{"id":217828,"date":"2026-04-03T19:15:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T19:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/217828\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T19:15:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T19:15:20","slug":"nu-stadium-waits-on-temporary-occupancy-for-inter-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/217828\/","title":{"rendered":"Nu Stadium waits on temporary occupancy for Inter Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MIA_2026-04-02AD2052MiamiFreedomParkNuStadium.JPG\"   width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" title=\"The Inter Miami CF team practices for the first time at Miami Freedom Park Nu Stadium on Thursday, April 2, 2026. Nu Stadium is scheduled to open Saturday, April 4, 2026. \" alt=\"The Inter Miami CF team practices for the first time at Miami Freedom Park Nu Stadium at Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, on Thursday, April 2, 2026. Nu Stadium is scheduled to open April 4, 2026. \"\/><\/p>\n<p>        The Inter Miami CF team practices for the first time at Miami Freedom Park Nu Stadium on Thursday, April 2, 2026. Nu Stadium is scheduled to open Saturday, April 4, 2026. <\/p>\n<p>                PHOTO BY AL DIAZ<\/p>\n<p>             adiaz@miamiherald.com<\/p>\n<p>As more than 20,000 fans plan to descend on Inter Miami\u2019s Nu Stadium for the grand opening Saturday, the city has still not issued a temporary certificate of occupancy for the site.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe City is working diligently with the representatives of Nu Stadium to issue the TCO by April 4th\u2019s inaugural game,\u201d city of Miami spokeswoman Helena Poleo said in a statement to the Miami Herald on Thursday. Poleo confirmed again on Friday morning that \u201cthe TCO is not ready.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A temporary certificate of occupancy <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miami.gov\/Permits-Construction\/Remodeling-and-Construction\/Get-a-Temporary-Certificate-of-Occupancy-TCO-or-Completion-TCC\">grants permission<\/a> to occupy a building before a formal occupancy certificate is issued. Poleo said if the TCO is not issued in time for Saturday\u2019s game, there is an option to \u201cproceed under a limited event permit, which is limited to that day, with specific hours, restrictions, and additional precautions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During an interview last month, Assistant City Manager Asael Marrero said that to get the temporary certificate of occupancy, the developer has to \u201cmeet all of the life-safety and egress requirements\u201d for the areas they\u2019ll be occupying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo whatever areas they\u2019re going to have access to by the public, all of those areas will need to meet all of the code requirements,\u201d Marrero said.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, season-ticket holders <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/sports\/mls\/inter-miami\/article315272206.html\">attended a special event<\/a> at Nu Stadium that included a sneak-peek of the new Inter Miami home and an open training session by the team. It\u2019s unclear how that event squared with occupancy rules.<\/p>\n<p>During an interview Wednesday, the Herald asked Miami Mayor Eileen Higgins if she was confident the stadium would open on Saturday as planned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will open it if it is safe,\u201d Higgins said. \u201cAnd I hope to be riding the Metrorail there to see the first game on Saturday night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>        Follow More of Our Reporting on  City of Miami<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/profile\/263594128\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775243720_246_Newsroom_Headshots_MJO_30 (1).jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Tess Riski\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>            Tess Riski covers Miami City Hall. She joined the Miami Herald in 2022 and has covered local politics throughout Miami-Dade County. She is a graduate of Columbia Journalism School\u2019s Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Inter Miami CF team practices for the first time at Miami Freedom Park Nu Stadium on Thursday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-217828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}