September 30, 2003
Marlins, Cowboys pitch stadiums
With the long, slow summer at an end, stadium-grubbing season has kicked into full gear again today. In Miami, the playoff-bound Florida Marlins have begun talks with the city about public funding for a $350 million baseball stadium - there's a December 1 deadline to use money from a previously authorized Convention Development Tax. Meanwhile, in Dallas, the Cowboys have apparently decided it's cheaper to buy airtime than legislators, running a series of radio ads touting their $650 million stadium plan, for which they want $400 million in county funding. The Cowboys say they want a public referendum on the ballot in November 2004.
Posted by Neil deMause
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