Miami Seaquarium

Main articles: New Spain Spanish Florida French and Indian War Treaty of Paris (1763) West Florida East Florida Indian Reserve (1763) American Revolutionary War Gulf Coast campaign Treaty of Paris (1783) and Spanish West Florida. Strategic variables affect the choice of entry mode for multinational corporation expansion beyond their domestic markets These variables are global concentration global synergies and global strategic motivations of MNC. ! The Anthony J Catanese Center for Urban and Environmental Solutions at Florida Atlantic University notes the unusual growth pattern of South Florida Unlike many areas with centralized cities surrounded by development most of South Florida is preserved natural area and designated agricultural reserves with development restricted to a dense narrow strip along the coast the developed area is highly urbanized and increasingly continuous and decentralized with no particular dominant core cities the center projects this pattern to continue in the future. Miami's main four sports teams are the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball and the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League Starting 2020 the city will be home to Inter Miami CF of the Major League Soccer led by David Beckham Simon Fuller and Marcelo Claure the Miami Open an annual tennis tournament was previously held in Key Biscayne before moving to Hard Rock Stadium after the tournament was purchased by Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross in 2019 the city is home to numerous greyhound racing tracks marinas jai alai venues and golf courses the city streets have hosted professional auto races in the past most notably the open-wheel Grand Prix of Miami and the sports car Grand Prix of Miami the Homestead-Miami Speedway oval hosts NASCAR races. SR 874 By 1913 the Seminole in the Everglades numbered no more than 325 They made a living by hunting and trading with white settlers and raised domesticated animals the Seminole made their villages in hardwood hammocks or pinelands had diets of hominy and coontie roots fish turtles venison and small game Their villages were not large due to the limited size of the hammocks Between the end of the last Seminole War and 1930 the people lived in relative isolation from the majority culture. Ecosystems Later years, Bay Harbor Islands The Miami Metropolitan Area has the highest GDP of all the metro areas in Florida with $344.9 billion in 2017 This is more than twice the number of the next metro area the Tampa Bay Area which has a GDP of $145.3 billion the economy of Florida is driven almost entirely by its nineteen metropolitan areas in 2004 they had a combined total of 95.7% of the state's domestic product, History As of 2011 plans are underway for two new residence halls for 1,240 students called Parkview Hall to be built on the Panther Hall parking lot north of FIU Stadium Parkview Hall will be built in two phases in two separate buildings each housing 620 and 600 students respectively to be completed by Fall 2013 and Fall 2016!

The Maritime and Science Technology (MAST) Academy public magnet school is located on Virginia Key Several hundred high school specially-selected students from Miami get their education at MAST Academy. . The Miami area has a unique dialect commonly called the "Miami accent" that is widely spoken the accent developed among second- or third-generation Hispanics including Cuban Americans whose first language was English (though some non-Hispanic white black and other races who were born and raised in the Miami area tend to adopt it as well) It is based on a fairly standard American accent but with some changes very similar to dialects in the Mid-Atlantic (especially those in the New York area and Northern New Jersey including New York Latino English) Unlike Virginia Piedmont Coastal Southern American and Northeast American dialects and Florida Cracker dialect "Miami accent" is rhotic; it also incorporates a rhythm and pronunciation heavily influenced by Spanish (wherein rhythm is syllable-timed). Metromover: Donk (automobile), First Presbyterian International Christian School Miami Florida Business directory. The Miami Masters is an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 and WTA Premier tennis event whereas the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships is an ATP World Tour 250 event. Population 2010 to 2018, Hialeah-Miami Lakes High School founded in 1971, A turning point came for development in the Everglades at the proposal in the late 1960s for an expanded airport after Miami International Airport outgrew its capacities the new jetport was planned to be larger than O'Hare Dulles JFK and LAX airports combined,[citation needed] and the chosen location was 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Everglades National Park the first sentence of the U.S Department of Interior study of the environmental impact of the jetport read "Development of the proposed jetport and its attendant facilities . will inexorably destroy the south Florida ecosystem and thus the Everglades National Park" When studies indicated the proposed jetport would create 4,000,000 US gallons (15,000,000 L) of raw sewage a day and 10,000 short tons (9,100 t) of jet engine pollutants a year the project met staunch opposition the New York Times called it a "blueprint for disaster" and Wisconsin senator Gaylord Nelson wrote to President Richard Nixon voicing his opposition: "It is a test of whether or not we are really committed in this country to protecting our environment." Governor Claude Kirk withdrew his support for the project and Marjory Stoneman Douglas was persuaded at 79 years old to go on tour to give hundreds of speeches against it Nixon instead established Big Cypress National Preserve announcing it in the Special Message to the Congress Outlining the 1972 Environmental Program. Dry season 17.4 inches (44 cm) 30.9 inches (78 cm) 7.3 inches (19 cm).