September 12, 2005
Miami pol: Raze Orange Bowl? No? Lemme see what else I got...
Miami City Manager Joe Arriola, no doubt frustrated that his attempts to arrange a new home for the Marlins have gone nowhere, has proposed a new plan: Tear down the Orange Bowl, move the University of Miami's football games to Dolphins Stadium, and build a new baseball stadium on the Orange Bowl site. Even Arriola apparently had trouble keeping a straight face at this one, telling local reporters: "I get paid to come up with ideas and that's one of the ideas I came up with."
Arriola also said that Marlins president David Samson has begun turning up the heat to get a stadium deal done, saying that the estimated price tag is now up to $425 million. Of course, a year ago it was already $420 million, so if so the cost has actually gone down after accounting for inflation. Sounds like somebody needs to work on his hardball negotiating skills.
