{"id":2588,"date":"2021-12-21T11:42:41","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T18:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/?p=2588"},"modified":"2021-12-21T11:42:41","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T18:42:41","slug":"miami-beach-mayor-welcomes-the-wolverines-and-his-go-blue-daughter-to-the-orange-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/golf\/lifestyle\/2588\/miami-beach-mayor-welcomes-the-wolverines-and-his-go-blue-daughter-to-the-orange-bowl","title":{"rendered":"Miami Beach Mayor Welcomes the Wolverines and His Go Blue Daughter to the Orange Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Wolverine\u2019s New Year\u2019s Eve Orange Bowl college football game in South Florida is also homecoming for Hannah Gelber \u2013 a University of Michigan senior whose father happens to be Mayor of Miami Beach (so was her grandfather, by the way.)<\/p>\n

\u201cOur house will be bubbling over with Hanna\u2019s friends and sorority sisters. And when Michigan comes to town, they usually bring a really good fan base. We\u2019re excited about that,\u201d said Mayor Dan Gelber, who says he\u2019s supposed to be unbiased, but wife Joan\u2019s mother also attended UM. \u201cIt feels a little like I have joined a cult. I have a ton of Michigan garb. We like being parents of a Michigan student because we hear \u2018Go Blue\u2019 wherever we go especially down here in Miami where there are a lot of alumni and fans.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gelber recalls his first campus visit with his daughter to Ann Arbor. \u201cIt\u2019s the only school she ever wanted to go because of its academics, sense of place and spirit. The first time I came in on State Street I saw what I thought was this beautiful, big football stadium. But I came to find out that was the field hockey stadium. Next was yet another big sports stadium. And then when I finally reached the \u2018Big House\u2019 I realized what a serious place it was!\u201d<\/p>\n

Stephen Ross owns the stadium in which the Orange Bowl is played. Ross is a Wolverine alum and the largest donor in University of Michigan history. \u201cI think Stephen is the happiest guy in the world because his team is coming here,\u201d said Gelber. \u201cAt least half of his beautiful stadium will be Michigan fans who\u2019ve traveled here or live here. Miami is ready to embrace the fans. The weather will be beautiful and whether you\u2019re at the game or not we welcome you to our community. You\u2019ll have a great time.\u201d<\/p>\n

The stadium, which is also home field for the Ross-owned Miami Dolphins NFL team, is about 30-minutes inland from Miami Beach. What are the Mayor\u2019s Miami Beach travel tips?<\/p>\n

\u201cThere will be people who go tailgate at the Orange Bowl hours before the game just to tailgate and don\u2019t even go in, so set out early. There will be buses from the different hotels whether you\u2019re at the beach or Wynwood or Coconut Grove where people go out and night,\u201d he said. \u201cIn the days before the game we have a beach walk that\u2019s about 7.5 miles long right on the water\u2019s edge. Take a stroll or rent a bike – we have protected bike lanes. Lincoln Road is a great outdoor mall. Take your family to the Everglades and see the alligators.\u201d<\/p>\n

Miami Beach Golf Club\u2019s longtime general manager Steve Farrell, who also oversees Normandy Shores Golf Club, is from Kalamazoo. \u201cThe Orange Bowl starts with a free concert Dec. 30 the day before the game right on Miami Beach: Harry Styles and Khalid in Lummus Park. They have had the school\u2019s marching bands, too. There are a lot of the activities are here on South Beach,\u201d said Farrell, who invites Michiganders to look him up and play golf. \u201cWe have Srixon rentals, so you needn\u2019t travel with golf clubs. The courses have lots of birds and iguanas and wildlife.\u201d<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t forget the fresh seafood, either, at historic, iconic, Joe\u2019s Stone Crab Restaurant. And on Ocean Drive you\u2019ll encounter plenty of other \u201cwildlife\u201d at eccentric, international, neon-accented, art deco-style Miami Beach\u2026in addition to Wolverines and Bulldogs!<\/p>\n

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Contact Michael Patrick Shiels at\u00a0<\/i>MShiels@aol.com<\/i><\/a>\u00a0His radio program may be found at\u00a0MiBigShow.com<\/a>\u00a0or weekday mornings from 9-noon on WJIM AM 1240<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Wolverine\u2019s New Year\u2019s Eve Orange Bowl college football game in South Florida is also homecoming for Hannah Gelber \u2013 a University of Michigan senior whose father happens to be Mayor of Miami Beach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":2589,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[632146,3864],"class_list":["post-2588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-miami-beach","tag-university-of-michigan"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/12\/unnamed.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2588"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2590,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2588\/revisions\/2590"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}