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The South Florida Business Journal has an article on how the relationship evolved between the Miami Dolphins and Jimmy Buffett:

Ross, recalling the familiar tune, then turned to Buffett, a Florida icon with national appeal. Talks started last year about a promotional partnership, and Buffett bought into the concept immediately. The relationship grew to include naming rights to the Dolphins’ home field. Buffett explained the attraction in early May at a concert when the lid was taken off the deal that rechristened the Dolphins home as Land Shark Stadium.

“What’s Miami about?” he asked. “Entertainment, celebrities and lifestyle. So we have to play to those strengths. I know what puts people in the seats is winning, but you need to do these things to compete and get people in the stadium.”

The Dolphins have sold 6,000 to 7,000 additional season tickets this offseason. Whether it was the addition of Buffett, or the turnaround from a 1-15 season to an 11-5 playoff squad ¬ tying the biggest single-season turnaround in league history ¬ isn’t important. If NFL football is the steak, then Ross sees entertainers like Buffett and his new minority partners, Gloria and Emilio Estefan, as the sizzle in the Dolphins brand.

The parallels between Ross’ interest in expanding the live experience at an NFL game and the popular music business forged an early bond with Buffett.

“There’s not as much money left in recorded music, so our emphasis has been to make the live experience something fun and memorable,” said John Cohlan, Buffett’s manager and CEO of Margaritaville Holdings, the singer’s marketing and merchandising company. “The tailgating that is now such a big part of our shows originated at football games. So maybe we’ve come full circle.”

Read the full article here.

The first Margaritaville Cafe in Canada is slated for Calgary’s just-announced $170 million Stampede Trail development:

Musician Jimmy Buffett’s first Canadian restaurant will anchor a new retail complex at the Calgary Stampede, developers announced on Thursday.

After years of land acquisitions in the neighbourhood of Victoria Park, the Stampede is going ahead with a major expansion.

Olympic Way will be renamed Stampede Trail and feature a $170 million development with stores, restaurants and office space.

Margaritaville, a chain restaurant owned by Buffett, will anchor the complex. Customers will be able to enjoy a 10,000-sq. ft. outdoor patio and live entertainment including stilt walkers and balloon artists, promised the chain in a news release.

Alberta Development Partners Inc., which is based in Colorado, has plans for the Stampede Trail development to include six buildings from 12th Avenue S.W. to the current Stampede gates.

Officials said Margaritaville should open in time for 100th anniversary of the Calgary Stampede in 2012.

Also see this article for more.

Update – Official site is www.margaritavillecalgary.ca

Jimmy Buffett is apparently still in Europe after playing a show in London on Sunday. American cyclist Lance Armstrong tweeted this morning that Jimmy is riding along in the Team Astrana car at the Tour de France:

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Update – VeloNews has an interview with Buffett at the TdF. The first question in the interview was “What in the hell are you doing here?”. Jimmy says that he was invited by Lance Armstrong and he had always wanted to come but was always on tour.

Watch the interview now

(hat tip to Cliff for passing along the interview)

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