TenuredVulture wrote:I'm glad that CBP has no animatronics.

Woody wrote:

TenuredVulture wrote:I'm glad that CBP has no animatronics.

Besides Wheeler that is

Phan In Phlorida wrote:- The Marlins are locked for 35 years subject to terms of a Non-Relocation Agreement.

Phan In Phlorida wrote:The ballpark will be completed on March 29, 2012.

The proposal to build a new baseball stadium for the Florida Marlins has hit yet another snag -- this time it's about race.

County Attorney Robert Cuevas reportedly told commissioners on Friday that he cannot approve the stadium deal, or allow it to come up for a vote, because the Marlins signed a compact promising 15 percent of the construction work to black-owned businesses.

The county phased out its practice of awarding contracts based on race after a federal court ruled it unconstitutional in the late 1990s. Since a Marlins stadium would be funded in large measure with public money, the county's concern is that the rules apply to the stadium contracts.

The Marlins signed the deal with the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce, which represents black-owned businesses, on Friday without the participation of county officials.

kruker wrote:Race-based construction work on Marlins stadium hits obstacle

The proposal to build a new baseball stadium for the Florida Marlins has hit yet another snag -- this time it's about race.

County Attorney Robert Cuevas reportedly told commissioners on Friday that he cannot approve the stadium deal, or allow it to come up for a vote, because the Marlins signed a compact promising 15 percent of the construction work to black-owned businesses.

The county phased out its practice of awarding contracts based on race after a federal court ruled it unconstitutional in the late 1990s. Since a Marlins stadium would be funded in large measure with public money, the county's concern is that the rules apply to the stadium contracts.

The Marlins signed the deal with the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce, which represents black-owned businesses, on Friday without the participation of county officials.

Rococo4 wrote:is thing actually going to be built?

Rococo4 wrote:is thing actually going to be built?

thephan wrote:Why spend the coin for 1000 people to sit inside rather then outside. Just move or fold the team. The worst part is that the Fish put a pretty exciting product on the field with all that youth and all that energy, it is just that no one in SFL seems to care.

The Florida Marlins' pledge to steer millions of dollars in construction contracts for their proposed ballpark to black-owned businesses is dead.

Just four days after the team and local black leaders signed the deal, hailing it as a historic breakthrough in county race relations, they agreed to kill it because Miami-Dade County Attorney Robert Cuevas said the pact would violate court rulings prohibiting governments from awarding contracts based on race.

On Tuesday afternoon, Miami-Dade Commissioner Carlos Gimenez -- a stadium critic -- accused the Marlins of knowing the compact was doomed, but going ahead with it to court support in the black community.

Gimenez said the county attorney's office warned the Marlins weeks ago that the proposed compact would violate the law and put the future of the stadium in jeopardy.

''The Marlins knew very well what they were getting into,'' Gimenez said. ``Samson is either disingenuous or incompetent.''

Late Tuesday, an indignant Samson responded that the Marlins have been working on the compact with Diggs for the past nine months and that nobody from the county attorney's office warned them that it should not be signed.

''Absolutely not,'' said Samson. ``If Carlos Gimenez is intimating something was said, the answer is no.''

Though contracts for black-owned businesses are no longer guaranteed, the companies will still be able to compete for the work if the stadium is approved

The Florida Marlins won their biggest vote in franchise history Thursday when Miami commissioners approved building a new stadium in a 3-2 vote.

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The stadium's approval keeps the project alive -- and facing a final vote before county commissioners Monday.

The vote came after more than four hours of discussion and public input on the city of Miami's share of the Florida Marlins plan to build the team the permanent home it has craved for a decade.

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With approval by the county, the team would change its name to the Miami Marlins.

kruker wrote:

The Florida Marlins won their biggest vote in franchise history Thursday when Miami commissioners approved building a new stadium in a 3-2 vote.

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The stadium's approval keeps the project alive -- and facing a final vote before county commissioners Monday.

The vote came after more than four hours of discussion and public input on the city of Miami's share of the Florida Marlins plan to build the team the permanent home it has craved for a decade.

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With approval by the county, the team would change its name to the Miami Marlins.

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FTN wrote:I've been to Miami for a Dolphins game, and I remember having to drive forever to get out to the stadium. If I lived in Miami, I highly doubt I'd go to a ton of games for that fact alone.

kruker wrote:I was thinking more along the lines of the Miami-Dade County Marlins of Florida.

Phan In Phlorida wrote:

kruker wrote:I was thinking more along the lines of the Miami-Dade County Marlins of Florida.

Little Havana Marlins of Miami-Dade Florida United States North America Earth.