Marlins FINALLY Getting A Stadium

[UNHWildCats]

MIAMI - The Florida Marlins will soon have a home of their own.

The team on Monday cleared the last political hurdle in its decade-long quest to get its own ballpark in Miami when the Miami-Dade County commission voted to approve the multi-million dollar deal.

After a marathon 9½-hour meeting, the county’s 13 commissioners capped off the team’s push for a retractable-roof park that is expected to cost at least $515 million. The commission by a 9-4 vote approved the stadium agreement itself.

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/29845578/

[813Jag]

MIAMI - The Florida Marlins will soon have a home of their own.

The team on Monday cleared the last political hurdle in its decade-long quest to get its own ballpark in Miami when the Miami-Dade County commission voted to approve the multi-million dollar deal.

After a marathon 9½-hour meeting, the county’s 13 commissioners capped off the team’s push for a retractable-roof park that is expected to cost at least $515 million. The commission by a 9-4 vote approved the stadium agreement itself.

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/29845578/
now all they need is a team and fans. xlolx

[93henfan]

now all they need is a team and fans. xlolx

Beat me to it.

The capacity of the stadium will be 11,000 to ensure a sellout every game.

[UNHWildCats]

now all they need is a team and fans. xlolx
if you build it they might come

[bluehenbillk]

MIAMI - The Florida Marlins will soon have a home of their own.

After a marathon 9½-hour meeting, the county’s 13 commissioners capped off the team’s push for a retractable-roof park that is expected to cost at least $515 million.



If I'm a Florida taxpayer I'm asking on what planet do they think they can build a new park WITH A RETRACTABLE ROOF for ONLY $515 million??? I wonder if after watching the debacles other cities have gone with overruns that they put language in there saying the team is responsible for paying 100% of the overage.

[813Jag]

if you build it they might come
I take it you've never been to any games in South Florida?

[UNHWildCats]

im not very familiar with the Miami area, but Miami Gardens.... is that different then Miami? and if so, is the access easy at Miami Gardens? How much easier is access to the area the new stadium will be built in Little Havana area?

Im not saying the attendence will increase, but there certainly is the possibility it could.

[813Jag]

im not very familiar with the Miami area, but Miami Gardens.... is that different then Miami? and if so, is the access easy at Miami Gardens? How much easier is access to the area the new stadium will be built in Little Havana area?

Im not saying the attendence will increase, but there certainly is the possibility it could.
Miami Gardens is a largely black area near the Dade/Broward County line. It's about 20 minutes away from the Orange Bowl area where the new stadium will be built.