1. The site is the same one that has been talked about lately - the one just west of Metrorail and north of Stephen Clark Center. I mistakenly chopped off an operative piece of a quote in my post on last night's MLB article - let me put it back; the article said that the ballpark "WOULD BE located in a redevelopment district just miles inland from the American Airlines Arena." That is, the site where they are planning to build the ballpark is Not Now in the redevelopment district - the district's eastern boundary ends a block west of where the proposed site is. The scheme is to extend the boundary to the east and siphon off that redevelopment money.
2. 'The site...is owned by the city and the county. The plan is for the city to deed its part of the property to the county, so it can lease it to the Marlins with tax exemptions.'
3. Here's another misreading of last night's article. Remember when it said, "A sales or income tax...is not contemplated nor is state money at the moment." Well, I didn't think 'at the moment' meant just that - a moment. "(T)he new plan still requires cash infusions from the city, the county and the state Legislature. The goal is to have a plan in place to pass along to city and county commissioners before the legislative session begins in March."
4. It's "(f)ar from a done deal... Marlins executives and Major League Baseball are undertaking a new study to determine updated costs." (MiamiHerald)
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