County Officials Talking to Themselves

Craig from Fishstripes links to a Sun-Sentinel story about a new site being discussed for a Marins downtown stadium.

Well, maybe not 'discussed'...probably 'proposed' is a better word, since the article seemed to state that the Miami-Dade County officials had only talked about this site amongst themselves.

The Marlins gave no comment about it (as if the Marlins front office has any say in the matter anymore), and MLB so far is still concentrating on the prevoius downtown parcel proposal.

I guess the article serves more as an announcement to whoever's concerned that 'Hey, we got this little plot of land right over yonder'. It's up to others to find the inevitable disagreeable aspects of it, like displacing the 'Children's Courthouse' that was supposed to go there, or the difficulty of making nefarious land deals from donated government property.

HERE'S ANOTHER: Field of Schemes contends the new site "wouldn't really be cheaper".

HAVE YOU WONDERED?: After all the years of officials moaning about where the Marlins can put a new stadium, have you wondered why it took them so long to discover this supposedly wonderful possible plot of land, especially since it is practically next door to the parcel the MLB is looking at? At least one official is wondering, too: "It was right under our nose all along."

UPDATE: 'Major League Baseball and the Marlins have been approached with Mr. Burgess' new proposal, according to county officials. But the plan to build the juvenile-justice center could scuttle the stadium project, officials say...

'Pending more information, commissioners Sosa, Gimenez and Barreiro were generally positive about Mr. Burgess' plan. "It sounds really good," Mr. Barreiro said. "If we can work things out with the children's court, this could be a perfect location. It has the Metrorail, parking and easy access. I really think it's ideal." (MarlinsBallparkNews)