{"id":219214,"date":"2026-04-05T02:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T02:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/219214\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T02:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T02:56:08","slug":"inter-miami-fans-celebrate-long-awaited-stadium-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/219214\/","title":{"rendered":"Inter Miami fans celebrate long-awaited stadium opening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAMI \u2014 Nu Stadium is finally open, and fans are ready to kick off a new era.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cAmazing stadium. I can\u2019t wait to see what\u2019s to come,\u201d said Sebastian Munoz, an Inter Miami fan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Inter Miami CF fans have been waiting years to be a part of this moment &#8212; and now, the team finally has a place to call home turf.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">In the fan zone, supporters are getting others hyped and game-ready after a long build-up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWe just love the team. So we\u2019re giving out team calendars, encouraging everyone to come out and see the games,\u201d said Christian Benavides.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re privileged to have been able to be along the journey and see the team grow, both before and after the arrival of Messi. It\u2019s been nothing but incredible,\u201d said Vincenzo Hid Arida.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Fans are even traveling from out of town to be part of the experience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m really excited to see Stuver, the goalie. Oscar &#8212; who else are we excited for? Messi,\u201d said Jeremy Landa, an Austin FC fan. \u201cClearly they are ready for Miami.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Construction is still ongoing around the stadium, but that\u2019s not a concern for fans who have waited a long time to see this become reality.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Another plus for fans &#8212; the drive to see their favorite soccer team won\u2019t be as long.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWhat\u2019s good about it being so close &#8212; even if you\u2019re not at the game, you\u2019re downtown. The environment is still there. People are wanting to watch the game and go out. Being close is nice,\u201d said David Merced.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI \u2014 Nu Stadium is finally open, and fans are ready to kick off a new era. \u201cAmazing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":219215,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-219214","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\/219214","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=219214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}