Miami Stadium opened on August 31, 1949, at Northwest 10th Avenue and Northwest 23rd Street, and Major League Baseball Commissioner Albert Benjamin “Happy” Chandler praised it as exceptionally beautiful. With an iconic neon façade and a signature cantilevered roof, it reflected a tropical version of International Style architecture and featured palm trees, a horseshoe-shaped grandstand, a press box, a private dugout club, light towers, and an electronic scoreboard. The stadium was designed by Marr & Holman of Nashville, Tennessee, built by Taylor Construction of Miami, and financed by Cuban politician Jose Aleman Sr. Over forty years, it hosted Minor League, Negro League, and Spring Training baseball games as well as boxing matches, roller derby bouts, concerts, and more. The original Miami Marlins began there in 1956, and in 1987 the stadium was rededicated as Bobby Maduro Miami Stadium in honor of the late Cuban baseball entrepreneur. On April 5, 1990, the Baltimore Orioles beat the Atlanta Braves 6-4 in its final official spring training game. The stadium was razed in 2001 for the current Miami Stadium Apartments. Its rich baseball history included the Miami Sun Sox, Brooklyn Dodgers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Baltimore Orioles, Miami Marlins, Miami Orioles, Miami Amigos, Gold Coast Suns, and Los Cubanitos, and during its heyday locals saw Hall of Famers and stars including Jackie Robinson, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Ted Williams, Hank Aaron, Warren Spahn, Satchel Paige, Roberto Clemente, Sandy Koufax, Sadaharu Oh, Earl Weaver, Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson, Jim Palmer, Dennis Martinez, Cal Ripken Jr., Eddie Murray, Tony Pérez, Gary Carter, Rickey Henderson, and many more.