Florida Marlins Stadium Update No. 911,000
OK, it’s not much of an update, but it’s almost the deadline for an agreement on which police and fire departments will patrol a new Marlins ballpark. Among the items raised during last month’s seemingly endless Miami-Dade County Commission debate over the ballpark was whether county or city police and fire would patrol the venue.
County officials promised to resolve the contentious issue within 30 days – or risk derailing the plan to build a $515 million retractable roof ballpark at the site of the Orange Bowl.
On Tuesday, county commissioners extended the deadline for the law enforcement issue to be resolved until April 8 – the next scheduled meeting of county commissioners. I’m being told the issue of which jurisdiction will win the coveted patrol – more than likely it will be a blended patrol – will be resolved and will not prevent the ballpark agreement from moving forward.
CRAIG DAVIS In more than 33 years at the Sun Sentinel, Craig Davis has written about a wide variety of sports topics from baseball to yachting, fishing to triathlons, and also worked as a copy editor and page designer. Recently he reported on local sports, including running, swimming, cycling, equestrian and beach volleyball. He enjoys sports as a participant as well as a spectator, is active in the South Florida running scene plays in the curling club at Saveology Iceplex. This blog offers a glimpse at the business side of sports in the interest of enhancing enjoyment of the games and sporting options as a spectator as well as a participant.
