Financing Documents

[Jay]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEZjzsnPhnw[/ame]

Oh and wikipedia isn't always reliable so is that sourced and how recent is the source.

[Jorge18]

1) The parking garages really did not have a required capacity in the Baseball Stadium Agreement. They did agree upon 5,600 but it wasn't mandatory. Miami and the Marlins agreed they would not spend a penny over $93 million no matter how far below under 5,600 they came. As far as I know, they came in on time and on budget.

2) I would not want any more garages on the site. As it is now, the garages do take away from the stadium. Putting garages on the NW and West lots would have been overkill.

3) The East-West line had a price tag of something absurd like $2 billion 6-7 years ago. The section alone from Government Center to MIA, which would have included the stadium, was going to cost $1 billion all by itself because it was going to be partially underground. Doing something like that now is probably $2.5 billion.

4) The East-West line has been dead for 5-6 years. Miami-Dade Transit is a mess and has been forced to reroute the People's Transportation Plan money towards day-to-day operations and maintenance. This means there is very little money to guarantee the County would have enough money to meet federal standards for matching. The fund has been so poorly mismanaged that Metro-Rail trains are operating almost 10 years passed their design specifications.

5) Projected ridership numbers for the EW line puts Miami very low on the list of potential cities to receive federal money.

6) Even if Miami were able to put together a respectable proposal for Metro-Rail expansion, the North corridor is probably higher on their list of priorities because more work has been done and it would be much cheaper.

7) I think the parking situation has been dramatized by the Miami Herald (go figure). That site and the area surrounding it could handle 80,000 people just a few years ago. What has changed?

8) During the exhibition games, lots across the river, which have been talked about by the Marlins, were not utilized.

9) I e-mailed Samson about passes for fans. We replied with "interesting idea" for FWIW.
10) I just wanted 10 points.

Passes for what?

[Namaste]

Build an east-west extension of the metro rail through FIU and the ballpark (with stop inside the park!) and this wn't be an issue.
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one time common
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What's funny is the haters are REALLY forced to reach now..........

They can't say the stadium sucks. They can't say the team sucks. They can't say no one buys tickets so they're left with

ZOMG THERE ARE 6K PARKING SPOTS FOR 37K FANS!!!!!one!!!!!!!
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BTW, I'm not calling Sandro or anyone a hater.

I'm talking strictly about the haters.

[Party]

wiki says the opposite on the proposed extensions

My bad I went back and did some research. Orange Line West (sans stadium link) was phase I and Orange Line North was phase II.