Duke-Michigan Game Relocating?

MIAMI, FLORIDA - MAY 03: A general overall aerial view of LoanDepot Park, Saturday, May 3, 2025, in Miami, Florida.The stadium is the home of the Miami Marlins. (Photo by Kirby Lee/Getty Images) | Getty Images Well this is exciting: after Fox and the Big Ten had a hissy fit about Duke scheduling Michigan in Madison Square Garden, arguing that they they should get a cut of the take from Amazon Prime, it looked like it might be a snag.

class="has-text-align-none">We first suggested moving it out of the shared territory of New York (the Big Ten has Rutgers, while the ACC has Syracuse, and later thought Miami would be a great location.

class="has-text-align-none">Well, it never occurred to us that they’d move it to loanDepot park, home to the Miami Marlins.

class="has-text-align-none">Barring a last-minute snag, that’s exactly what they’re going to do.

class="has-text-align-none">The stadium, which has a retractable roof, seats up to 37,742 for baseball, and up to 34,000 for football.

class="has-text-align-none">Basketball is a different proposition. The playing surface is obviously much smaller. There’s going to be a lot of potential seats around the court, and that could up the potential audience significantly.

class="has-text-align-none">So aside from a fat check from Amazon, Duke will get a much bigger gate than it would have at the Garden, which seats around 20,000.

class="has-text-align-none">It’s a great solution to a stupid problem, and now the Big Ten and Fox, presumably, will get nothing.

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