Overview
- Voters will decide on Tuesday whether to permit Miami to contract with a private manager to restore and run the 6,500-seat Miami Marine Stadium on Virginia Key.
- Under the proposal the city would retain ownership, the private operator would run events and pay a management fee, and events would generate revenue to fund the stadium repairs.
- Project documents say multiple engineering studies find the concrete structure sound and that completed restoration construction plans have already received city permits.
- Local groups support saving the landmark but some residents worry that large events will bring noise, traffic and harm to nearby wildlife, and some prefer converting the site into a greener public park.
- The stadium, designed by Cuban-born Hilario Candela and closed since Hurricane Andrew in 1992, has long been championed by preservationists and public figures and would move next to a city negotiation and final contract if the measure passes.