Self-Guided Route · October 4, 2026
The Takeover
in One Afternoon
One sign is up. Pair it with the GTA VI landmarks around it in one afternoon.
Read This First
What's Actually Up
As of October 4, 2026, one piece of Miami's GTA VI takeover is installed: the "Welcome to Vice City" sign on the Kaseya Center roof. The banners, the beach chairs and the airport, port and park ideas are not up yet or only proposed. They're listed below so you don't go looking for them.
The route itself costs nothing: every stop can be seen from the street or plaza at no cost. The arena, the museum and the arts center need a ticket to go inside, and the Metromover is free to ride.
The sign sits on Biscayne Boulevard, which GTA VI calls Catalan Boulevard. The same stretch holds a run of places from the trailers and screenshots, so this route pairs the sign with them. The stops go south to north, in street-number order.
Start at Bayside. Finish at the Metro Mule.
The Route
Six Stops, South to North
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Bayside Marketplace and Skyviews Miami Observation Wheel
In GTA VI: unnamed in official material · Strong match
Rockstar's night skyline screenshot of Vice City shows a Ferris wheel on a pier. Journalist Joel Franco, the GTA Wiki and GTADB match it to the Skyviews wheel here.
Bayfront Park next door is mapped by the GTADB community as "Shoreline Park?" (the question mark is theirs).
Our Downtown Heat convoy starts here and walks the Bayfront Park promenade.
401 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL 33132
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Kaseya Center
In GTA VI: Sahara Arena · Strong match
The takeover piece you can see today: pink-and-white "Welcome to Vice City" letters on the arena roof, lifted into place by helicopter on Sept 22.
The finished sign was first shown lit on Oct 1. No nightly lighting schedule has been published.
Under terms reported by gHacks (the agreement itself is unpublished), the sign stays until about Sept 22, 2027.
In GTA VI the arena is Sahara Arena, home of the Vice City Narcos. The plaza and bayfront outside are public; the inside needs an event ticket.
Per Axios Miami (Oct 2), a Vice City clothing collection is already in the Heat team store. Our Downtown Heat route avoids Kaseya event nights because of garage use and closures.
601 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL 33132
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Marquis Miami tower and neighboring Ten Museum Park
In GTA VI: possibly The Celtica Hotel (unconfirmed name) · Strong match
The tower with the notched cutout in the Trailer 1 skyline. Exterior only: it holds The Grayson Hotel and residences.
1100 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL 33132
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Pérez Art Museum Miami
In GTA VI: no in-game name known · Probable match
Across the boulevard in Museum Park. Community mappers spot a clear rendition of the museum on the in-game bayfront. The match comes from community mapping only (GTA Wiki and GTADB), so it is rated a probable match.
1103 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL 33132
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Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
In GTA VI: Vice City Arts Center · Strong match
Shown in an official screenshot, and called the Vice City Arts Center by the GTA Wiki: a performing-arts complex straddling Catalan Boulevard with a footbridge and an Art Deco tower. The real one kept the 1929 Sears building's tower.
1300 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL 33132
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Miami Metromover
In GTA VI: Vice City Metro Mule · Strong match
The blue-and-grey Vice City Metro Mule train in Trailer 2 is the Metromover. It is free to ride.
Metromover wraps were in the county's June 29 pitch deck. They are proposed, not approved.
Adrienne Arsht Center Metromover station, NE 15th St, Miami, FL 33132
Takeover facts come from the local reporting linked on Vice City IRL; place facts and match ratings from each stop's atlas page. How we rate matches.
Don't Go Looking Yet
Not Up Yet, or Only Proposed
- Not up yetGiant GTA VI banners downtown
Zone: NE 5th St, the river, the bay and NE 2nd Ave. Ordinance 14490 allows them no earlier than Oct 15 and no later than Dec 31, up to 56 consecutive days. Each banner still needs a city permit and Take-Two approval. - Not up yet'Vice City' beach chairs & umbrellas
Miami Beach concession beaches. The Sept 10 vote only authorized talks; no signed deal was reported as of Oct 3. - Nov 18'A Night in Vice City' Heat game
Kaseya Center, Nov 18, 7 p.m.: Heat vs. Bucks in Vice City uniforms on a Vice City court, the night before launch. - Proposed'Vice City Airport' rebrand
Miami International Airport. Floated in August; the county said nothing is approved.
MIA in GTA VI - ProposedPortMiami mural
In the county pitch deck only.
PortMiami in GTA VI - ProposedRickenbacker Beach photo-op
In the county pitch deck only.
The Rickenbacker in GTA VI - ProposedCar-culture festival
Tropical Park, in the county pitch deck only.
Status checked against the takeover tracker on October 4, 2026.
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Ride It With Us
Our Downtown Heat Slingshot tour meets at Expansive, 2125 Biscayne Blvd, then rides to Bayside, stops at the Kaseya Center, rolls past the Arts Center, then heads for the port and Brickell at blue hour.
The Stops in the Atlas
