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. . . NBA basketball player Voter registration In addition to annual festivals like the Calle Ocho Festival Miami is home to many entertainment venues theaters museums parks and performing arts centers the newest addition to the Miami arts scene is the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts home of the Florida Grand Opera and the second-largest performing arts center in the United States after Lincoln Center in New York City the center attracts many large-scale operas ballets concerts and musicals from around the world Other performing arts venues in Miami include the Olympia Theater Wertheim Performing Arts Center the Fair Expo Center the Tower Theater and the Bayfront Park Amphitheater. . . Another major economic engine in Florida is the United States military There are 24 military bases in the state housing three Unified Combatant Commands; United States Central Command in Tampa United States Southern Command in Doral and United States Special Operations Command in Tampa Some 109,390 U.S military personnel stationed in Florida contributing directly and indirectly $52 billion a year to the state's economy, 9 See also High schools (open to all Downtown residents): Main article: FIU Panthers.

. Miami-influenced Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine hit the popular music scene with their Cuban-oriented sound and had hits in the 1980s with "Conga" and "Bad Boys", 8.5 Sports venues In October 2001 Deputy Superintendent Henry Fraind retired under pressure after it was discovered that a clique of longtime administrators and powerful outsiders had exploited the district's vast resources Fraind had received his Ph.D from Pacific Western University (Hawaii) in 1982 a noted diploma mill.