Where Vice City sits on the GTA 6 map
Vice City occupies the southeastern coast of the Leonida mainland, mirroring Miami's position in South Florida. The metropolitan area is split between the mainland—home to Downtown, residential neighborhoods, and the international airport—and a chain of barrier islands across a wide bay that hold the oceanfront resort strips. On community maps of Leonida, Interstate 404 runs north out of the city toward Waning Sands, while Interstate 97 heads south past the Grassrivers wetlands and the town of Hamlet toward the bridges into the Leonida Keys.
Even from outside the metro area, the city dominates the horizon: an official Grassrivers screenshot of the stilt-house town that GTA Wiki identifies as Watson Bay shows a city skyline, widely read as Downtown Vice City, rising across the marshes.
Districts and neighborhoods
Rockstar's Only in Leonida tour calls Vice City "still the sun and fun capital of America," spotlighting the pastel Art Deco hotels and bright white sands of Ocean Beach, the bustling panaderías of Little Cuba, the bootleg brands of the Tisha-Wocka flea market, and VC Port, "the cruise ship capital of the world."
Beyond those four landmarks, Rockstar's Ultimate Edition overview names Stockyard, Washington Beach, and Southside, while GTA Wiki catalogues further names spotted in trailers and screenshots, such as Downtown, Catalan Boulevard, Tequesta, Starfish Island, Peacock Bay, and Vice City International Airport. Rockstar's character profiles describe Boobie Ike as a Vice City legend with real estate, a strip club, and a recording studio, run in partnership with aspiring music mogul Dre'Quan Priest as Only Raw Records.
Miami inspiration and scale
Vice City draws directly on modern Miami and Miami Beach. In Game Informer's September 2026 cover story, Rockstar says the city draws heavily from Miami (as reported by VGC), and Miami New Times matched numerous shots from Trailer 1 to real Miami and Miami Beach locations. Community researchers place it in Vice-Dale County (a stand-in for Miami-Dade) and match Little Cuba to Little Havana and VC Port to PortMiami. According to Rockstar's interview with The New York Times, the urban footprint of Vice City alone is roughly twice the size of Los Santos on our GTA 5 interactive map.
Comparing 1986 and modern Vice City
Vice City debuted in the top-down 1997 original before becoming a 3D icon in 2002's Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (set in 1986) and 2006's Vice City Stories (set in 1984). Classic district names like Ocean Beach, Washington Beach, and Starfish Island carry over into the HD continuity, though the surrounding state of Leonida replaces the standalone two-island layout of the PS2 era. You can compare the classic street grid on our GTA Vice City map or read about all six regions in our GTA 6 regions guide.
Every Vice City pin on the map
Select any location below to jump straight to its pin in Vice City on the interactive map.
Catalan Boulevard
Major Vice City thoroughfare off I-404, modeled on Miami's Biscayne Boulevard.
Downtown Vice City
The high-rise core of Vice City, linked by I-404 exit signs to neighboring Stockyard and Catalan Boulevard.
Sahara Arena
Downtown indoor arena alongside I-404 and home court of the Vice City Narcos basketball team.
NINE1NINE
Late-night Vice City superclub modeled on Miami's E11EVEN, advertised by banner planes over the beach and shown inside in Trailer 2.
Megamundo Building
Downtown headquarters of the Spanish-language TV network Megamundo, featured in the rooftop party and police siege sequence of the Extended Look.
Vice City Arts Center
Downtown performing-arts complex modeled on Miami's Adrienne Arsht Center.
A lively Vice City neighborhood known for its Cuban panaderías and street life, inspired by Miami's Little Havana.
Starfish Island
Bay island between Vice City and the beach barrier islands, signed on highway gantries in the Extended Look.
La Perle
Vice City neighborhood inspired by Miami's Little Haiti, seen on street murals and community boards in the trailers.
Rialto Islands
Chain of three residential islands connected by a bay causeway, modeled on Miami's Venetian Islands.
Vice City's deep-water seaport, combining giant passenger cruise terminals with container docks.
Stockyard
Creative and industrial Vice City district adjacent to Downtown, home to the Stock 305 streetwear shop and the Electric Fang tattoo parlor.
Stock 305
Streetwear store in the Stockyard district included as an extra destination in the Ultimate Edition.
Ultimate Edition content.
Tequesta
High-rise district that fans compare to Brickell, Miami's financial district.
Electric Fang Tattoo
Stockyard tattoo parlor featuring more than 50 original designs created by the art collective FAILE.
Ultimate Edition content.
Vice City Oceanarium
Island marine park off the causeway, modeled on the Miami Seaquarium on Virginia Key.
Peacock Bay
Bayside neighborhood off Interstate 97 in southern Vice City, modeled on Miami's Coconut Grove.
The postcard strip of Vice City, where pastel art deco hotels line a white-sand beach modeled on Miami's South Beach.
Tisha-Wocka Flea Market
Flea market known for its bootleg brands, named on Rockstar's Vice City page. Fans link it to Miami-Dade's Opa-locka flea market.
PTT Youngin$ Illegal Goods Store
Gang compound in Southside Vice City that Ultimate Edition players can raid for special items and contraband.
Ultimate Edition content.
Shore Court Garage
Personal garage near Ocean Beach included with the Vintage Vice City Pack, housing the two-tone '55 Vapid Stanier, a weapon locker, and a contraband stash.
Vintage Vice City Pack bonus for pre-orders and purchases made before November 20, 2026.
Vice City International Airport
Vice City's main airport (signed as VCI Airport and VCIA on I-404 and I-97), with flight paths passing over a giant hillside Vice City sign.
Ocean View Hotel
Art deco hotel on the Ocean Beach waterfront that fans match to GTA: Vice City's Ocean View Hotel. Rockstar has not named it.
Shore Drive
Oceanfront boulevard along the Vice Beach strip, celebrated by the '55 Vapid Stanier and '95 Grotti Cheetah edition bonuses.
Southside
Southern Vice City district off I-97 next to Peacock Bay, home to the PTT Youngin$ gang compound.
Washington Beach
Beach neighborhood just north of Ocean Beach where the Ultimate Edition's pink-and-blue Shitzu Squalo speedboat is moored.
The Shitzu Squalo is Ultimate Edition content.
South Vice City
Southern approach to the metropolitan area along I-97 and U.S. Route 35 toward Vice City International Airport.
More GTA 6 map locations
Guides to other places on the GTA 6 map of Leonida. For the state as a whole, read the GTA 6 regions guide.
- Ocean Beach
- Little Cuba
- VC Port
- Leonida Keys
- Key Lento
- Grassrivers
- Port Gellhorn
- Ambrosia
- Mount Kalaga National Park
Sources
- Only in Leonida — Vice City (Rockstar Games)
- Rockstar’s Only in Leonida region text, as published May 2025 (Press Start, )
- Grand Theft Auto VI Ultimate Edition (Rockstar Games)
- Grand Theft Auto VI — An Extended Look (Rockstar Newswire, )
- GTA 6 map officially twice as large as GTA 5 (Game Informer cover story) (Video Games Chronicle, )
- The grand ambitions of 'Grand Theft Auto VI' (The New York Times, reprinted by The Star, )
- All the Real-Life Miami References in Grand Theft Auto 6 Trailer (Miami New Times, )
- GTA Wiki (Vice-Dale County) (Fandom)