The Greater Miami area or South Florida is home to five major league sports teams â the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League, the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association, the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball, the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League and Inter Miami CF of Major League Soccer.
Miami is also home to the Miami Open for professional Tennis, numerous greyhound racing and horse racing tracks, Boxing, marinas, jai alai venues, and golf courses. The city streets has hosted professional auto races, the Miami Indy Challenge and later the Grand Prix Americas, whereas the Homestead-Miami Speedway oval located southwest currently hosts NASCAR national races, and the Miami International Autodrome has hosted the Grand Prix of Miami (sports car racing) or Miami Grand Prix in Formula One since 2022. In 2015, Miami hosted a one-off Formula E race. The HomesteadâÂÂMiami Speedway oval hosts NASCAR races. Miami is also home to Paso Fino horses, where competitions are held at Tropical Park Equestrian Center.
The Miami area is home to five major league sports franchises. Each of those teams are currently worth over a billion dollars in value. Currently, the Miami Heat and the Miami Marlins play their games within Miami's city limits. The Heat play their home games at the Kaseya Center in Downtown Miami. The Miami Marlins home ballpark is LoanDepot Park, located in the Little Havana section of the city on the site of the old Orange Bowl stadium. Wayne Huizenga once was the owner of all 3 South Florida Miami team franchises being the Miami Dolphins, Miami Marlins and the Florida Panthers. Huizenga was notable for introducing baseball and ice hockey to the South Florida area as the creator and initial owner of the Florida Marlins and Florida Panthers. Also, he bought the cable television channel SportsChannel Florida (now Bally Sports Florida) in 1996 to air his teams' games in the region.
The city's first entry into the American Football League was the Miami Dolphins, which competed in the fourth AFL league from 1966 to 1969. In 1970 the Dolphins joined the NFL when the AFLâÂÂNFL merger occurred. The team made its first Super Bowl appearance in Super Bowl VI, but lost to the Dallas Cowboys. The following year, the Dolphins completed the NFL's only perfect season culminating in a Super Bowl win. The 1972 Dolphins were the third NFL team to accomplish a perfect regular season, and they went on to win that year's Super Bowl VII, as well as the next year's Super Bowl VIII. Miami also appeared in Super Bowl XVII and Super Bowl XIX, losing both games. The Miami Dolphins play their games at Hard Rock Stadium in suburban Miami Gardens. They also hosted both the 1975 Pro Bowl and the 2010 Pro Bowl.
The Orange Bowl, a member of the College Football Playoff, hosts their college football bowl game annually at Hard Rock Stadium. The stadium has also hosted the Super Bowl; the Miami metro area has hosted the game a total of eleven times (six Super Bowls at the now Hard Rock Stadium, including most recently Super Bowl LIV and five at the Miami Orange Bowl), more than any other metro area but are now tied with New Orleans for hosting the most Super Bowls. It also had time for a Super Bowl LIV halftime show.
The Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association were formed in 1988 as an expansion team. They have won three league championships (in 2006, 2012 and 2013), and seven conference titles. City also hosted the 1990 NBA All Star Game.
The Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball began play in the 1993 season. They won the World Series in 1997 and 2003. From 1993 until 2011, Hard Rock Stadium also was the home field of the Marlins until their move to LoanDepot Park in 2012. The venue hosted the 2017 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
The Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League were founded in 1993 as an expansion team. They have made four appearances in the Stanley Cup Finals, losing in 1996 and 2023, and winning in 2024 and 2025. They play in nearby Sunrise at the Amerant Bank Arena.The arena also hosted the 2003 NHL All-Star Game and the 2023 National Hockey League All-Star Game. They also use to play in the old Miami Arena. In January 2026, the Florida Panthers will host a match against the New York Rangers in the 2026 NHL Winter Classic taking place at the LoanDepot Park in Miami.
