Since a lot of users seem to think UM has a ton of money, why doesn't UM just buy the lot and build the stadium for themselves? We already know that Beckham wants a 20,000 seat stadium and UM wants at least 40,000. This means UM is already paying for 20,000 seats in the stadium. Is this stadium going to look like a college football stadium or a soccer stadium? Basically Beckham wants to build a Texas high school football stadium and UM wants a college stadium. The extra cost has to triple the overall cost of the stadium,
A key point to remember is that the ACC has a mandate of X number of luxury skyboxes for ACC football stadiums. The tobacco road elites hate having to hobnob with the proletariat. I have to think that puts certain constraints on a tiny stadium deal.
Wake Forest has 22 total luxury boxes in their stadium that has less than 32,000 seats. I think a Miami stadium would be just fine.