July 7, 200719 yr Dolphins fans and Huipinga need to stop blaming the infield dirt for everything. Mismanagement and lousy coaches and QBs explain why thing have gone to hell for the Dolphins the last several years. The Fish have won two championships on that sh*tty grass.
July 9, 200719 yr Miami City manager was on with Joe Rose this morning. He said theyve basically got the money right now to get reconvations done on the OB if that is the path UM decides to take. Said that the big holdup that is most annoying is the time UM is taking to make any sort of decision. Other tidbits: - No matter what the decision, when FIU and UM are done with the OB this season, he wants work being done Dec 1st, whether its renovations beginning or demolition. - The ideal is for UM and the Fish to both be at the Orange Bowl site - Funding for the Fish stadium deal could definitely get done and he believes they can do it as long as the Marlins hold up their end of the deal - The county commissioners are behind the OB site but most are against the downtown location.
July 9, 200719 yr Miami City manager was on with Joe Rose this morning. He said theyve basically got the money right now to get reconvations done on the OB if that is the path UM decides to take. Said that the big holdup that is most annoying is the time UM is taking to make any sort of decision. Other tidbits: - No matter what the decision, when FIU and UM are done with the OB this season, he wants work being done Dec 1st, whether its renovations beginning or demolition. - The ideal is for UM and the Fish to both be at the Orange Bowl site - Funding for the Fish stadium deal could definitely get done and he believes they can do it as long as the Marlins hold up their end of the deal - The county commissioners are behind the OB site but most are against the downtown location. What a nightmare! The Marlins at the OB sharing with the Canes...How can anyone call that progress Jodio Politicos Carajo!
July 9, 200719 yr I dont think theyd be using the same stadium, i think this resembles the old plan of building the marlins stadium next to the OB.
July 9, 200719 yr Hey not a bad idea... only thing they gotta do is bulldozed little Havana and it might just work :banghead
July 9, 200719 yr Author Miami City manager was on with Joe Rose this morning. He said theyve basically got the money right now to get reconvations done on the OB if that is the path UM decides to take. Said that the big holdup that is most annoying is the time UM is taking to make any sort of decision. Other tidbits: - No matter what the decision, when FIU and UM are done with the OB this season, he wants work being done Dec 1st, whether its renovations beginning or demolition. - The ideal is for UM and the Fish to both be at the Orange Bowl site - Funding for the Fish stadium deal could definitely get done and he believes they can do it as long as the Marlins hold up their end of the deal - The county commissioners are behind the OB site but most are against the downtown location. wow! talk about a cluster Fu
July 9, 200719 yr Miami City manager was on with Joe Rose this morning. He said theyve basically got the money right now to get reconvations done on the OB if that is the path UM decides to take. Said that the big holdup that is most annoying is the time UM is taking to make any sort of decision. Other tidbits: - No matter what the decision, when FIU and UM are done with the OB this season, he wants work being done Dec 1st, whether its renovations beginning or demolition. - The ideal is for UM and the Fish to both be at the Orange Bowl site - Funding for the Fish stadium deal could definitely get done and he believes they can do it as long as the Marlins hold up their end of the deal - The county commissioners are behind the OB site but most are against the downtown location. How is that possible? Especially with the budget everyone is working with. It would cost atleast $800 million+ to renovate the OB and build a baseball stadium on that site. I don't understand how the city can seriously justify spending $200 million to renovate a facility that will only host 8, maybe 9 events at most. Yeah the history and the magic or nice, but $200 million?!? Because lets face it, the new OB will not get any other major events (except the Fidel Castro Death Party) once the new Dolphin Stadium is complete in a few years.
July 9, 200719 yr I didn't hear Joe's show this morning, I have to say his weekly anal worshipping of Joe Girardi was enough for me finally say enough. This is not to argue with anyone about what they heard but could it have been FORMER city manager Joe Ariolla and not CURRENT city manager Pete Hernandez? Pete knows they don't have the money, most of it is scheduled to come from a "historic" renovation bond issue and they haven't been presold or even past first draft with the bond underwriting community. And if the OB is torn down, which would is probably necessary to accomodate baseball and a roof, poof, no historic OB, no bond $$. I checked the 790 website but the interview isn't up. And I'm not saying you didn't hear what you heard (it could have been Pete) but something is missing. I cannot imagine any way they could renovate the OB in it's current condition and accommodate baseball. The twin stadiums idea died along time ago so it's going to be one faciltiy and if it's a shared one, hold your nose but it's better than nothing.
