Vice City is the heart of GTA 6: a present-day Miami and the biggest city in the state of Leonida. Rockstar describes it as “the glamour, hustle, and greed of America captured in a single city”, and its four officially named spots are Ocean Beach, Little Cuba, the Tisha-Wocka flea market and the VC Port.
It is the same city name as 2002’s Vice City, but not the same era. Rockstar’s own line: “We’re a long way from the ’80s, but Vice City is still the sun and fun capital of America.”
What neighborhoods are in Vice City?
Rockstar’s “Only in Leonida” page walks through the city from the beach to the docks confirmed:
- Ocean Beach: “pastel art deco hotels and bright white sands.”
- Little Cuba: “bustling panaderías.”
- Tisha-Wocka flea market: “bootleg brands.”
- VC Port: “the cruise ship capital of the world.”
Rockstar’s edition and pre-order pages add more names confirmed:
- Shore Drive, a Vice City callback named in edition copy.
- Shore Court garage, “a stone’s throw from… Ocean Beach.”
- Washington Beach, where the Shitzu Squalo boat is docked.
- Southside Vice City, home to the PTT Youngin$ gang compound.
- The Ocean View Hotel, Tommy Vercetti’s hotel in the 2002 game.
Insider Gaming’s compiled list from promotional material adds Vice Beach, Downtown, SW 9th Ave, Port Vice City, VCI Airport, Starfish Island and the Rialto Islands, among others reported. Rockstar hasn’t placed every one of these inside city limits. The full sorted list is on landmarks and neighborhoods.
What real places is Vice City based on?
Miami, per every outlet that has compared them. These matches are GTABase’s, from community analysis rather than Rockstar reported:
| Vice City | Real Miami |
|---|---|
| Ocean Beach | South Beach |
| Little Cuba | Little Havana |
| VC Port | PortMiami |
| Downtown Vice City | Downtown Miami |
| Megamundo tower | One Biscayne Tower |
Trailer 1 adds landmark-level parodies, per Den of Geek confirmed: a Boardwalk Hotel standing in for Miami’s Avalon, the Atlantic Hotel next to the three-round-window “Scarface building”, and a “Nine1Nine” seaplane banner parodying Miami’s E11EVEN club. A Rockstar social caption names Hamlet as a location.
Wikipedia, citing Dazed, says Rockstar’s field team researched Miami from 2015 and that more than 50 street artists painted murals for Vice City’s neighborhoods reported. More comparisons are on GTA 6 real-life locations.
Who lives in Vice City?
Rockstar’s character bios put the music and nightlife side of the story in Vice City confirmed:
- Boobie Ike, “a local Vice City legend - and acts like it”, runs real estate, a strip club and a recording studio.
- Dre’Quan Priest has signed the Real Dimez and “sets his sights on the Vice City scene.”
- Real Dimez (Bae-Luxe and Roxy) are signed to Boobie and Dre’Quan’s Only Raw Records.
The Extended Look adds story scenes in the city reported. Méndez, a dirty VCPD cop, leads a raid on Raymond’s drug house while Jason and Lucia are there for a pickup. Val, Andrés de León and Petra Navarro are tied to a security job at the opening of Megamundo’s first US headquarters, a Spanish-language network. The protagonists, Jason and Lucia, move between the city and the rest of the state.
What has been shown of Vice City so far?
- Trailer 1 (Dec 2023): the Ocean View Hotel, the art deco strip, a “Vice Vinyl” sticker shop, and recreations of real Florida viral clips confirmed.
- Trailer 2 (May 2025): Pißwasser beer, the Post OP delivery brand and a bank robbery at a “City National Bank”-style branch, according to fan wikis rumour.
- Extended Look (Aug 27, 2026): Effluvia, a rooftop bar downtown, and a seedy stock market that may be BAWSAQ. The HUD map shows new 3D buildings reported.
Trailer-by-trailer details are on Trailer 1 and Trailer 2.
How big is Vice City compared to Los Santos?
Rockstar hasn’t said. Rob Nelson reportedly told YouTuber TGG that Vice City is about twice the size of Los Santos, and TGG said Vice City plus its suburbs is about 11 times Los Santos and its surroundings rumour. GTA Intel calls the 11x figure the least corroborated of all the size claims. The whole-map figures are on GTA 6 map size.
What Tommy Vercetti references are in Vice City?
Official material winks at the 2002 game repeatedly confirmed:
- The Ocean View Hotel and Shore Drive.
- The Hawk & Little Morgan revolvers, “sourced from the Vercetti Estate.”
- A tropical weapon pattern “inspired by Tommy Vercetti’s iconic palm tree button-up.”
- Flash FM, the station Rockstar calls “the Vice City institution,” returns on the radio.
None of this confirms Tommy himself appears. That remains rumour; see returning characters and cameos.
Is Vice City being promoted in the real Miami?
Yes. Wikipedia, citing IGN, NBC Miami and others, reports “Welcome to Vice City” signage, a Kaseya Center roof deal (about $975,000), E11EVEN rebranded as “Nine1Nine” from Nov 6, 2026, and a Miami Heat “A Night in Vice City” game on Nov 18 reported. The campaign drew pushback from Miami-Dade’s sheriff and a commissioner. NBC Miami reports commissioners approved it on Sep 16, 2026.
What we’re watching
Rockstar hasn’t named every district, so the launch map will settle which Insider Gaming names sit inside the city. For the rest of the state, start at Leonida’s six regions or the world hub.