Tweet
You can go down the list of franchises (not all of them, but many of them) that threatened to move to LA if the city did not fund new stadiums with tax subsidies. It has been a plan by the NFL set by the owners to use the vacant city of LA as leverage to bully cities.
The last franchise being Minnesota. Remember last year where they were committed to going to LA.
Well, now we have Miami. Next up. The NFL has wanted renovations done to Miami since that SB when it rained (Chicago Indy). This has been one of those issues where the NFL (Goodell) has tried to threaten the city that the SB will not be played there.
There was a vote where the city turned down funding on 300million dollars in renovations. (Putting a roof on the stadium)
Take a wild guess what the team is insinuating they "may do." Take a wild guess, now that the city legislature has turned down funding the renovations. Keep in mind, this general area has (although yes totally different cities and counties) has seen (over the last 20 years) a new Miami Heat stadium (the first one) that was built in 1988 get torn down. Where the Florida Panthers moves to totally different locationa and new AA Arena was built for the Heat. So, really, the only city (I think) where the pro basketball team and pro hockey team do not share the same arena.
Then the Marlins. They won two world series, only to see a fire sale of the team that won it....TWICE. Then an owner that promised the city that if they fund a new stadium (built on the location of the old Orange Bowl which is hallowed ground really) that they will spend big money to produce a winner. So, the city paid for a new stadium and that promise of owner (who hardly paid a dime for the stadium) trades away all of the big contracts, and they are now back to being a AAA squad.
So, the area is tired of being shafted with these false promises and being bullied to pay for stadiums or renovations.
However, here they are......"insinuating" that LA is in the future for the Dolphins after the Florida legislature turned down public funding.
Dee: Fins' future in Miami 'bleak'
Miami Dolphins CEO Mike Dee said in a television interview Sunday his team won't pay for any renovations to Sun Life Stadium after the Florida Legislature ended its session without passing any funding plan that would assist the team's quest to refurbish the stadium.
"We cannot do this without a private-public partnership," Dee told WFOR-TV in Miami. "At this time we have no intention of investing more."
When asked about the long-term future of the Dolphins in South Florida, Dee said: "I wouldn't want to prognosticate what the future holds, but it's clearly bleak."
Dee said in the interview that 73-year-old owner Stephen Ross has no intentions to move the franchise, but at some point he'll sell the team and the aging stadium will be an issue confronting the new owner.
Dee was asked in the interview whether moving the franchise to Los Angeles now becomes an option.
"I don't think it's an option for Steve Ross, but for a subsequent owner? The Dolphins are one of the only franchises in the National Football League that do not have a long-term lease with their community," he said.
The last franchise being Minnesota. Remember last year where they were committed to going to LA.
Well, now we have Miami. Next up. The NFL has wanted renovations done to Miami since that SB when it rained (Chicago Indy). This has been one of those issues where the NFL (Goodell) has tried to threaten the city that the SB will not be played there.
There was a vote where the city turned down funding on 300million dollars in renovations. (Putting a roof on the stadium)
Take a wild guess what the team is insinuating they "may do." Take a wild guess, now that the city legislature has turned down funding the renovations. Keep in mind, this general area has (although yes totally different cities and counties) has seen (over the last 20 years) a new Miami Heat stadium (the first one) that was built in 1988 get torn down. Where the Florida Panthers moves to totally different locationa and new AA Arena was built for the Heat. So, really, the only city (I think) where the pro basketball team and pro hockey team do not share the same arena.
Then the Marlins. They won two world series, only to see a fire sale of the team that won it....TWICE. Then an owner that promised the city that if they fund a new stadium (built on the location of the old Orange Bowl which is hallowed ground really) that they will spend big money to produce a winner. So, the city paid for a new stadium and that promise of owner (who hardly paid a dime for the stadium) trades away all of the big contracts, and they are now back to being a AAA squad.
So, the area is tired of being shafted with these false promises and being bullied to pay for stadiums or renovations.
However, here they are......"insinuating" that LA is in the future for the Dolphins after the Florida legislature turned down public funding.
Dee: Fins' future in Miami 'bleak'
Miami Dolphins CEO Mike Dee said in a television interview Sunday his team won't pay for any renovations to Sun Life Stadium after the Florida Legislature ended its session without passing any funding plan that would assist the team's quest to refurbish the stadium.
"We cannot do this without a private-public partnership," Dee told WFOR-TV in Miami. "At this time we have no intention of investing more."
When asked about the long-term future of the Dolphins in South Florida, Dee said: "I wouldn't want to prognosticate what the future holds, but it's clearly bleak."
Dee said in the interview that 73-year-old owner Stephen Ross has no intentions to move the franchise, but at some point he'll sell the team and the aging stadium will be an issue confronting the new owner.
Dee was asked in the interview whether moving the franchise to Los Angeles now becomes an option.
"I don't think it's an option for Steve Ross, but for a subsequent owner? The Dolphins are one of the only franchises in the National Football League that do not have a long-term lease with their community," he said.
Comment