'"Our highest priority this winter is to get a ballpark deal done in Miami," Bob DuPuy, Major League Baseball's president and chief operating officer, told MLB.com. "We've had tremendous cooperation from the county manager and the mayor. There have been several meetings and we are really optimistic we can get this done. There's a will to get this done. It's necessary for the Marlins. We're committed to baseball remaining in South Florida."...
'Asked if a deal was imminent, DuPuy stopped short of that assessment. "Imminent is a difficult word," he said. "Everyone is working very hard and I do believe everyone is committed to getting it done. So I would hope that this winter we could finally bring it resolution."' (MLB)
NOTES: This article has some oddities. The projected site is described as being "located in a redevelopment district just miles inland from the American Airlines Arena, which is located on the banks of Biscayne Bay." If he's talking about the same site that everyone else has been talking about, my guess is that it's actually just barely a mile away from the arena, or even less.
And the statement, "A sales or income tax that would directly affect Dade County citizens is not contemplated nor is state money at the moment" is interesting. There's constitutionally no state income tax in Florida - whether a county can do what the state is constitutionally prohibited from doing seems questionable; that may be a good reason why that's not being contemplated.
Of course state money may be the deal closer, with the new governor and legislature possibly more favorable to the Marlins, so when this quote states that that's not being considered, especially since the Marlins' subsidy came so close to being passed last year under a more hostile atmosphere, is confusing.
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