Thursday, April 29, 2004
Marlins Near Deal for a New Ballpark
Look! The Marlins may not need that $60 million from the state after all. The Miami Herald reports that the club, Miami-Dade County and the City of Miami are close to a stadium deal. The city's willing to contribute the estimated $25 million it hopes to receive from the sale of the Miami Arena, while the county will throw in more money from a tourist tax.
The parties have also agreed on a site to the southwest of the Orange Bowl. The biggest holdup now is who will pay for a $32 million parking garage. The ever-optimistic Miami Commissioner Tomás Regalado said that the project "can even move forward without state money. They can go back to Tallahassee next year." Of course, the chance of the state contributing money for a stadium that's going to be built anyway is essentially zero...
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Look! The Marlins may not need that $60 million from the state after all. The Miami Herald reports that the club, Miami-Dade County and the City of Miami are close to a stadium deal. The city's willing to contribute the estimated $25 million it hopes to receive from the sale of the Miami Arena, while the county will throw in more money from a tourist tax.
The parties have also agreed on a site to the southwest of the Orange Bowl. The biggest holdup now is who will pay for a $32 million parking garage. The ever-optimistic Miami Commissioner Tomás Regalado said that the project "can even move forward without state money. They can go back to Tallahassee next year." Of course, the chance of the state contributing money for a stadium that's going to be built anyway is essentially zero...
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