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Marlins Stadium Update No. 17
The House voted 86-24 this afternoon for a $60 million sales tax rebate to help the Marlins build a ballpark in Miami.
The rebate allows the first $2 million collected in sales taxes in the ballpark annually for 30 years to be used to help pay the cost of the venue’s construction. A bill that would provide the rebates to the state’s nine professional franchises – at a potential cost of $540 million – to pay for new construction and improvements is expected to come before the House on Friday.
Today's vote by the House is considered early. The funding request typically hasn’t been considered until the final hours of the session. The Senate passed the rebate measure on the last day of the 2006 session, but it died on the House Floor when time ran out. This year it will be up to the Senate to determine the measure’s fate.
Comments
This Marlin's stadium vote is the biggest scam to visit s.fla since the miami arena. We are led to believe that this ownership has limited finances and needs the city,county and state to pay for their store as the reap all of the benefits and ask the customer to pay an exhorbitant penalty for parking,tickets, concessions, box seats and don't forget the sky boxes. they may sell a few but the majority will be given to political allies who supported this scam.
The reason I call this a scam is that with Major League baseball now involved in this scenerio, this team is not leaving this area.This ownership is a front but they are not the lead players in this tug of war. The final outcome will be determined by either Wayne or the Siminole indians, who along with Mickey are the sports powerbrokers in south Florida.
Posted by: ed kelly | April 30, 2007 10:13 PM
haha more congestion in Miami...another reason never to go there again
Posted by: Glenn A. Townsend | April 28, 2007 9:23 AM