Tab will move on to the next part of the site rather than go through menu items. Enter and space open menus and escape closes them as well. Up and Down arrows will open main level menus and toggle through sub tier links. Left and right arrows move across top level links and expand / close menus in sub levels. But actual plans for building a stadium in the cash-strapped city remain vague.The site navigation utilizes arrow, enter, escape, and space bar key commands. "It's not the time to discuss this _ it's the time to celebrate this great victory."īoth incumbent Miami Mayor Joe Carollo and the leading challenger in next Tuesday's election, Xavier Suarez, are telling voters they are talking to Marlins officials about bringing the team to the city. "It's not on the radar screen at this point," Penelas said.
If Metro-Dade Mayor Alex Penelas has given any thought to building a new stadium in the county, he isn't letting on. In this scenario, the Marlins could tap both Broward County and Metro-Dade for money. In this version, land straddling the Broward-Dade county line _ perhaps ajdcent to the stadium and Calder racetrack _ would be de-annexed from both counties.Ī new self-governing district would be created similar to the sweeping powers the Legislature granted in 1967 for what became Walt Disney World.
1997 PRO PLAYER STADIUM SERIES
The team then pulled off one of the greatest upset in baseball history by getting through the National League playoffs and winning the World Series over the Cleveland Indians. They finished with a record of 92-70, winning the NL Wild Card. The Marlins already have used their $60 million subsidy to modify Pro Player Stadium for baseball and, under existing law, couldn't qualify for another break.Īnother, less likely scenario batted around by lobbyists and high ranking Huizenga associates would create a scaled down variation on the discarded "Wayne's World" park near the existing staduim. In 1997, their manager was Jim Leyland and they played home games at Pro Player Stadium. The Huizenga-Marlins lobbyists also are going to have to find a way to amend the state law that permits pro sports teams to bond sales taxes generated by the teams to pay off facility debt. The additional revenues from this so-called tax-increment financing would be used to offset some of the ballpark debt.Ī similar mechanism was used in Cleveland to create a separate authority that built the $420 million Gateway complex consisting of the Cleveland Indians' home, Jacobs Field, and the adjacent Gund Arena, home of basketball's Cleveland Cavaliers.Īnother possible source could be a local-option restaurant and beverage tax or a "sin" tax on cigarettes and alcohol similar to the one in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, which is paying construction debt on the Gateway project as well as part of a new Cleveland Browns football stadium.Īll of these potential options would require an immense amount of legislative help in Tallahassee, and in some cases, voter ratification on the local level.
1997 PRO PLAYER STADIUM PLUS
Under this scenario, all property owners would contribute a second set of taxes toward the district based on the increasing values in the area with the addition of American Airlines Arena, the new home of the Miami Heat the baseball stadium the performing-arts center and opera house plus stores, restaurants, bars and new parking garages expected to crop up in the area. One of the scenarios would ask downtown property owners to create a special tax district on both sides of Biscayne Boulevard generally from Bayfront Park to north of the proposed Performing Arts Center. Winning the title also will help the Marlins in the Cuban community, which has rallied around the Marlins recently, especially with the emergence of Cuban defector and rookie pitcher Livan Hernandez, the World Series most valuable player.
Those leaders, in turn, would be asked to persuade the Miami and Metro-Dade powerbase to find a way to finance a new stadium with a roof that will ensure no economically crippling and aesthetically displeasing rain delays. He said Monday he is about "two thirds" of the way toward raising the $150 million to buy the team if Huizenga is still selling.
Lately, he has been focusing on bringing prominent Cuban-American businessmen into the ownership mix. Smiley is the only candidate trying to assemble a syndicate of 30 or more local investors willing to contribute $5 million or more to buy the team.
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