{"id":286712,"date":"2026-05-27T21:52:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T21:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/286712\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T21:52:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T21:52:19","slug":"hard-rock-stadium-to-be-renamed-miami-stadium-during-world-cup-matches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/286712\/","title":{"rendered":"Hard Rock Stadium to be renamed \u2018Miami Stadium\u2019 during World Cup matches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0May 27, 2026 at 5:20 PM<\/p>\n<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Updated:\u00a0May 27, 2026 at 5:38 PM<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. \u2014 As part of agreements with FIFA, all stadiums being used for the World Cup will have to remove naming rights and certain sponsor logos before play begins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/05\/27\/hard-rock-stadium-pasara-a-llamarse-miami-stadium-durante-partidos-del-mundial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/05\/27\/hard-rock-stadium-pasara-a-llamarse-miami-stadium-durante-partidos-del-mundial\/\">Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">In South Florida, Hard Rock Stadium will be known as \u201cMiami Stadium\u201d during the tournament\u2019s seven games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">New signage was visible around the stadium Wednesday, with names such as Hard Rock and other branding removed. For the next month-plus, those areas will feature World Cup logos and FIFA tournament branding instead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The opening game at Miami Stadium is scheduled for June 15, with the seventh and final match set for July 18.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The removal of stadium naming rights and sponsor logos is meant to protect the brands and sponsors that pay tens of millions of dollars for deals with FIFA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Will Manso\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/author-service-images-sandbox-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/7335631a-6f70-4497-96.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Will Manso<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Will Manso came back home to South Florida when he joined Local 10 in March of 1999. During his time here, Will has kept busy by working in sports, news and he&#8217;s even dabbled in entertainment. He is now Local 10&#8217;s sports director and also enjoys the chance to serve as a host for special shows on Local 10. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0May 27, 2026 at 5:20 PM Updated:\u00a0May 27, 2026 at 5:38 PM MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. \u2014 As part&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":286713,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-286712","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\/286712","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=286712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}