Soccer paradise? Or another great stadium heist? Inter Miami’s Freedom Park deal has come under scrutiny ahead of a key vote next week
Yet that’s only half the picture, opponents say. The agreement with the city is for a no-bid lease, meaning other suitors couldn’t compete. Meanwhile, the proposed $3.5m annual rent is based upon an appraisal carried out in 2018 – before local rents soared exponentially. Rent payments also won’t be due in full until the stadium is complete. Once the lease is signed, future profits from the development will be overwhelmingly skewed in favor of the perpetual tenant.
In a follow-up interview Samson explained: “Marlins Park was a baseball stadium deal, Melreese Park is a real estate deal. I feel like people weren’t understanding that. He describes the stadium describes as “the bait for people to vote for developing that land” and says lawyers representing the city in negotiations reported a staggering 28 outstanding issues with the proposal.
“We are notorious in south Florida and throughout the United States for making some of the worst sports welfare deals in history,” he adds. “I believecame here, to some extent, in good faith. I think he just wants soccer. He was looking for properties where he could just put a soccer stadium and some parking lots.
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