November 2, 200323 yr When there's a large convention or show it drains away all the parking leaving residents and visitors (tourists and people from the mainland - you go understand don't you that Miami Beach is a seven mile long, one mile wide barrier island) not attending the MBCC without a place to park. If people cannot go to Lincoln Road for example then you are losing food and beverage and sales taxes. Because the South Florida Building Code is so strict (because of hurricanes) parking garage construction costs between $1,500.00 to two thousand dollars per spot. Eating through $25,000,000 goes quickly. It has worked until now and capacity has not been increased in any venue, then why wasn't this dealt with at the time they had the money from previous convention center renovations? BTW, don't tell me I don't know Miami Beach, I know that it is small, everything on top of the other, and pretty crowded on a good day. The problem was planning, this was seen coming back in the day and not dealt with. Incompetence created this problem.
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