Land sale approved. Now Miami MLS must get plans approved by city and be officially awarded a franchise by MLS (seems inevitable).
I think this thing is really happening. The approvals needed going forward certainly impact some nearby communities but the commissioners will never pass up the chance to collect property tax on that land which would otherwise contribute very little to the coffers.
"Garber reiterated in August 2014 that the expansion would not be approved until a downtown stadium plan was secured." Isn't the land sale approval basically the same thing? They already have concepts etc, of stadiums, all they needed was a location, and now they have it. "On June 6, 2017, the City of Miami approved the sale of the last parcel of land needed for the proposed stadium."
There are still zoning issues to deal with that could scuttle everything. Should they get zoning approval, I don't imagine much else would stand in the way.
Not sure, but the permit process may pose a similar problem. Wasn't the final hearing in San Jose simply a decision to override a neighbor's objection to building it there, or was it for the zoning change?
Correction: "On June 6, 2017, the COUNTY of Miami-DADE approved the sale of the last parcel of land needed for the proposed stadium." The City still needs to approve the stadium plans. But from what I've read, the City isn't going to be a problem.
Just curious. I don't know anything about Miami or it's geography and neighborhoods but it looks like Overtown is just outside of the Downtown area but still in a dense urban area accessible by transit. Would the stadium benefit from anything in it's surrounding vicinity? It doesn't look like there's a lot going on around there as far as pregame/postgame activity options (food, drink, entertainment). I wonder if the stadium will be a catalyst for more development in proximity to it. That would be cool.
Unfortunately the only thing I remember about Overtown is the riots in 1980. Hey, maybe they can call the club the Miami Riot. That has a certain old-school MLS name flavor to it.
If your question can be reframed as: "Can Overtown be an area ripe for redevelopment?", I don't know the answer to that. Anything is possible in Miami. There are areas that have taken off in the past that were surprises (The Design District being one of them, which is north of downtown). But, stadiums don't have a good track record in Miami for being a catalyst toward redevelopment. Miami Arena was built several blocks to the east of this site and it sat right at a metrorail stop. The surrounding area never grew because of the arena. Marlins Park has been largely disappointing as a catalyst for growth (it's still a young park though so the book isn't closed there). I'm skeptical on what you're asking. It seems the Beckham group is promoting the idea of riding trains and water taxis pretty hard which would suggest they have no vision for the surrounding areas. Perhaps some gentrification can take place over time but that is something that is grass roots.
Hmmm Miami slams county’s last-minute police deal for David Beckham soccer stadium https://miamiherald.relaymedia.com/amp/news/local/community/miami-dade/article154960954.html
Miami Politicians: "Do not underestimate us!!!!!" http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article155416519.html
I am sorry but anybody that thinks this is a done deal has not been following along. The Miami politicians have shown they are almost hell bent on keeping MLS out. I am not saying it isn't going to happen but I think a few on here are counting the chickens before they hatch.
2017-05-17 MLS Miami Presentation.pdf https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzuKnYPvhtdOMHVkNnk1ODZOLWM/view
An article in the StadiumDB website. Miami: Beckham's Miami MLS dream edges closer after stadium plans approved http://stadiumdb.com/news/2017/06/m...eam_edges_closer_after_stadium_plans_approved
Not disappointed. The likelihood of drawing 60K is low for any market that is why people are so taken by what has happened in Atl. and Seattle. If they did want something that big then wouldn't Hard Rock make more fiscal sense? Yes, but that is not an option for several reasons. The last thing this town needs is another stadium that holds 60K.
Not 60k but 40k would be ideal imo. At least have the capacity to be a banger. Im sure we can average 30-35k for 17 home games
I'm more interested in the design than the capacity. Some safe standing terraces like they have in Orlando would be terrific. You can manipulate capacity within a small range that way.
NO! NO! NO! NO! Do not start at FIU or Marlins Park!!!!!!! Wait until the stadium is ready! Talk about torpedo-ing your own debut. Are they going to turn on the homerun sculpture when the team scores?! And G-d no, no FIU!!! Wait the extra year.