How about
Overtown?...
Are they to revive this
rendering for Overtown? –
Well, maybe, it could hap-
pen… They’re pursuing two
birds: Overtown, which is al-
ready in their hands, and Mel-
reese Golf Park, which needs
city approval. In the middle of
May, an unexpected notice
surfaced in The Miami Herald:
“Could David Beckham re-
Miami CF rendering Overtown Stadium
verse the course again and
soccer group planned
revive plans for a soccer stadi-
to pay $9 million to close on
um in Overtown?
three acres of Miami-Dade
Beckham’s lead local
land in the Overtown neigh-
partner, MasTec chair-
borhood and asked Miami for
man Jorge Mas, told county
permits to build a stadium
officials on Monday that the
there. Overtown was
Beckham’s pick for a Miami
Major League Soccer stadi-
um until early 2018 when the
partners switched to a larger
proposal on Miami’s Mel-
reese Golf Park. The 73-
acre site still requires city
approval for a multi-decade
lease.
The news also men-
tioned:-— “He has this bird
in the hand,” Miami-Dade
Mayor Carlos Gimenez said
about the Overtown property
after meeting with Mas on
Monday. “He’s going to close
on the property. And he’s go-
ing to start [requesting] per-
mits to build a stadium.”
MLS Saga will continue next issue.
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