Tamiami Park is a public urban park in metropolitan Miami, just south of the Modesto Maidique campus of Florida International University.
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The park was built in the late 1960s on the site of the former Tamiami Airport, which was rebuilt as a larger airport south in Kendall. Growth of the surrounding area and the nearby flight path for Miami International Airport forced the relocation of the municipal airport.
A 1.784-mile (2.871 km) road racing circuit was set up on the park roads from 1985 until 1988. The circuit hosted four CART IndyCar World Series events, named the Miami Indy Challenge, and two editions of the Marlboro Challenge all-star race.[1] The Fair Expo Center, site of the Miami-Dade County Fair, is located on the eastern side of the park. Pope John Paul II held an open-air mass for 150,000 people in September 1987.[2] Tamiami Field stadium was located in the park until 1995, when FIU Stadium was built on the south end of the campus. The Miami Toros of the North American Soccer League played there during the 1976 season.
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