Anybody remember the Miami Beach outdoor concerts in the late 60's and 70's?
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I remember going to the old miami baseball stadium and seeing Led Zeppelin and also the eagles and jimmy buffet. I lived in west broward we use to go th the sportatorium for concerts all the time in 70s and 80s
Yes Miami baseball stadium, Miami Jai Lai, gulf stream race track, sportstorium, sunrise musical theatre. Pirates World. Been to them all. Great music festival happening right now 72nd Collins I went yesterday going again today
I absolutely loved Miami Jai-alai in the 70's and 80's. In it's heyday, you couldn't even get a seat on a Friday or Saturday night if you didn't have a reservation or get there early enough. The skill those players possessed was under appreciated. Good Times!
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Jai Alai was fun but completely fixed. I had a friend who was a Spanish priest from Madrid and he was friends with many of the Basque players. We always sat in the front row and when the players marched out one would yell in Spanish, "Father Esteban, bet on me. Nobody had any money back then but we always won at Miami Jai Alai.
Those were outdoor on the lawn in front of the convention center
I used to go all the time in the 70’s
Caught Jeff Beck Wired tour there. Lets not forget the Gusman Hall downtown Miami back then which had nearly perfect acoustics. Miami Jai Lai had the comfortable red velvet seats. I got busted seeing the Greetings from Asbury Park Springsteen Tour there and well then I ended up doing 6 in the Navy. LOL true
Miami Baseball Stadium I swear I was there every other week for a concert or music all day festival.
Pirates World in Dania. Saw so many amazing concerts there.
I got to hear Jimi at Pirates World. My brother was going to the concert and our Mom told him if he wanted to go that he had to bring me along. He saw the concert while I went on rides and played.
You went on the Steeplchase ? LOL remember the rumors that their were snakes beneath the horses so don't fall off? LOL LOL
The rumor when we were young is that a girl got bit and killed by a Coral snake while riding that Steeplechase ride. It never stopped us from riding it.
Exactly! Too funny. You couldn't have a ride like that these days. I don't even think the waist belts worked!
Pirates World: Lost Attraction With Thousands of Fans
Pirates' World was a small theme park located on Sheridan St in Dania east of US 1 south of Ft. Lauderdale.
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The Wild Mouse ride is what scared me the first couple of times on it. That thing seemed like it was going to go off the tracks on the corners.
How about all you serious Blues aficionados, walking out to the patio at the student union and seeing Lightin' Hopkins playing acoustic guitar, or Miles Davis in the evening one night on the patio. MILES DAVIS! It was amazing.
Was there!!! Played Bitches Brew album. All members of his group were all stars. Wayne Shorter John McLaughlin Jack DeJohnette Chick Correa. Maybe the best concert I ever attended.
Jai alai even back in the late 60’s early 70’s ( Romo and Juaristi, later Joey ) and old Miami stadium and the original Marlins ( Woody Smith 3b , Satchal Paige P ) the old AAA International League with teams from Havana to Montreal
Miles Davis was great. Younger people don't have an appreciation for the Jazz greats. Sad really.
Stop lying. You saw the concert and was smoking that shzt like the rest of us.
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Surprised that no one has mentioned our former home, The Orange Bowl. Saw the Rolling Stones there on what was supposed to be their last tour back in 1989. There was also an all day rock festival that I went to alone in 1982 that featured Pat Travers, Foriegner, UFO, Bryan Adams and a few more. Ozzy was supposed to be there but Randy Rhoads died not long before the concert, forcing Ozzy to cancel.
Jai alai was awesome … they had an amateur jai alai venue right off 151 and biscayne that I played at for years … got pretty good at it .. grew up watching Joey , Michelana, Benny , and many others
That's awesome you played it. I was a good tennis player back in the 70's and 80's. There was a fronton close to where I grew up next to the Bowl-O-Mat on US1 and 136th St. I tried it but was not very good.
Joey was a Super Star of the Sport back in the day. I loved watching him play.
It was definitely fixed, but you never knew if the "fix" benefited you!
