Sports and Recreation in Miami New Times
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If you’re into kicking balls around (in the literal sense) – you can get your kicks at Overtown’s Downtown Soccer. They offer six-on-six games on soft synthetic turf, a laid back vibe and organized tourneys. Plus pick up games and a soccer academy, to boot. It’s your best bet aside from moving to Europe and […]
Miami has some magnificent parks. And little known to most citizens, the parks and rec department showcases their amazing assets via an Eco-Adventures program. For reasonable fees, they offer some awesome options, including Redland bike tours, snorkeling at Crandon Park, moonlight kayaking in Key Biscayne, Everglades camping and swamp field trips to Fakahatchee Strand State […]
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Knocking balls around is an immensely satisfying way to de-stress, and it’s all that much better when you aren’t battling the masses for court space. Enter Miami Beach’s Fairway Tennis Park. Hidden in Normandy Shores, far from the madding crowd, these courts are clean, hard and well-kept. And did we mention, free? So you can […]
If you thought that whole trapeze thing was only for circus performers, you were so wrong. At the Flying Trapeze School in Bayfront Park, you can soar through the skies like the best of the carnies. This unique academy of sorts offers lessons for fliers of all levels – and with your double line safety […]
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Land may be scarce in Miami proper, but head towards Homestead and there’s all kinds of acreage to get your ballin’ on. At La Ley Sports Complex, they’ve got 90+ acres, a baseball stadium that seats 6,500 fans – plus 8 additional fields. There are practice fields, batting cages, clubhouses, laundry and whirlpool facilities – […]
Many people are surprised to discover South Florida has a race track. Understandably so. We might be South, but we’re not exactly Southern – and there’s nothing more Southern than Nascar. The Homestead-Miami Speedway is a whopping 640-acre facility that’s active more than 280 days a year. They host the annual NASCAR Championship Races during […]