The followers of Inter-Miami, with one of its founders, david beckhamat the head, celebrate this Friday that the city of Miami approved the construction of the stadium of the team of the Major Soccer League (MLS) after almost a decade of bureaucratic fights with local authorities.
The former captain of the English team resorted to Instagram to celebrate that his “dream” is now a reality and that Inter Miami will be able to play, when the stadium is built, in the city that gives it its name and not in Fort Lauderdalethe neighboring city where they have played their home games for two years.
“I want to thank Jorge and Jose Mas and all the More family for believing in my dream and making it COME TRUE,” said beckham about the two partners with whom he made progress in this project since it became known in 2014 that he would make effective a clause by which he would pay a reduced price of 25 million dollars to create a franchise in the MLS.
But since then nothing has been easy for the former star of the real Madrid and of Man Utdas he saw how the local authorities rejected several of his proposals to build the stadium near the port, in the heart of the city.
The project now is very different. The call Miami Freedom Park It will be located near the airport and, in addition to the stadium for some 25,000 people, it will also house a shopping center, offices and a hotel with 750 rooms, among others.
Jorge Mas, executive director of Inter Miami, co-owner of the franchise along with Beckham and for a few weeks president of the Royal Saragossa, He was euphoric after learning that the city’s board of commissioners (councilmen) had approved his project, which he presented almost four years ago.
Despite the “frustration” experienced during this “long road”, Jorge Mas was happy to transform the grounds of Miami Freedom Park into the “soccer capital of the USA” and where, he said, “as soon as possible the best soccer players in the world will play.”
The 99-year lease for a 130-acre (52-hectare) piece of land on the golf course Melreese Country Clubgranted without public bidding as a result of a referendum in the 2018 elections, will imply for Miami a minimum rent of 3.57 million dollars per year, as well as about 40 million in property taxes.
The professional soccer league club will also pay the city about $20 million to develop a 58-acre (23-hectare) public park on the site as a result of the deal, backed by the city’s mayor, Francis Suarez.
“I am grateful to the people of the city of Miami for trusting us to negotiate what I think is the best sports agreement in the history of this country,” the mayor said after the vote.
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