I hope Braman wins his lawsuit and the team is forced to move out of Dade County. Rumor has it you'll need your passport to get into the New Miami Marlins Stadium in Little Havana anyway. What fun! I'll start brushing up on my Mexican right away!! All the Cubans that hit land will be handed a job application by Jeffrey Loria.

I agree with someone above...If they win, no one will care if they are the "Little Havana Marlins"

If thats what it takes to get the stadium done, do it.

I think its going to be HUGE for the area...

And the name change, who cares its just a name. If they win broward and WPB will show up. when they continue losing noone will not even those in Miami.

TMF if you think that the public supporting a rich mans stadium will benefit the city for the long run your crazy. This will further hurt the economic situation for resident in the city of Miami as well as many public servants. To think that that money can’t be used for schools firefighters and cops is just plain stupid. The same way they can change the law to get the stadium (i.e. city boundaries) they can change it to fit the people needs. God forbid we stop 375 people from having a good time 3 hours a day. That’s right there were only 375 fans at a game this year. 375!!!! And we are building a stadium for this crap? This team will be bitching that the stadium does not work unless it is on the bay within 5 years and want us to build another one. TMF your right this would be the worst case for us but what should we expect when thieves run our government. I also guarantee this will cost more than a billion dollars.

I am a Palm Beach County Marlins fan and I do not mind the name change. I own at least 15 Marlins new era hats ($20-30 a piece) and still the name change doesn't bother me. Anyone that would stop supporting the team because they would offically by tied to the City of Miami is not a true fan. I actually like the idea of potentially conecting the team to two former minor league franchises that shared the same name. This would help bring back some sports history (as well as baseball history) to the area and that is even more important since the stadium would be built on the site of some of the greatest games to be played in South Florida.

Location-There was no other option. had to be used at the OB site to use the OB renovation $ that closed the gap. I'm sorry its too far for all you folks from broward and palm beach, but your politicians didnt get the job done getting the stadium done up there (and we all know you had ten years worth of chances), the miami politicians did. We Miami people have to travel north for UM and Fins games now, and Marlins games before. No its your turn to drive a little south. If you dont want to go, fine with me. Atleast you know when you get down there it wont be rained out like we had to worry about going north.

Name-You get to be called Miami marlins when miami is footing 70% of the bill. Do you stop going to heat or dolphin games because they have the "miami" name in front....i didnt think so.

After thursday it wont matter anymore, we have a stadium and 35 more years of baseball in miami. If you're not happy about that, than I really dont care about your lame opinion.

I'll give you that the name change may be of little consequence, but why turn off Broward and Palm Beach fans when "their" team will now have the moniker of a specific city they don't live in. It may be a small number of fans but that's all the Marlins have.

As for the location, it is a big deal. If you live and work north of Miami and so many games are Monday thru Friday, traveling to Miami during rush hour is not pleasant. If you don't go to many games, if any, then what does it matter if they're in Las Vegas or Portland. You can still root for them. But if you get season tickets or mini-season tickets then the Orange Bowl is a bad decision.

From what I've read, Loria wanted the team downtown, for the view. My guess is he didn't want the deal to happen at the Orange Bowl and will regret it in a few years when they can't sell enough tickets to fill one section. It's not really a good thing to be known as MLB's farm team.

The name change is of little consequence. As is the location. Wah, it's harder to get to the stadium!

Yeah? Well it'd be even harder if the stadium was in PORTLAND! Or Oklahoma City! Or Charlotte!

Be thankful the team will stay in the state. I mean, I don't attend many games anyway, because of the price. I'm not bitter about that, but I guess it just makes me one that isn't really freaked out about location. I can afford to attend as many games at the Orange Bowl as Dolphin Stadium.

So many people say "It's such a bad choice to build at the Orange Bowl!" What they fail to remember (or even misremember, as Clemens would say) is that building at the Orange Bowl allows them to use the $50 million Orange Bowl renovation money. That closed the gap that the state has always failed to cover.

The stadium HAD to be at the Orange Bowl. I just have to stomach, as a Gator fan, that something the Hurricanes did saved my favorite baseball team.

Seems from the rant by TRUE MARLIN FAN that he/she lives in Miami hence the defense. Would TMF go all the way to Palm Beach if they built the stadium up there? Doubt it. It would have been so much better if the stadium was built near the Port Evergaldes or Pompano Race Track. Central to 3 counties and more people. If Miami was so great why don't they support the team at Pro Player? Attendance sucks. And why take the chance of alienating south Florida fans other than ones from Miami by renaming the team. I'll admit the Marlins will see an up-tick in attendance with a new stadium the first year. Questions is, what about in a few years? Miami alone can't/won't support the team. Especially not after they raise the ticket prices.

The name change isn't what will stop me from going to the games, the location is what will stop me from going.

It's long enough of a trip to go to Dolphin Stadium for a game, but to have to go park in the ghettos of Miami...no thanks. There's a reason why I don't go to Heat games, and now why I won't go to Marlins games.

I go to over half of the Dolphins and Panthers games each year, but won't venture that far south for a baseball game.

I'm not big on the Marlins but I do see the argument that they need a new stadium to remain viable in this market. However I will say this: I have a friend who is a hard-core Marlins fan. Even up in Tallahassee he wears his Marlins gear. When in South Florida, he attends tons of games throughout the season. (His family has season tickets I think)However, he says that if the new stadium is at the Orange Bowl site, or any site that far south for that matter, he will DRASTICALLY cut back on attendance. Why? Because it's not a quick trip to Dolphin Stadium (he lives in West Broward), traffic is usually a pain to get there, and because you can't find parking.
Now I'm not siding one way or the other, but it makes me wonder, how many more Broward & Palm Beach fans must there be like him? I'm willing to say he's not the only one.

It just seems like there's a lot of haters that just like to complain about anything. They should truly get a life, and just be happy that the city of Miami will benefit for the long haul with a MLB stadium a mile from downtown, in the heart of Little havana. Wow, there changing the name from Florida Marlins to Miami Marlins, the sky is falling...blah, blah, blah. I'm not paying for an owner of a pro franchise to get a stadium so that the rich get richer...blah blah blah...its TOURIST MONEY!!! Looks like all the haters, including Braman are going to face their worst stupid nightmare on thursday... a brand spanking new stadium for the MIAMI MARLINS....take that BRAMAN.