Brazilian financial services company Nu,<\/a> which will have the naming rights for\u00a0the team’s\u00a0new stadium located in Miami Freedom Park.<\/p>\nFor many fans, it\u2019s a moment they\u2019ve been waiting years for, and the wait is finally over after years of planning, building and anticipation.<\/p>\n
“This is a stadium that was born out of a dream six years ago,” said Jorge Mas, Inter Miami managing owner. “We didn\u2019t have a club for us its important, and it was always our dream to build a special football stadium.”<\/p>\n
Built just steps from Miami International Airport, the 26,700-seat venue is expected to be packed as fans pour in for the historic opener.<\/p>\n
“Hopefully, this will be the home where we lift a significant amount of trophies, as you know, that\u2019s what we aspire to, we want to win,” Mas said.<\/p>\n
In the days leading up, season ticket holders got a sneak peek and were able to check out the 11,000 square foot team store, walk the concourse and take in that first view of the pitch.<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s finally here in Miami, you know, it was a haul to get to Fort Lauderdale, at the end, it\u2019s finally here, and we\u2019re super excited,” William Drew said.<\/p>\n
“I\u2019m telling you, everyone is gonna love this stadium, it\u2019s impressive, honestly, it\u2019s one of the best stadiums in the league,” Gabriel Gratzer said.<\/p>\n
And tonight, all eyes will be on one player, team captain Lionel Messi.<\/p>\n
The stadium even features a section named after him, something that is rarely seen for an active player, but a sign of just how much he\u2019s meant to this team and this city.<\/p>\n
Behind the scenes, crews have been working around the clock, putting on final touches, and when the gates open, it\u2019s expected to be a loud, electric, and emotional opening night.<\/p>\n
Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It’s a big moment for South Florida soccer on Saturday as Inter Miami is set to play its…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":218898,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[10073,123,125,124],"class_list":["post-218897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-inter-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218897","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=218897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}