many benefits that a global event of this nature brings,” Miami Dolphins and Hard Rock Stadium Vice Chairman and CEO Tom Garfinkel said in a written statement.
The news comes after Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos A Gimenez and Miami GP officials announced plans to accommodate the concerns of local residents, including the removal of a section of the track that was planned on the public road at NW 199th Street. Racing will also not be held during school hours, nor will it take place at night.
Additionally, an acoustical impact study ensures the maximum sound levels inside the nearest homes would be below 76 decibels, “well below the level of other events held at the stadium such as concerts—including the recent SuperFest Miami—with the implementation of recommended sound mitigation strategies,” according to Gimenez.
The Miami GP still faces a legal hurdle as a group of local residents, led by Miami Gardens commissioner Barbara Jordan, have filed a lawsuit against the Miami Dolphins and the Hard Rock Stadium to block the race.
If the race does happen, it would be the first F1 race in Florida since visiting Sebring in 1959.
For more information, visit formula1.com.
Image courtesy of F1
