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Public park in Miami, Florida, United States
Tamiami Park
is a public
urban park
in
metropolitan
Miami
, just south of the
Modesto Maidique campus
of
Florida International University
.
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The park was built in the late 1960s on the site of the former
Tamiami Airport
, which was rebuilt as a larger airport south in
Kendall
. Growth of the surrounding area and the nearby flight path for
Miami International Airport
forced the relocation of the municipal airport.
The
Fair Expo Center
, site of the Miami-Dade County Fair & Exposition, is located on the eastern side of the park. A swimming pool was built in the mid-1970s equipped with state-of-the-art solar panels to heat the water.
Pope John Paul II
held an open-air
mass
for 150,000 people in September 1987.
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Tamiami Stadium
(sometimes called Tamiami Field)
was located in the park until 1995, when
FIU Stadium
was built on the south end of the campus. The
Miami Toros
of the
North American Soccer League
played there during the 1976 season. The Toros also used the field for one playoff game in 1974.
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Auto racing
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A
CART series
race was held at the facility from 1985 to 1988. (See
Grand Prix of Miami
).
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