Inter Miami CF of Major League Soccer was founded in 2018 as an expansion team. Through the 2025 season, Inter played at Chase Stadium, which was built on the site of the former Lockhart Stadium in Fort Lauderdale. The site, which includes a 50,000 square-foot training facility, will remain the permanent training complex for the Clubsâ teams, including its youth Academy and Inter Miami CF II. After some years of delay, construction started on Nu Stadium, a new stadium in Miami's Grapeland Heights neighborhood. On August 19, 2023, in that year's Leagues Cup final against Nashville SC, Inter Miami won its first-ever Leagues Cup title, winning 10âÂÂ9 in penalties after a 1âÂÂ1 draw. In the 2024 season, Inter Miami secured their first Supporters' Shield. The side would win a first MLS Cup title in 2025, following a 3âÂÂ1 victory against the Vancouver Whitecaps. Inter will open Freedom Park in April 2026.
Miami Metro Area holds the majority of sports arenas, stadiums and complexes in South Florida. Some of these sports facilities are:
Former venues include:
The Miami area is also host to minor league sports teams, including:
Greater Miami is home to many college sports teams with football and basketball having preeminent status. The most prominent are the University of Miami Hurricanes, whose football team plays at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens and whose men's and women's basketball teams play at Watsco Center on the University of Miami's campus in Coral Gables. The Hurricanes compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), one of the Power Four conferences within NCAA Division I, the highest level of collegiate athletics. Two other area programs also compete in Division I, though in the so-called Group of Six conferences. The Florida Atlantic University Owls football team plays at Flagler Credit Union Stadium, and its men's basketball team plays at Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena in Boca Raton. The Florida International University Panthers football team plays at Pitbull Stadium, and its basketball team plays at Ocean Bank Convocation Center in University Park. The University of Miami's football team has won five NCAA National Championships since 1983 and its baseball team has won four national championships since 1982. Other collegiate sports programs in the metropolitan area include two NCAA Division II membersâÂÂthe Nova Southeastern Sharks of Nova Southeastern University in Davie and the Barry Buccaneers of Barry University in Miami Shores.
A number of defunct teams were located in Miami, including:
The Miami Fusion, a defunct Major League Soccer team, played at Lockhart Stadium in nearby Broward County. The Miami Kickers, a Women's Premier Soccer League, played at American Heritage School in Plantation, Broward County.
In 1946, the Miami Seahawks played in the All-America Football Conference for one season, 1946, and then folded.
In 1996, Miami acquired the AFL team the Sacramento Attack, which was renamed as the Miami Hooters (due to its association with the Florida-based Hooters restaurant chain), and it played from 1993 to 1995. In 1996, the association with the chain was completed, and the team moved to West Palm Beach and renamed as the Florida Bobcats.
Miami has hosted numerous boxing matches including high profile bouts at the Hard Rock Stadium.
Miami has hosted high profile Mixed Martial Arts bouts at the Kaseya Center including the following notable bouts:
Miami has hosted well known high profile wrestling event bouts by WWE, WWE SmackDown, SmackDown (WWE brand), WWE Raw, Raw (WWE brand), WWE ECW, ECW (WWE brand), World Championship Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling, All Elite Wrestling, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, National Wrestling Alliance, Ring of Honor Wrestling, & Ring of Honor.
Miami hosted a duel match of El Clásico between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid CF for the 2017 International Champions Cup on 29 July 2017 at the Hard Rock Stadium.
Miami hosted 2024 Copa América matches including the Final at the Hard Rock Stadium.
Miami hosted some matches of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup including ones with Inter Miami CF vs Al Ahly SC and SE Palmeiras at the Hard Rock Stadium.
Miami will be one of eleven US host cities for the 2026 FIFA World Cup with matches set to be played at Hard Rock Stadium.
They also have license plates in florida for teams sports in miami which includes:
There are other sport events that take place in South Florida or Miami includes:
Miami also has many radios, networks and podcasts that speak or talk about their sports and team club franchises.
There are also movies, films, documentaries, and television shows about the sports teams of Miami that includes: