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Monday, December 1, 2008

Florida Marlins stadium stalled

from the Miami Herald (11/26):

Posted on Wed, Nov. 26, 2008

Florida Marlins push back stadium opening to 2012
BY MICHAEL VASQUEZ AND BARRY JACKSON

"The Florida Marlins said their dream 37,000-seat retractable roof stadium won't be ready until Opening Day 2012, a year later than planned, as team officials blamed a legal challenge for pushing back the deadline.

Marlins president David Samson said the stadium's designers thought the ''risk of cost overruns had become too high'' for a 2011 opening." ...

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