July 10, 2008

Miami-dade parks and Commissioner Joe Martinez dedicate New Real Madrid Miami SOCCER FIELDS at Tamiami park, July 12, 2008 at 10 a.m.

New Soccer Fields and a Barrier-Free Playground will be Inaugurated during the Dedication Ceremony

MIAMI – Miami-Dade Parks and Commissioner Joe A. Martinez, District 11, will dedicate new development at Tamiami Park, which includes three new regulation-sized soccer fields and a new barrier-free playground, on Saturday, July 12, 2008, at 10 a.m. The public and all the soccer community of South Florida are invited to attend. Tamiami Park is located at 11201 SW
24 Street.

Players from the Soccer Academy of the Americas, the Real Madrid-Miami Soccer Academy at Tamiami Park will join the celebration by playing exhibition games on the new fields upon completion of the dedication ceremony. In lieu of the ceremonial cutting of a ribbon, dignitaries including Commissioner Martinez and the Consul General of Spain, Mr. Santiago Cabanas, SAA-Real Madrid-Miami President Dr. Ismael Roque-Velasco, Community Soccer Activist since 1966 Mr.. Lou Confessore, the Director of the Real Madrid Camp in Miami, Inaqui Beni from the Real Madrid Soccer Club in Spain and the President of the Real Madrid Fan Club in Miami Mr. Cesar Alcazar will inaugurate the field by kicking soccer balls into the goals.

Soccer Academy of the Americas-Real Madrid established a year round soccer academy program under a programming partnership license agreement with Miami-Dade County at the Tamiami Park Soccer Fields.

The soccer fields project, which includes three regulation-sized soccer fields with Celebration Bermuda grass, an irrigation system with pump and well, electrical and drainage systems, lights, bleachers, parking lot, and walkways, completes the final phase of development of this section of the park. A new club house with classrooms, locker room, gym and concession stands will be develop in the next phase of the project.