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6 Rutgers J. L. & Pub. Pol'y 35 (2008-2009)
Sports and the City: How to Curb Professional Sports Teams' Demands for Free Public Stadiums

handle is hein.journals/rutjulp6 and id is 42 raw text is: Rutgers Journal of Law & Public Policy SPORTS AND THE CITY: HOW TO CURB PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAMS' DEMANDS FOR FREE PUBLIC STADIUMS Marc Edelman* On February 21, 2008, the thirteen commissioners of Miami- Dade County approved a plan to spend $347 million in taxpayer money to build a new 37,oo-seat retractable-roof ballpark for the Florida Marlins baseball club.1 The plan requires the county to contribute roughly two thirds of the cost for the new ballpark, with the city of Miami contributing three percent ($1o million) Marc Edelman, Esq. (Marc@MareEdelman.com) is a visiting assistant professor at Rutgers School of Law - Camden and an adjunct professor at New York Law School. Mr. Edelman earned his B.S. in economics from the Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania) and his J.D./M.A. from the University of Michigan. Excerpts from this article have previously appeared in the author's Spring 2003 Virginia Sports & Entertainment Law Review article, How to Curb Professional Sports' Bargaining Power Vis-&-Vis the American City, 2 VA. SPORTS & ENT. L.J. 280 (2003). 1 See Marc Edelman, Marlins Stadium: Deal Expensive, Maybe Unconstitutional, MIAMI HERALD, Mar. 4, 2oo8, at A19; Sarah Talalay, Play Ball! Marlins Stadium Approved: Commissioners Approve Framework for $515 Million Deal in Miami, SouTH FLA. SUN-SENTINEL, Feb. 22, 2008, at 1A (Miami and Miami-Dade County commissioners approved a binding agreement that serves as the framework for a $515 million, 37,ooo-seat, retractable-roof ballpark and a $94 million parking garage at the site of the Orange Bowl .... ). See also Michael Vasquez & Matthew I. Pinzur, Bases Loaded for Marlins: Miami OKs Stadium, MIAMI HERALD, Feb. 21, 2008; Braman v. Miami-Dade County, No. o8-o3787-CA-15 1, 5 (Fla. Cir. Ct. Sept. 9, 2008). The stadium building plan was approved as part of a larger Global Interlocal Agreement that also included building a port access tunnel, museum park, streetcar project, and major league soccer stadium. See Braman, No. 08- 03787-CA-15 at 3. 35 Fall 2oo8 Vol 6:1

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