July 10, 200719 yr No, it was not Arriola. Joe played his angry clip from last week a few times just before he got Pedro on. He said the best option if UM were to stick with the OB would be a $170 million renovation that focuses on only one side of the stadium.... He said either way, it would be hard for him to back such a plan for a stadium that will only hold 6 or 7 games a year. He added that it would be his ideal (he used the word ideal a few too many times) to have the stadium downtown (a camden yards type would fit in the location) but he said that seems unlikely and most would only back the OB site.
July 10, 200719 yr No, it was not Arriola. Joe played his angry clip from last week a few times just before he got Pedro on. He said the best option if UM were to stick with the OB would be a $170 million renovation that focuses on only one side of the stadium.... He said either way, it would be hard for him to back such a plan for a stadium that will only hold 6 or 7 games a year. He added that it would be his ideal (he used the word ideal a few too many times) to have the stadium downtown (a camden yards type would fit in the location) but he said that seems unlikely and most would only back the OB site. Isn't this just great!! MLB and the Marlins want a downtown stadium. The city (and county?) wants it at the OB site. The city wants to fix up one side of the OB-maybe even put in a new HD scoreboard that only works on half the screen and the other half can be the old light bulb dots scoreboard there now. The sound system can be monophonic since there is no need for stereo on the unrenovated side. New bathrooms, concessions on the south side while the north side will still reek with drippings from the pipes, almost like the border of a modern country next to a 3rd world country. And all of this on hold and the UM can't decide, or won't decide yet what they want to do. They keep listening to the opinions of the big contributors, who are important, but no less than the rest of us who have had cane tix for decades and make modest contributions. In the meantime, who knows what Wayne is thinking. Someone should be able to come up with a musical score for this soap opera. And quietly, Loria and Samson is probably going to blow up any decision that is made anyway.
July 10, 200719 yr I hope Hialeah still holds it doors open because if Miami is offering the OB they can go ahead and shove it, The OB doesn't solve anything
July 10, 200719 yr Miami City manager was on with Joe Rose this morning. He said theyve basically got the money right now to get reconvations done on the OB if that is the path UM decides to take. Said that the big holdup that is most annoying is the time UM is taking to make any sort of decision. Other tidbits: - No matter what the decision, when FIU and UM are done with the OB this season, he wants work being done Dec 1st, whether its renovations beginning or demolition. - The ideal is for UM and the Fish to both be at the Orange Bowl site - Funding for the Fish stadium deal could definitely get done and he believes they can do it as long as the Marlins hold up their end of the deal - The county commissioners are behind the OB site but most are against the downtown location. Sorry to reply to myself, but this is what I found interesting.... He seemed to slip this in at the very end of the interview to imply that hes not so sure the Marlins can be trusted to do what they say they are willing to do.
July 10, 200719 yr Miami City manager was on with Joe Rose this morning. He said theyve basically got the money right now to get reconvations done on the OB if that is the path UM decides to take. Said that the big holdup that is most annoying is the time UM is taking to make any sort of decision. Other tidbits: - No matter what the decision, when FIU and UM are done with the OB this season, he wants work being done Dec 1st, whether its renovations beginning or demolition. - The ideal is for UM and the Fish to both be at the Orange Bowl site - Funding for the Fish stadium deal could definitely get done and he believes they can do it as long as the Marlins hold up their end of the deal - The county commissioners are behind the OB site but most are against the downtown location. Sorry to reply to myself, but this is what I found interesting.... He seemed to slip this in at the very end of the interview to imply that hes not so sure the Marlins can be trusted to do what they say they are willing to do. Sort of read into it what I feel is the m.o. of this group. Like my post said "And quietly, Loria and Samson is probably going to blow up any decision that is made anyway."
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