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Lock, Stock, and Orange Bowl

Every piece of storied stadium will go on sale ahead of demolition

By Dustin Lushing,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 26, 2007 3:24 PM CST
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(Newser) – College football fans can literally take home a piece of the action when Miami officials auction off every salable piece of the soon-to-be-demolished Orange Bowl in February. On the block are the giant scoreboard, players' benches, trees, and even the urinals. "You name it, it will be available,'' says the president of the auction company.

Diehards can bid on lockers, turnstiles, ice machines, and trainer tables, with prices expected to start at $10, reports the Miami Herald. Seats will carry fixed prices ranging from  $40 to $500. Autographed items signed by the likes of Dan Marino and Jim Kelly will sell for a premium. The stadium will be mechanically demolished by April.

Rob Thomas, front, takes photographs of his friends in front of the Orange Bowl before a football game between Miami and Virginia in Miami on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007. The Hurricanes were playing their final game at the stadium Saturday. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Rob Thomas, front, takes photographs of his friends in front of the Orange Bowl before a football game between Miami and Virginia in Miami on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007. The Hurricanes were playing their...   (Associated Press)
Shane Tedder takes a photograph in the closing minutes of a football game between Miami and Virginia at the Orange Bowl in Miami Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007. Tedder has been attending games at the Orange Bowl for 30 years, as he watched the Hurricanes play their last game at the...
Shane Tedder takes a photograph in the closing minutes of a football game between Miami and Virginia at the Orange Bowl in Miami Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007. Tedder has been attending games at the Orange...   (Associated Press)
Univeristy of Miami students say good-bye to the old Orange Bowl Stadium in Miami, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007,before the start of the last game the University of Miami will play in the stadium. No. 23 Virginia ended Miami's 70-year stay at the famed stadium in stunningly one-sided fashion Saturday...
Univeristy of Miami students say good-bye to the old Orange Bowl Stadium in Miami, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007,before the start of the last game the University of Miami will play in the stadium. No. 23 Virginia...   (Associated Press)
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