{"id":656209,"date":"2013-05-06T09:40:54","date_gmt":"2013-05-06T13:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/?p=228374"},"modified":"2013-05-06T09:40:54","modified_gmt":"2013-05-06T13:40:54","slug":"dolphins-cancel-stadium-renovations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/656209","title":{"rendered":"Dolphins Cancel Stadium Renovations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Planned upgrades for the Miami Dolphins<\/a>‘ Sun Life stadium have been cancelled following the failure of a bill meant to provide public funds for the venue. According to a report<\/a> from Miami’s CBS 4, the Florida<\/a> house adjourned without taking up the bill, which would have raised the state’s hotel bed tax to fund the stadium repairs.<\/p>\n

Dolphins CEO Mike Dee appeared on the news station on Sunday, stating that the Dolphins organization and team owner Stephen Ross in particular were not prepared to fund the proposed $350 million in renovations themselves.<\/p>\n

“From the get-go we had looked at this as a comprehensive modernization, not a band-aid, not a quick fix,” said Dee. “I wouldn’t want to prognosticate what the future holds, but it’s clearly bleak.”<\/p>\n

Dee went on to blame Florida House Speaker Will Weatherford for failing to bring the bill up for a vote. He characterized Sun Life stadium’s state as “desperate” and intimated that, though Ross isn’t interested in moving the Dolphins, a future sale could mean Miami losing its NFL<\/a> team.<\/p>\n