December 18, 2003
Miami stadium price tag $450 mil?
The Miami city commission has asked Miami-Dade County to hold a March 9 referendum on hiking sales taxes by half a percent for 18 months, as a means of raising $225 million for a new Florida Marlins stadium. (Polls have previously shown Florida voters to be overwhelmingly opposed to using tax money for a stadium.) The Marlins will apparently need it, as Miami City Manager Joe Arriola says the cost of a stadium would be far higher than the $325 million that's been reported: "The real number is around $450 million. At least 450 million. We have had people say that estimate might be short." We don't want to say I told you so, but - oh, heck, sure we do.
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