City commissioners in Miami have approved the building of a $634 million ballpark for the Florida Marlins by a 3-2 vote taken Thursday. The new stadium would seat 37,000 fans and feature a retractable roof. Despite Thursday’s vote by Miami leaders, the stadium project isn’t out of the woods yet. County commissioners will vet the issue on Monday.
Prior to Thursday’s vote, Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria pronounced confidence that the city would approve the ballpark: “To get this stadium built now is the perfect time…People need jobs, people need paychecks. The time to get it done is now.”
The stadium, whose original price tag of $515 million took a jump Thursday, would be built on the site of the now-demolished Orange Bowl in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
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