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Yeah, but those 10-15% who bother showing up to off-cycle local elections are the same NIMBY busybodies who will be vehemently opposed to a stadium deal

I mean honestly... Yes. This guy tends to fly by the seat of his pants and throw ideas out there to see what sticks. A few months ago he was pumping up the idea of knocking down Gables High until he realized that nobody was going to support it. The same thing will probably happen with the...

I can't speak for @rsa coral gables, but for me it's not that I don't want this to happen (I personally think it would be amazing if done right), it's just that I think the chances are very very low of it happening and I don't like to see people get duped. I've been following Miami politics for...

- A person who doesn't understand NIMBYism and Miami politics

The entire souwesera is going to show up at County Hall to oppose this lol

Yup. The massive expense and the years of political maneuvering made sense for the Mas group because they're getting an MLS franchise in Miami and control of all the on-site commercial/hotel/office space out of the deal. But for 7 UM home games a year, in the face of (likely) brutal political...

I don't totally disagree with you -- it's not IMPOSSIBLE, but it would be a serious political undertaking given the amount of community backlash that would likely come up. The Melreese deal wouldn't have gotten off the ground if the City Mayor wasn't its biggest cheerleader. A couple other...

You might be right, but it's also possible that he picks the wrong people and gets bad advice. Lots of frontrunning "insiders" all over Miami that talk a big game but won't actually move the needle politically. Either way, it will be really interesting to see if Ruiz actually pushes forward with...

They just put the Mas Brothers and David Beckham through 10 years of pain before getting their stadium approved, and that was to build on a golf course, not a well-used and popular public park. And that was the City of Miami, which is generally more development friendly that Miami-Dade County...

Hate to break it to you guys, but Johnny Jr. using some of his dad's money to pay HKSA for a conceptual rendering doesn't mean anything. The amount of political legwork it would take to build a stadium at Tropical Park is no joke. This feels like smoke and mirrors... A little pet project Ruiz...