Miami is the home of many college sports teams the two largest are the University of Miami Hurricanes whose football team formerly played at the Miami Orange Bowl from 1937 until 2008 moving to Sun Life Stadium subsequently and Florida International University Panthers whose football team plays at FIU Stadium. The demographics of South Florida residents can be segmented as following:. Emmy-winning television journalist and presenter After Fidel Castro rose to power in Cuba following the Revolution in 1959 many wealthy Cubans sought refuge in Miami further increasing the city's population Miami developed new businesses and cultural amenities as part of the New South in the 1980s and 1990s At the same time South Florida weathered social problems related to drug wars immigration from Haiti and Latin America and the widespread destruction of Hurricane Andrew Racial and cultural tensions sometimes sparked but the city developed in the latter half of the 20th century as a major international financial and cultural center It is the second-largest U.S city with a Spanish-speaking majority (after El Paso Texas) and the largest city with a Cuban-American plurality. Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% Extent of the Atlantic Ocean according to the 2002 IHO definition excluding Arctic and Antarctic regions, (188) 7.01 2 Miami-Dade County 25,502 2002 43.2% 2,201,427 56.0% 2,856,845 In time the civil right's task force developed into a trust that was given the charge of re-opening the park as an open green space for a multi-cultural society the restoration process was divided into two major areas: environmental and historical the trust undertook the daunting task of removing all exotic vegetation from the park while replenishing the landscape with native vegetation in August 2002 the site was placed on the National Register of Historic Places and given a Florida Historical Marker.
By late 1975 after seven years at the helm Charles Perry felt he had accomplished his goal and left the university to become president and publisher of the Sunday newspaper magazine Family Weekly (later USA Weekend) one of the country's largest magazines When he left there were more than 10,000 students attending classes and a campus with five major buildings and a sixth being planned. Today Florida is distinctive for its large Cuban expatriate community and high population growth as well as for its increasing environmental issues the state's economy relies mainly on tourism agriculture and transportation which developed in the late 19th century Florida is also renowned for amusement parks orange crops winter vegetables the Kennedy Space Center and as a popular destination for retirees Florida is the flattest state in the United States Lake Okeechobee is the largest freshwater lake in the U.S state of Florida, College of Nursing and Health Sciences NASCAR (headquartered in Daytona Beach) begins all three of its major auto racing series in Florida at Daytona International Speedway in February featuring the Daytona 500 and ends all three Series in November at Homestead-Miami Speedway Daytona also has the Coke Zero Sugar 400 NASCAR race weekend around Independence Day in July the 24 Hours of Daytona is one of the world's most prestigious endurance auto races the Grand Prix of St Petersburg and Grand Prix of Miami have held IndyCar races as well.
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