Tropical Park

The race took place at Tropical Park with both a 5K and 10K option.

NBC 6’s Nicole Lauren has more on the event making a return after one year off due to the pandemic.

After one year away due to the COVID pandemic, runners got the chance to lace up their sneakers yet again for the annual Baptist Health Turkey Trot 5K and 10K event Thursday. The run started at 7 a.m. at Tropical Park with a Kids Trot starting afterward. Over 4,000 runners returned to the southwest Miami-Dade event after it was canceled…

The interactive circus includes a family friendly quest, a show, food vendors, a petting zoo and more.

Comedian Michael Rapaport will be at Miami Improv this weekend doing five shows in three days, but before he cracks you up at the theatre he spoke with NBC 6’s Jen Herrera about tanning in Miami, The Real Housewives, the cat that fell at the UM game and more.

NBC 6’s Carolina Peguero is in Tropical Park where dozens, including city and county leaders showed up to remember the lives lost on 9/11.

NBC 6’s Laura Rodriguez is in Tropical Park where the county has extended hours at the COVID-19 testing site at Tropical Park due to increased demand.

The COVID-19 testing site at Tropical Park is now open 24 hours a day. The site offers PCR testing. Miami-Dade County says it is averaging over 24,000 COVID-19 tests per day and Tropical Park is one of the sites with the highest demand. “Increasing access to COVID-19 testing is vital to detect the virus as early as possible. I’m proud that we are...

As the delta variant continues to surge across the state, new monoclonal antibody treatment sites are popping up across Florida. NBC 6’s Laura Rodriguez reports from the site in Tropical Park.

NBC 6’s Julie Lernardi is in Tropical Park, the latest site to open in the state.

NBC 6 Team Coverage with Laura Rodriguez and Cristian Benavides as the youth take center stage in Sunday protests in Tropical Park and Little Havana as well as a protest in Pembroke Pines.

NBC 6’s Marcine Joseph spoke to the teacher who spearheaded this rally to educate children on what is going on in Cuba.

A local teacher wanted her children to understand and be a part of what’s going on in Cuba. So she created a way for children to participate.  That teacher organized a kid friendly demonstration where young people can come out and safely show their support for the Cuban people. “Being able to do this, it’s great,” Daniella Salgado said. “It’s great so...

Union and labor organizers held a rally for Joe Biden in Tropical Park on Sunday.

Water, water everywhere, but no way to put in. That’s often the case in Miami-Dade County, blessed and cursed with hundreds of miles of mostly publicly inaccessible waterways, from the Biscayne Bay shoreline to lakes natural and artificial and rivers and canals that stretch to the edge of the Everglades. Now Miami-Dade’s parks department has some ideas to get...

Julia Bagg has the latest from the county’s mayor after the facility opened their doors Monday at Tropical Park.

Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez expressed cautious optimism about South Florida’s coronavirus outbreak at the opening of a new self-swab test site Monday morning at Tropical Park. “We’re starting to see improving signs in the COVID-19 positivity rate and hospitalizations, but it will take many weeks to get back on track and reduce the spread,” Gimenez said. The test site...

NBC 6’s Julia Bagg has more as parts of the area prepare to reopen Wednesday.

Nearly 700 cars got a chance to get some fresh food and supplies Tuesday at a food distribution event held at Tropical Park – one day before the park will open back up as part of Miami-Dade’s gradual return to normal amid the coronavirus pandemic. Cars lined up well before sunrise, ready to give everything from fresh vegetables to milk…

Miami-Dade County says it is hearing bids from organizers who may replace Santa’s Enchanted Forest at Tropical Park, as the event reaches the end of its lease. The holiday themed event has been operating out of Tropical Park since 1992. The $300,000 lease expires in March. In a statement the county says: “Miami-Dade County is committed to conducting a competitive…