Archive for November 26th, 2008

No New Ballparks for a While

Maybe it’s a product of the bad economy, but any plans that you might have seen for a shiny new baseball stadium in your city are being put on hold. One has been pushed back a year, while the other may be on hold indefinitely.

The Miami Herald reports Wednesday that the Florida Marlins have pushed the opening of their 37,000-seat retractable roof stadium, on the old Orange Bowl site, back to 2012. Instead of economics, they blame a recent lawsuit by Miami auto dealer Norman Braman, who challenged the financing of the $515-million project but exhausted all arguments in court.

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