Miami Marine Stadium

The Miami Marine Stadium is distinguished by a dramatic, three hundred twenty-six foot long cantilevered roof made of folded concrete plates that sweep out over the grandstand. Opened in nineteen sixty-three on Virginia Key, it was the first venue in the United States built specifically for powerboat racing. Designed by twenty-eight-year-old Cuban immigrant Hilario Candela, the stadium features a dredged water basin that served as the racecourse, allowing spectators to watch high-speed hydroplanes from the shore.