#1 Sports Event
Now in its 83rd year, the iconic football game is part of the College Football Playoff. Top teams face off against one another at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens; Florida State University is the reigning champion. Next: December 30, 2017
#2 Sports Event
More than 300,000 fans come to see the sport’s greats play at on the 21 courts of the Tennis Center at Miami’s Crandon Park. In 2017, Roger Federer and Johanna Konta took the top men’s and women’s prizes, respectively. Next: March 19-April 1, 2018
#3 Sports Event
The Homestead-Miami Speedway is site of the final weekend of Nascar races for the season. Last year, the title of Ford EcoBoost 400 champion went to driver Jimmie Johnson. Next: November 17-19, 2017
#4 Sports Event (up from #5)
Nearly 204,000 golf fans turned out to the PGA National Resort & Spa in Palm Beach Gardens, which hosted the tournament for the 11th year, to see American Rickie Fowler win. Next: February 19-25, 2018
#5 Sports Event (up from #6)
Some 24,000 runners participated in the full and half-marathon this January, where participants running all 26.2 miles pass the Port of Miami, Miami Beach, Coconut Grove, and the Rickenbacker Causeway. Next: January 28, 2018
#6 Sports Event (up from #7)
The venerable event has been a polo tradition since 1904, ending the annual 16-week season at the International Polo Club Palm Beach. Next: Spring 2018
#7 Sports Event (up from #8)
Nearly 300 vessels participate in the race in Miami’s Biscayne Bay over the Saturday and Sunday of Columbus Day weekend. Next: October 7-8, 2017
#8 Sports Event (up from #9)
The event saw a turnout of more than 3,400 cancer survivors and allies running, walking, and cycling to raise money for the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, and celebrating afterward with a concert by the Counting Crows. Next: February 10, 2018
#9 Sports Event (up from #10)
The 20th annual festival took place at Miami’s AmericanAirlines Arena and gave basketball fans a chance to meet N.B.A. players including Udonis Haslem, James Johnson, and Rodney McGruder in a carnival-like atmosphere. Next: Spring 2018
#10 Sports Event (up from #11)
Some 300 models from 15 agencies participated in the eighth annual edition, which attracted 15,000 spectators to South Beach to watch the bracket-style tournament, hear live music from performers such as Travis Scott, and gawk at celebrities including Tyson Beckford and Flo Rida. Next: Spring 2018
