Art deco design hotels are bathed in neon light on Ocean Drive in Miami Beach, Fla., Nov. 11, 2006. Those who descend on Miami for the Super Bowl in February will be greeted by the sandy coastline and pulsating clubs that have long been synonymous with this tropical playground.
Sumi Epie, right, plays volleyball with friends on Miami Beach Nov. 11, 2006.
People photograph "The Sun," a glass sculpture by artist Dale Chihuly, at the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Coral Gables, Fla., Jan. 4, 2007. Thousands of pieces of the artist's work hang from trees, rise from the ground and float on water.
A fashion model has her hair adjusted as she poses for a photograph on Miami Beach Nov. 10, 2006.
An aerial view of Pro Player Stadium, now called Dolphin Stadium, in Miami prior to the start of Super Bowl XXXIII, Jan. 31, 1999.
Renee Rollins of Monroe, Conn., holds a baby alligator after taking a airboat ride at Coopertown, Fla., May 4, 2005. Tourists take the 45-minute ride to see alligators, listen to birds and even wade in waters filled with saw grass, and then come back to the dock to view captured alligators and even hold one. Coopertown airboats are featured in the opening scenes of "Miami: CSI."
An airboat roars through the Florida Everglades, May 4, 2005.
Enrique Martinez carries an order at the Versailles Restaurant in Miami, Dec. 22, 2006.
The sun sets on downtown Miami, Nov. 26, 2006.
Football fans fill the parking lot outside Dolphin Stadium before a Miami Dolphins football game in Miami, Nov. 19, 2006.
Plates full of cracked stone crab claws ready to be served, Dec. 1, 2006 at Joe's Stone Crab in Miami Beach.
A group of diners enjoy stone crabs Dec. 1, 2006, at Joe's Stone Crab in Miami Beach, Fla.
Customers shop for hand-rolled cigars at the El Credito Cigar Factory in Miami's Little Havana Nov. 30, 2006. Visitors can witness cigar making in the old Cuban tradition at the factory.
A girl dances on a platform at the Mansion nightclub in Miami Beach, Fla., Nov. 10, 2006.
Children walk along the beach at sunset in Key Biscayne, Fla., Nov. 10, 2006.
Lazaro Hernandez, center, enjoys a cigar as he plays dominos with others, unidentified, in the Little Havana area of Miami, Nov. 9, 2006.