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November 21, 2006

Miami eyes new Marlins site

City-vs-suburbs battles really are all the rage this week: Now it's Miami-Dade County reopening discussions of building a stadium for the Florida Marlins. The county has identified a new downtown site, says county manager George Burgess, that would cost less because it's already publicly owned; however, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel notes, "the county would need to find an alternate site for a new Children's Courthouse for juvenile and dependency cases, which is planned for the location." Which would cost money. So it wouldn't really be cheaper, though it might look cheaper because the money would come out of the courthouse budget, not the stadium budget.

Added the Sun-Sentinel:

Burgess would not discuss how the financing might work at the new Miami location, but said it would need to include participation from the county, city of Miami, the Marlins and, if possible, the state.

Isn't this where we came in?

COMMENTS

Once the state gets into the stadium business, it creates a precedent for rescue of other sports arenas. After the Titans got some state money for their stadium, Memphis followed up with a similar request for money for the Grizzlies new basketball palace. I think the same thing applies to convention centers.

Posted by Danny L. Newton on December 8, 2006 06:47 PM

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