Why do the Marlins deserve a new stadium???

[Foster]

So it's not "build it and they will come" it's "build it closer and they will come".

Thats not necessarily true.
Land Shark Stadium is built in the "northern" part of town. Well I don't really know the dynamics of the city, it appears as if this area is the
residential" part of town, close to were people live. Yet they don't draw much.

[HollywoodLeo]

that's just what I understood the reasoning to be. Wasn't really saying I believed it.

[Foster]

Miami has a lot of tennis players down there.
They can really put some good spin on things.

[Tobywan]

Its really a joke that MLB let him buy the Marlins after MLB bailed out Loria for the Expos...

Oh Gawd, don't get me started on that asshole!

[realmofotalk]

The ugliness of the ballpark debt was apparent long before the documents surfaced. To help fund the $634 million stadium complex, Miami-Dade County commissioners voted to secure more than $400 million in loans, most of which are loaded with balloon payments. The worst is a $91 million loan that will take $1.2 billion to pay off. By 2049, the county will have spent $2.4 billion to cover its portion of the stadium.

Meanwhile, Loria is hundreds of millions richer if and when he sells the Marlins, thanks to his new toy that everyone else will be paying for a long time. What a country.

[redsfan28]

BOHICA

(for those who don't listen to Jim Rome, BOHICA stands for Bend Over Here It Comes Again)

[Tobywan]

3 hour game delay, water standing at the foul lines and outfield. I think 3 people stayed.

[realmofotalk]

All 3 of them who were in attendance? (Just kidding.) That stadium is a dump.

[Tobywan]

And the Marlins were nice they allowed them to move down right behind home plate.

[Tobywan]

Whoa, I just spotted another 4.

[realmofotalk]

Recall that Florida taxpayers once balked at building a ballpark for Huizenga that would have cost $350 million, half of the cost of Loria's new ballpark. IMHO, MLB missed out on the 1980's when there was more than enough drug money going into the banks to build a palace for a team in Miami.

[hatreserve]

Having a new stadium will help the city and bring in more people to your stadium. Growing your fan base.