. The following table shows the major professional and Division I college teams in the Miami area with an average attendance of more than 10,000:. There are more than 40 buildings at the Miami Shores campus These contain technology laboratories and indoor and outdoor sporting facilities. After the watershed events of Hurricane Andrew in 1992 the state of Florida began investing in economic development through the Office of Trade Tourism and Economic Development Governor Jeb Bush realized that watershed events such as Andrew negatively impacted Florida's backbone industry of tourism severely the office was directed to target Medical/Bio-Sciences among others Three years later the Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) announced it had chosen Florida for its newest expansion in 2003 TSRI announced plans to establish a major science center in Palm Beach a 364,000 square feet (33,800 m2) facility on 100 acres (40 ha) which TSRI planned to occupy in 2006, Later years Brickell Loop, 1940 1,897,414 29.2% The Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League play at BB&T Center in Sunrise.
In 2015 Florida International University hosted the Miss Universe 2014 pageant in the FIU Arena Terrorism is a voluntary act of violence towards a group(s) of people in most cases acts of terrorism is derived from hatred of religious political and cultural beliefs an example was the infamous 9/11 attacks labeled as terrorism due to the massive damages inflicted on American society and the global economy stemming from the animosity towards Western culture by some radical Islamic groups Terrorism not only affects civilians but it also damages corporations and other businesses These effects may include: physical vandalism or destruction of property sales declining due to frightened consumers and governments issuing public safety restrictions Firms engaging in international business will find it difficult to operate in a country that has an uncertain assurance of safety from these attacks. The Miami Dolphins play at Hard Rock Stadium in suburban Miami Gardens while the Florida Panthers play in nearby Sunrise at the BB&T Center, Florida (/'fl?r?d?/ (About this soundlisten)) is the southernmost contiguous state in the United States the state is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico to the northwest by Alabama to the north by Georgia to the east by the Atlantic Ocean and to the south by the Straits of Florida Florida is the 22nd-most extensive (65,755 sq mi or 170,300 km2) the 3rd-most populous (21,312,211 inhabitants) and the 8th-most densely populated (384.3/sq mi or 148.4/km2) of the U.S states Jacksonville is the most populous municipality in the state and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States the Miami metropolitan area is Florida's most populous urban area Tallahassee is the state's capital. 1950 495,084 84.9% 6 Mount Sinai Medical Center 3,321 PortMiami is the world's largest cruise ship port.
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