Marlins ballpark agreement reached

SportsWorld · Post #1 » by **SportsWorld** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 9:05 am

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/base ... 4135.story

The Marlins, Miami-Dade County, the city of Miami and Major League Baseball reached agreement late Friday to finance a $515 million ballpark at the site of the Orange Bowl, according to a source.

The agreement was not released, but was expected to be distributed to county and city commissioners, who will need to approve it. The city has scheduled a special commission meeting to consider the deal at 9 a.m. Thursday; the county commission is to meet at 1 p.m. that day.

The deal calls for the county and city to contribute $360 million mainly in tourist taxes and a $50 million general obligation bond Miami-Dade voters approved in 2004 to renovate the Orange Bowl, but which will instead be moved to the ballpark project.The Marlins are to contribute $155 million.

The Marlins have been trying for years to finance a new ballpark, but numerous deals were derailed when the state Legislature failed to help pay for the project. The new agreement does not count on state dollars and officials have said they have never been closer to building a 37,000-seat retractable roof ballpark.

Post #2 » by **HMFFL** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 9:16 am

As if the Marlins deserve this!

Post #3 » by **studcrackers** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 9:26 am

damn, well there goes my hope for a team in vegas

Post #4 » by **craig01** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 5:07 pm

Wow. Glad to see it happening.

The location still sucks though. Not enough parking, rough area.

Best of luck.

TSC25 · Post #5 » by **TSC25** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 5:47 pm

Well I'd say the big question is,will the fans come if they build it ?

Post #6 » by **Chach** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 6:41 pm

If you build it, they will come.

mahalo
~Chach~[/img]

SportsWorld · Post #7 » by **SportsWorld** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 6:56 pm

Let's just hope more than 400 people show up:

Post #8 » by **Da Schwab** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 7:02 pm

When I saw this headline on the front page today I thought I was hallucinating.

What a horrible, horrible idea.

Post #9 » by **craig01** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 7:14 pm

TSC25 wrote:Well I'd say the big question is,will the fans come if they build it ?

For a while.

That area is an awful location.

Been to the OB, it sucks.

mets87 · Post #10 » by **mets87** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:07 pm

SportsWorld wrote:pics

jesus, that's depressing. :-?

WEFFPIM · Post #11 » by **WEFFPIM** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:45 pm

Wow, this is unexpected. I thought there was no shot of the Marlins staying in Miami long term.

hermes · Post #12 » by **hermes** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 11:17 pm

Chach wrote:If you build it, they will come.

(picture)

mahalo
~Chach~[/img]

not always

:spam:

James_Dolan · Post #13 » by **James_Dolan** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 12:41 am

Nobody cares about the Marlins in Florida. Why keep them there?

Post #14 » by **HMFFL** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 3:28 pm

Chach wrote:If you build it, they will come.

(picture)

mahalo
~Chach~[/img]

I really hope your right. I have extended family that lives in Miami and I feel for them with the current situation. It's not like they trust the ownership anyway.

Post #15 » by **Flash3** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 4:42 am

Great news, but totally unexpected!