City of Miami David Beckham's Soccer Stadium Referendum (November 2014)
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A City of Miami David Beckam's Soccer Stadium Referendum ballot question was not put on a 2014 ballot for voters in the city of Miami or in the entire county of Miami-Dade, Florida.
David Beckam, renowned former star player for the Los Angeles Galaxy soccer team, was backing an effort to build a soccer stadium in Miami, Florida. Beckham's investment group called Miami Beckham United, which includes Beckham's business partner Simon Fuller and Bolivian businessman Marcelo Claure, announced the proposal for a major league soccer stadium and was searching for a suitable location as of May 23, 2014. The group considered the Southwest corner of PortMiami, but, after opposition from some residents and activists, the county commissioners rejected the proposal. After that the group was considering the construction of the proposed 100-feet-tall, 20,000-seat, $250 million stadium on top of the Florida East Coast Railway slip, which the group was planning to fill in at no cost to the city. The proposal would have drastically altered Museum Park by removing 4.2 acres of the park and adding 8.5 additional acres, for a net gain of 4.3 acres in park area.[1]
Miami Mayor Tomás Regalado stated that for the project to proceed on the Museum Park site a citywide referendum would be required.[2]
Background
The following referenced background information on this referendum was found on Wikipedia:[3]
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In November 2012, MLS commissioner Don Garber confirmed the league's renewed interest in placing an expansion franchise in Miami in 2012, after the Miami Fusion folded following the 2001 season and an expansion bid led by Claure and F.C. Barcelona failed in 2009.[4] When Beckham, who had received an option to purchase an expansion team at a price of $25 million when he joined the league 2007, ended his playing career in April 2013, the league held preliminary discussions with Beckham's advisers about several expansion targets, including Miami. That same year, other investors, including Italian financier Alessandro Butini and Miami Dolphins owner Stephen M. Ross expressed interest in owning a Miami franchise as well.[5] In his December 2013 state of the League address, Garber identified Beckham and Simon Fuller as potential owners in Miami. Later that month, on December 17, Miami-Dade County commissioners voted unanimously to allow Mayor Carlos A. Giménez to negotiate with the Beckham-led group on a new stadium in downtown Miami.[6][7] The league announced that Beckham exercised his option on February 5, 2014, and that an investment group led by Beckham, Fuller and Claure, would own an expansion franchise in Miami, assuming that financing for a stadium could be agreed upon. This investment group is named "Miami Beckham United".[8][9] |
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Similar measures
City of Sacramento Voter approval for Public Funding of Professional Sports Arena Act, STOP Initiative (June 2014)
City of Columbus Blue Jackets’ Nationwide Arena Bailout Initiative (May 2014)
See also
- Notable local measures on the ballot
- Miami-Dade County, Florida ballot measures
- November 4, 2014 ballot measures in Florida
Additional reading
- Fox Sports, "David Beckham moves forward with new stadium plans in Miami," May 26, 2014
- Reuters, "Beckham to campaign in referendum for Miami soccer stadium," May 22, 2014
Footnotes
- ↑ Miami Herald, "David Beckham’s latest Miami stadium plans revealed after earlier site scratched," May 23, 2014
- ↑ Miami Herald, "Referendum appears increasingly likely for David Beckham’s proposed Miami soccer stadium," May 14, 2014
- ↑ Wikipedia, "Miami MLS team," archived May 26, 2014
- ↑ Goal.com, "After Florida once had two MLS teams, and after a Miami Barcelona bid looked on the fast track to approval by 2010, the whole idea is scrapped and the state remains without a team in the U.S. top-flight.," March 3, 2009
- ↑ Soccer America, "Beckham is MLS expansion story du jour," May 20, 2014
- ↑ Miami Herald, "David Beckham group still working on Miami MLS bid; competing group emerges," October 2, 2013
- ↑ MLS Soccer, "MLS commissioner Don Garber discusses expansion, scheduling in latest State of the League address," December 3, 2013
- ↑ Miami Herald, "Miami-Dade commissioners sound gung-ho about David Beckham’s potential Major League Soccer stadium," December 17, 2013
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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