The Miami Marlins are in the midst of a legal battle with Miami and Miami-Dade County over profits after the 2017 team sale, and they unveiled a novel strategy: because the team’s ownership is based in the British Virgin Islands, a federal arbitrator and not a U.S. judge should hear the arguments. (more…)
A Thursday hearing marks the start of a lawsuit filed by Miami-Dade County, which is disputing former owner Jeffrey Loria‘s claim that he took a loss on his sale of Miami Marlins. (more…)
Any effort to remove a colorful home run sculpture from Marlins Park could be stopped by artist Red Grooms, who would like to see it remain at the ballpark. (more…)
The Miami Marlins and Miami-Dade County are preparing for arbitration to settle a disagreement over the team’s contribution to Marlins Park opening costs. (more…)
Not only did Miami-Dade County agree to a Miami Marlins ballpark financing plan that will end up costing taxpayers over a billion dollars, the project ended up coming in under budget — with the Marlins pocketing the savings. Well, maybe not pocketing. But the fact is the Marlins and not the county will benefit from […]
Miami-Dade County officials are challenging some $1.7 million in expenses claimed by the Miami Marlins toward the construction of the team’s new ballpark, Marlins Park. The issue: under the 2009 agreement that established the ballpark, the team is able to deduct expenses it incurred toward construction of the new facility. Those so-called “soft costs” covered […]
The Florida Marlins will reach an important milestone this Friday: the team and its construction/design partners have scheduled a topping-out ceremony to mark the installation of the final structural piece of steel to be installed on the new ballpark’s retractable roof. A topping-out ceremony is a big tradition in the construction world: to mark an […]
Miami-Dade County Commissioners are a little peeved that the Florida Marlins presented their finances as being in dire straits while showing a $33-million profit in 2008-2009 and are asking the team to cover $50 million in borrowing expenses. We can predict what the reaction will be: No. The request was made by Commissioner Sally Heyman […]
