Editing Miami Fusion (section)

==Stadium==
{{main|Lockhart Stadium}}
[[Image:2008-0424-FL-LockhartStadium.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Lockhart Stadium]]
The Fusion played their home games at Fort Lauderdale's [[Lockhart Stadium]]. They had originally intended to play at the [[Miami Orange Bowl]] in downtown Miami, but could not reach an agreement with the city of Miami, as the city wanted a 10-year lease and a prohibition on the team relocating to another South Florida stadium.<ref>{{cite news |author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= Fusion Flushed at Orange Bowl? Horowitz Down on Lease Terms |url= http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/1997/07/25/Facilities-Venues/FUSION-FLUSHED-AT-ORANGE-BOWL-HOROWITZ-DOWN-ON-LEASE-TERMS.aspx |newspaper= Sports Business Daily |date= July 25, 1997 |access-date= March 18, 2014 |archive-date= March 17, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140317231418/http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/1997/07/25/Facilities-Venues/FUSION-FLUSHED-AT-ORANGE-BOWL-HOROWITZ-DOWN-ON-LEASE-TERMS.aspx |url-status= live }}</ref><ref name="Sun Sentinel">{{cite news |last= Rusnak |first= Jeff |date= August 15, 1997 |title= Fusion Might Be Heading North To Lockhart |url= http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1997-08-15/sports/9708140496_1_orange-bowl-miami-fusion-ken-horowitz |newspaper= [[Sun-Sentinel]] |access-date= March 18, 2014 |archive-date= March 17, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140317230004/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1997-08-15/sports/9708140496_1_orange-bowl-miami-fusion-ken-horowitz |url-status= dead }}</ref> Subsequently, the Fusion reached an agreement with the [[Broward County School Board]] and the city of Fort Lauderdale to use Lockhart Stadium.<ref name="Sun Sentinel"/><ref>{{cite news |last= Rusnak |first= Jeff |date= September 17, 1997 |title= School Board, City Ok Tentative Fusion Deal |url= http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1997-09-17/sports/9709160781_1_miami-fusion-new-york-marathon-school-board |newspaper= [[Sun-Sentinel]] |access-date= March 18, 2014 |archive-date= March 17, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140317230812/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1997-09-17/sports/9709160781_1_miami-fusion-new-york-marathon-school-board |url-status= dead }}</ref>

Originally constructed as a [[high school football]] and track stadium in 1959, Lockhart had hosted the [[Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1977–83)|Fort Lauderdale Strikers]] of the original [[North American Soccer League (1968–84)|North American Soccer League]] from 1977 to 1983, as well as other soccer games.<ref name=Thuma11>{{cite book |last= Thuma |first= Cynthia |year= 2007 |title= Sport Lauderdale |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=pJ7LmzGJhZYC&pg=PA11 |publisher= The History Press |isbn= 978-1596291454 |access-date= March 17, 2014 |page=11}}</ref> Fusion owner Ken Horowitz spearheaded a $5 million renovation that converted Lockhart into a 20,000-seat [[soccer-specific stadium]].<ref name=Rusnak/><ref name=Thuma11/> The new stadium was the first of its kind in Major League Soccer; at the time all other teams played in much larger football stadiums. This innovation set a trend for similar facilities throughout the league that continues today.<ref name=Rusnak/>

The stadium site was redeveloped in 2019 and 2020 with the construction of [[DRV PNK Stadium]] for [[Major League Soccer]] club [[Inter Miami CF]].<ref name="demo begins">{{cite web |title=Demolition Of Fort Lauderdale's Lockhart Underway |url=https://miami.cbslocal.com/2019/05/08/demolition-of-fort-lauderdales-lockhart-stadium-set-to-begin/ |publisher=[[WFOR-TV]] |date=May 8, 2019 |access-date=December 21, 2020 |archive-date=November 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191119032929/https://miami.cbslocal.com/2019/05/08/demolition-of-fort-lauderdales-lockhart-stadium-set-to-begin/ |url-status=live }}</ref>