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Miami Herald: County approves new Marlins baseball stadium financing

At 1:10 a.m. Wednesday, Miami-Dade County commissioners cast the final vote on a set of last-minute changes that cleared the way for the sale of more than $300 million in bonds to pay for construction of a new baseball stadium in Little Havana.

Barring any new surprises, the early morning vote sets the stage for construction of the park, and ends the decade-long quest to build a professional baseball stadium in Miami.

The bond sale agreement is set to be signed at 1 p.m., and Florida Marlins officials said work would begin on site Wednesday, as well.

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1. Home Run Teal & Black Black Black Gone! Posted: July 01, 2009 at 05:55 PM (#3239109)

Well. Okay.

I wish every public policy battle I lost resulted in my baseball team getting a new stadium. Would that they'd all be so easy to swallow.

But fine. We're playing that game. Loria makes out like a bandit. Fine. It's happening.

But we've got a stadium now. We'll have the Miami Marlins. Alright, good. Let's do this thing.

FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDOM!

2. tribefan Posted: July 01, 2009 at 06:09 PM (#3239137)

To fill the gap, Florida Marlins President David Samson appeared before county commissioners and said the ballclub will pick up the $6.2 million difference. He pledged that the project will not be scaled back at all.

''My proposal is no change . . . other than the county's contribution is going down by $6 million,'' said Samson.

But that change triggered questions over how the $6.2 million would be covered by the Marlins -- with several commissioners asking if the ballclub would value-engineer elements out of the stadium rather invest $6.2 million into the ballpark.

Samson responded each time with a firm no, asserting that the ballpark will be built as planned.

Sure, I believe that.

3. RB in NYC (Now with New iPhone!) Posted: July 01, 2009 at 06:24 PM (#3239187)

with several commissioners asking if the ballclub would value-engineer elements out of the stadium rather invest $6.2 million into the ballpark.

I can't wait until Opening Day arrives and there's Samson explaining that a visitor's dugout would have cost $6.2 million, so the Mets can just buy some tickets to sit like anyone else.

4. The Yankee Clapper Posted: July 01, 2009 at 06:31 PM (#3239198)

But that change triggered questions over how the $6.2 million would be covered by the Marlins

Pay toilets.

5. Shooty: Applying to be Fearless Leader

Posted: July 01, 2009 at 06:32 PM (#3239201)

I can't wait until Opening Day arrives and there's Samson explaining that a visitor's dugout would have cost $6.2 million, so the Mets can just buy some tickets to sit like anyone else.

I think the easiest way to value-engineer it would be to make the stadium Samson-sized.

6. Baseball-Birthdays.com Posted: July 01, 2009 at 07:40 PM (#3239378)

But we've got a stadium now. We'll have the Miami Marlins. Alright, good. Let's do this thing.

I must've missed something somewhere along the line... why is the name change contingent on the new stadium's completion (very last line of the AP story)? Or is it just a PR tie-in?

7. TerpNats Posted: July 01, 2009 at 08:09 PM (#3239470)

Perha[s the Nats can finally win a game there once the new park opens.

8. Paul The Paranoid Android Posted: July 01, 2009 at 08:20 PM (#3239504)

I think the name change was part of the original financing deal.

9. RMc is the loyal supporter of the MLB event Posted: July 01, 2009 at 08:21 PM (#3239506)

We'll have the Miami Marlins.

The Arlington Rangers, Minneapolis Twins, St. Petersburg Rays, Denver Rockies and Phoenix Diamondbacks say hi.

10. J. Michael Neal Posted: July 02, 2009 at 05:33 AM (#3240026)

God, we need Brattain on this thread.

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