WLRN Public Media | By Joshua Ceballos
For hundreds of millions of soccer fans from across the world, seven FIFA World Cup games will be held in Miami — a name that invokes images of beaches, night clubs and Latin culture.
The Hard Rock Stadium, the venue for the matches, will even be renamed Miami Stadium for the duration of the iconic tournament.
But locals know the truth: the matches aren’t really in Miami proper, they’re in Miami Gardens — a predominantly Black community with its own important history far removed from Biscayne Bay.
This story was originally produced by WLRN, South Florida’s only public radio station at 91.3 FM, as part of a content sharing partnership with MIA Media Group. Read more at WLRN.org
