Editing Joe Robbie (section)

==Professional sports==
After moving to Minneapolis, Robbie took an interest in [[Professional football (gridiron)|professional football]] and became a [[Minnesota Vikings]] [[season ticket]] holder.<ref name="pbp">{{cite news |last1=George |first1=Dave |date=September 5, 2015 |title=Joe Robbie's political, Hollywood ties helped secure Dolphins franchise |url=http://www.palmbeachpost.com/sports/football/joe-robbie-political-hollywood-ties-helped-secure-dolphins-franchise/VmgWfUnChyfRqItNbzdN9O/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821002104/https://www.palmbeachpost.com/sports/football/joe-robbie-political-hollywood-ties-helped-secure-dolphins-franchise/VmgWfUnChyfRqItNbzdN9O/ |archive-date=2017-08-21 |access-date=August 20, 2017 |work=[[Palm Beach Post]]}}</ref>

In March 1965, [[Joe Foss]], the commissioner of the [[American Football League]], met with Robbie in [[Washington, D.C.]] Foss had attended the University of South Dakota, later serving in the Marine Corps and being awarded the Medal of Honor.

At the meeting, Foss recommended that Robbie look into [[Miami]] as a potential site for an [[expansion franchise]]. Robbie formed a partnership with comedian [[Danny Thomas]], a fellow [[Lebanese-American]], and raised the $7.5 million required to purchase an expansion team.<ref name=lynch />

The Dolphins' stadium was officially called [[Hard Rock Stadium|Joe Robbie Stadium]] from its opening in 1987 until 1996. It has undergone a series of [[Hard Rock Stadium#Naming rights|name changes]] since, and it is currently known as [[Hard Rock Stadium]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tribune |first=Chicago Tribune {{!}} Chicago |date=1989-01-22 |title=ROBBIE`S BRAINCHILD NOW STANDS AS HIS MONUMENT |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1989/01/22/robbies-brainchild-now-stands-as-his-monument/ |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=Chicago Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref>

Robbie had a small part playing himself in the film ''[[Black Sunday (1977 film)|Black Sunday]]'', in which he is interviewed about security for [[Super Bowl X]] (1976).<ref>{{cite web|author=Movieclips|via=YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZnhCcj4sXg&t=0m35s|title=Black Sunday (5/8) Movie CLIP - What Exactly Is This Super Bowl? (1977) HD|date=May 2, 2012|access-date=January 3, 2017}}</ref>

Robbie also owned the [[Miami Toros]] and the [[Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1977–83)|Fort Lauderdale Strikers]] (later the [[Minnesota Strikers]]) [[soccer]] teams of the [[North American Soccer League (1968–1984)|North American Soccer League]]. Joe Robbie Stadium was one of the first major stadiums in the U.S. designed with soccer in mind., and was also designed to be easily reconfigured for baseball.

Robbie also believed that given Miami's rapid growth, it was a foregone conclusion that Miami would have a [[Major League Baseball]] team: this was proven correct when the city was granted a franchise, the Florida Marlins (now the [[Miami Marlins]]), in 1990, two months after Robbie's death.