Stadium News - Sort of
by craig on Feb 13, 2009 9:36 AM EST
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PrintToday is a very important day in the history of the franchise and that is understating it.
The City of Miami and the County of Miami-Dade vote today on the stadium contracts.
South Florida politicians are set to vote on a new stadium in downtown Miami for the Florida Marlins.
City and county commissioners will cast their final votes Friday on a proposal for a retractable-roof ballpark in Miami's Little Havana neighborhood.
The City Commissioners are holding a special hearing which is slated to start at 9:00 a.m.
If you want to following along with the proceedings, click on the following:
The county's meeting will start at 1:00 p.m., you can follow the process here:
Miami-Dade Commissioners meeting
I'm a little late in getting this out so I won't say much else, other than, cross your fingers and wish for luck.
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TRANSPARENCY!
hahahahahaha this guy is rediculous. He wants to know what the players are making? It’s pretty easy to find out…
I'm nervous.
I just wish there was a good and snappy response to the question, “Why should we all pay for a millionaire’s new stadium?”
Because everyone does it and that’s life if you want to be a big-league town these days may be the truth, but it doesn’t exactly convince commissioners or voters.
Also, Juan Rodriguez has a good article in the Sentinel today: Five pressing questions for the Marlins.
I really have enjoyed the last couple of minutes
of city and town council members talking and supporting it. I really think that nobody that has objected to it has brought up a valid point:
No parking: 4 decks planned
Use the Miami Arena: Infrastructure issues with trains, electric, roads
The Miami River is drying up: huhhhhhhhhh?
The Yankees Payroll: very relevant
The Marlins payroll is not transparent: Yeah okay
Traffic downtown: 75000 seat orange bowl vs 35000 seat baseball stadium
Rebuild convention center: Okay, when every major company is canceling conventions in cities that are 100x more “convention cities”
Educated people: Learn pronunciation
Put it to a vote: sorry, most of us have jobs that maybe let us post here, but dont’ have the luxury of people the speaker for a group or day off to go speak and vote whenever
Ughhh so frustrating. I think we pass the city, but don’t get the county…
I had heard that the Marlins had a problem with the city...
since one of the commissioners who supported the stadium recently had a baby and wouldn’t be in attendance…that has come to pass.
We will see if any minds can be changed in the back room discussions.
That wasn't the "initial vote"
That was the vote. The stadium deal is dead.
Lay off the stadium, Iwamura
by Orlando Rays on Feb 13, 2009 2:32 PM EST up reply actions
Commissioners have proposed amendments...
and if agreed upon, they will change their vote.
It ain’t dead yet.
on life support
I can’t see how this will pass today.
The Marlins FO will whine and complain how the ammendments are unfair and make threats, etc., but they have to realize this is the best deal they will ever see.
And now they're pointing fingers at each other
Even though they had a deal for a year.
Lay off the stadium, Iwamura
by Orlando Rays on Feb 13, 2009 3:14 PM EST up reply actions
Hang on...
while it doesn’t look good…this is South Florida government which works in mysterious and sometimes completely stupid ways.
Just when it couldn't get any weirder....
the city puts off the vote until March 12 when they can get a full commission.
Or at least I think that is what happened. My speakers at work chose a very bad day to partially work.
I'm telling you
One way or another we are getting a stadium. Believe me.
I have an idea...
Since people seem to keep mentioning the convention center, how about we build a reeeeally big convention center and the Marlins can play there. In fact, we can give it a retractable roof, so that when the weather’s nice, the convention center can become a fair ground!
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