Tuesday, March 30, 2004
No Money for Marlins This Year, Florida Senate President Says.
The day before Marlins officials are due in Tallahassee to celebrate their 2003 world title, state Senate President Jim King pronounced their stadium plan dead for 2004. Undaunted, Marlins president David Samson vowed to fight on "until the gavel goes down on the last day of the session" (April 30), and reiterated his demand that financing be in place by May 1:
"If you open a stadium in '08, it costs more money. You have an additional year of inflation for construction costs, your gap is bigger and it costs an extra year of losses for the franchise in bridging the gap to the new facility. When you add those two factors, it becomes untenable."
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The day before Marlins officials are due in Tallahassee to celebrate their 2003 world title, state Senate President Jim King pronounced their stadium plan dead for 2004. Undaunted, Marlins president David Samson vowed to fight on "until the gavel goes down on the last day of the session" (April 30), and reiterated his demand that financing be in place by May 1:
"If you open a stadium in '08, it costs more money. You have an additional year of inflation for construction costs, your gap is bigger and it costs an extra year of losses for the franchise in bridging the gap to the new facility. When you add those two factors, it becomes untenable."
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