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Vice City

Rockstar's Miami, rebuilt for the modern day and roughly twice the size of Los Santos. This is what is currently known about its districts — and about why fighting the police here is harder than anywhere else in Leonida.

Updated 31 August 2026 · 6 min read

Short answer

Is GTA 6 set in Vice City?

Yes — GTA 6 is set in modern-day Vice City and the wider state of Leonida, not the 1980s Vice City of the 2002 game. Vice City is Rockstar's Miami and is estimated at roughly twice the size of GTA V's Los Santos. Confirmed districts include Ocean Beach, Little Havana, Little Haiti, the Stockyard, Leaf Links and Washington Beach.

Confirmed · Verified 31 August 2026

Curved white high-rise towers on the Vice City waterfront in daylight — The mini-map renders buildings in 3D. Rockstar Games

Not the 1980s

The single most common misconception about GTA 6 is that it revisits the neon 1986 of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. It does not. This is the same fictional city, decades later.

What that changes: the art deco is still there but weathered and monetised, the money is contemporary rather than cocaine-boom, and the culture Rockstar is satirising is social media, influencer wealth and short-form video — a modern city with an eighties skeleton.

“The glamour, hustle, and greed of America captured in a single city”

Official

Rockstar's own description, alongside pastel art deco hotels, bright beaches and the cruise ship capital of the state.

Districts and neighbourhoods

Names below come from official footage where possible and from leaked map material otherwise. Real-world equivalents are given where the mapping is clear.

Vice City districts
District	Based on	Notes
Ocean Beach	South Beach	Beachfront, art deco strip, nightlife.
Vice Beach	Miami Beach	The broader beach district.
South Beach	South Beach	Named separately in leaked material.
Washington Beach	Mid-Beach	Returning name from the 1986 Vice City.
Little Havana	Little Havana	Cuban-American district, returning name.
Little Haiti	Little Haiti	Haitian district, returning name. Zenglen on the Trailer 2 soundtrack points here.
Stockyard	Wynwood	Warehouses and street art — the arts-district-in-an-industrial-shell.
Leaf Links	Fisher Island / golf country	Returning name from the 1986 Vice City.
Venetian Islands	Venetian Islands	Causeway-linked residential islands.
Rockridge	—	Named in leaked material.
Tequesta Retreat	—	Named in leaked material.
Gloriana Key	Virginia Key	Named in leaked material.
Dalton Island	—	Named in leaked material.
Catalan Key	—	Named in leaked material.
Crosstown	—	Named in leaked material.
Hamlet	—	Named in leaked material.
Belville	—	Named in leaked material.
Ekanfinaka	—	Named in leaked material.

Confidence level

Ocean Beach, Little Havana, Little Haiti, Leaf Links and Washington Beach are returning names from the 1986 Vice City and appear in official material. The remainder are leak-tier and could change.

A large VICE CITY sign silhouetted against an orange sunset with a plane overhead — Modern-day Vice City, not the 1986 version.

Two people at a rooftop infinity pool overlooking Vice City — Rockstar calls it the glamour, hustle and greed of America in one city.

A daytime aerial view of dense Vice City apartment blocks and a basketball court — Basketball returns from GTA: San Andreas.

A crowded Vice City beach with sunbathers and a lifeguard tower — The beach districts are the city's postcard front.

A night-time aerial view of a lit Vice City fairground and waterfront — The map screen uses detailed satellite-style imagery.

A classic car driving past a colourful mural in a Vice City arts district — The Stockyard is Rockstar's Wynwood.

A tall Vice City tower at golden hour with the bay behind it — Vice City International Airport and the port anchor the city.

Dancers in neon costumes performing in a Vice City nightclub — Nightlife is a whole economy in the city.

Police officers and a crowd around a squad car under pink neon at night — Three stars or more in Vice City is genuinely dangerous.

Two men posing for the camera on a Vice City street in daylight — Over 600,000 NPC animations, individually art-directed.

A man in gold chains holding a pistol under blue night lighting — Some residents are armed and start violence unprovoked.

Official screenshots · Rockstar Games

Landmarks and infrastructure

Vice City International Airport — the state's main air gateway Confirmed
Vice City Port — cruise terminal and commercial docks; Rockstar calls the city the cruise ship capital Confirmed
A functional tram system — enterable and rideable, seamlessly Confirmed
A football stadium Leaked
An amphitheatre Leaked
Tennis courts Leaked
The Jack of Hearts — Boobie Ike's strip club Confirmed
NINE1NINE — a nightclub based on Miami's E11EVEN Confirmed
Only Raw Records — Dre'Quan Priest's label Confirmed

More on the commercial layer, including the returning franchise brands, on the businesses page.

Why Vice City is the hardest place to run

Three stars or more in Vice City is a genuine problem

Confirmed

Press previews single the city out: crowded streets and tight roads make higher Wanted levels significantly more dangerous here than elsewhere in Leonida. Escaping on foot through alleys and connecting streets is viable, and Rockstar has overhauled sprinting, vaulting and climbing partly to support it.

The same density that makes Vice City the most interesting place on the map makes it the worst place to be identified. It also complicates stolen-car delivery — vehicles arrive damaged more easily in narrow streets, and visible damage cuts what a fence will pay. The economy page covers this →

Common questions

Short, direct answers. Each one links to the section above that explains it in full.

Is GTA 6 set in 1980s Vice City?#

No. GTA 6 is set in modern-day Vice City. The 1980s Vice City belongs to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002).

How big is Vice City in GTA 6?#

Press estimates put Vice City alone at roughly twice the size of Los Santos from GTA V, before the rest of the state of Leonida is counted.

What districts are in GTA 6's Vice City?#

Confirmed and leaked districts include Ocean Beach, Vice Beach, Washington Beach, Little Havana, Little Haiti, the Stockyard, Leaf Links, the Venetian Islands, Rockridge, Tequesta Retreat and Gloriana Key.

Sources

Every claim on this page traces back to one of the following. Rockstar Games newswire posts and the official Extended Look are treated as primary; everything else is labelled in-line.