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Miami’s about to make a choice: Soccer or golf?
David Beckham and his local partners want to close the city’s only municipal golf course to construct what they are calling Miami Freedom Park, with the stadium standing alongside a hotel, playing fields, a park and a mall bigger than Brickell City Centre. Miami Mayor Francis Suarez has called for a special commission meeting on Feb. 23 to consider the deal.
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Timeline: Beckham’s long, winding path seeking to build a soccer stadium in Miami
How much do you know about Inter Miami’s soccer stadium search? Take our quiz to find out
It’s been nine long years since international soccer superstar David Beckham began visiting stadiums in Miami-Dade. In November of 2013, PortMiami emerged as a potential site for a new privately financed soccer stadium. Major League Soccer had yet to award Miami a franchise, but Beckham’s visits and meetings with investors and politicians made his interest clear.
A few months later, MLS Commissioner Don Garber announced that Beckham would get an expansion franchise in Miami — if Beckham and his investors scored a new stadium.
Fast forward to present day and the franchise recently completed its second full season of play — both at DRV PNK Stadium, the site of the former Lockhart Stadium in Fort Lauderdale.
Now, a proposed deal to lease a sprawling golf course from the city of Miami would give the team the land it needs to bring Inter Miami to, well, Miami. Team owners need four of Miami’s five commissioners to approve the 99-year, no-bid lease for the Melreese golf course site. One commissioner has, for three years, vowed to vote no.
Commissioners will consider the agreement during a special meeting on Feb 23.
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This story was originally published January 30, 2022 at 6:00 AM.