It’s not the stadium deal it was looking — and it’s certainly not the downtown stadium MLS wants — but the Miami-Dade County Commissioners have proposed that Miami Beckham United, David Beckham‘s group seeking an MLS team in South Florida, play at the Florida International University football stadium as a temporary solution to its stadiumproblem.
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Beckham: Miami MLS Franchise "Will Happen"
David Beckham remains confident that he can establish an MLS franchise in Miami despite the numerous setbacks he and his investors have faced in finding a waterfront spot for theteam’s proposed stadium. The former LA Galaxy midfielder is working with Sprint Corp CEO Marcelo Claure and “American Idol” producer Simon Fuller to bring a team […]
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Miami pulls plug on latest Beckham stadium plans
[MLS EXPANSION] Is it time for David Beckham hand in his option to purchase an MLS team? That’s one of the choices he’llhave to consider after the latest setback in his bid to win support for a site to build a soccer stadium in Miami. After dropping Plan A, a bayfront location near PortMiami, Beckham’s […]
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Beckham drops plans for PortMiami stadium
[MLS EXPANSION] In face of an intensive lobbying effort by port industries that has garnered significant support from area politicians, David Beckham‘s MLS expansion group has abandoned plans to seek a home for its soccer stadium at PortMiami. Instead, it has set its eyes on another downtown location that Miami’s twomayors say is “a perfect […]
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Miami waterfront soccer stadium: let voters decide?
[MLS EXPANSION] It may come down to the voters of Miami-Dade County or the City of Miami to decide whether a waterfront soccer stadium is built by David Beckham‘s group seeking MLS’s 23rd club. Regalado supports a referendum as a way to get the green light from his voters for a soccer stadium. “We should […]
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Miami Mayor Proposes New Venue for Beckham's MLS Team
David Beckham wants to build a $250 million state-of-the-art open air stadium with 25,000 seats for his recently acquired Miami-based Major League Soccer team, but shipping interests andlocal authorities have opposed the current proposals to build it near the port of Miami for fear it would be disruptive to port operations. Given the opposition, Miami […]
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Mayor Gimenez proposes Plan B for Miami stadium
[MLS EXPANSION] There was good news and bad news on the MLS expansion front on Monday night. Miami-Dade County Mayor CarlosGimenez reiterated his support for the construction of a waterfront soccer stadium in Miami — no small feat considering the volatile Miami politics surrounding stadium projects. He justdoesn’t want it where David Beckham has his […]