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CITY OF MIAMI. FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
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Mr. Paul Andrews
City Manager
Maurice A. Ferro
Mayor
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REFERENCES!
ENCLOSURES,
May 12, 1976
Baseball Stadium
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I would like you to place on the Agenda for the second Commission
meeting in June your investigation and proposal for a full discussion
on the possibility of building a baseball stadium in Miami.
For years we have been talking and not corning to any conclusions on
major improvements of the Orange Bowl. I have no doubts that with
half -a -million Cubans and other baseball fans in Miami, a 30 to 40
thousand seat baseball stadium --with the possibility of future
expansion --would be economically feasible and would he self-liquidating
over a 20-year period.
An economic study must be made as to the location and cost. Perhaps
it should be built in the vicinity of the Orange Bowl to take advantage
of mutual parking or maybe, like the new stadiums being built in the
urban areas, it should he in the downtown core area, accessible to
existing major parking facilities and future rapid transit.
After preliminary discussions perhaps we can invite people such as
ii Cookie Rojas,•F3obby Maduro and others, to advise us as to how to go
about this project.
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CITY OF MIAMI f LORIUA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Te' Honorable MembersU T
of the City Commission
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F+<o+: P. W. Andrews
City Manager.
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JUN 16 1976
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Ticket Sales at Orange Bowl
ENCLOSURES:
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At the June 9 meeting, the City Commission commented
on ticket sales at the Orange Bowl Stadium and requested
a report on June 17.
I have advised Mr. Joe Robbie in writing that at this
time their sale of Miami. Dolphin football tickets advis-
ing the public that Dolphin games will be played in the
Miami Orange Bowl has no sanction by the City of Miami.
He was further informed it is the City's position that
the sale of these tickets should not take place until the
City and Miami Dolphins, Ltd. , have reached a formal
agreement for the use of the Orange Bowl Stadium, and
without such an agreement, it may become necessary to
stop the sales of Dolphin tickets at Gate 14. A copy of
the letter mailed to Mr. Robbie is included with this
memorandum.
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3530 Pon A.ierican Drr' e
P. O. Sox 709
MIAMI, FLORIDA 33133
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
Mr. Joseph Robbie
Managing General Partner
Miami Dolphins, Ltd.
330 Biscayne Boulevard
Miami, Florida 33132
Dear Mr, Robbie:
This is to follow up my previous letters and our discussion
with regard to the use of the Miami Orange Bowl by the Miami
Dolphins football team for the 1976 season.
It remains my earnest hope that we can formulate a mutually
agreeable multi -year contract within the next two or three
weeks. If, however., a contract does not materialize, I must
reiterate the fact that the Orange Bowl is a "public" facility
and that, lacking a contract or some other formally binding
document and reservation deposit, the Miami Dolphins, Ltd.,
cannot be given preferential treatment to utilize the Orange
Bowl on a particular date.
As my :Letter of March 18, 1976, advised, we have reserved, and
are holding open, those dates of your scheduled games as pro-
vided to us by your Ticket Director, Mr. Aleles. We anticipate
your formal action before June 30, 1976, or our capacity as a
public entity will not permit us to guarantee the availability
of the Orange Bowl facility for your opening game on July 31,
or your second game on August 14, 1976. Your formal response
should take the form of either a multi -year contract or the
return of one of the applications forwarded to you by my letter
of February 11, 1976. Lacking an agreement, one application is
u reqi r;'d for each .vent an0 i! Lhl ; e j.rc�* ion method is
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utilized, the rental rate for use of the facility is as set forth
in the pages of the City of Miami., Florida Charter and Code of
Laws which were also forwarded to you with my letter of
February 11, 1976.
Mt. 3oseph Robbie
Miami Dolphins, Ltd.
Within the scope of this subject, it is also necessary that
we advise you at this time that your sale of Miami Dolphins
football tickets advising the public that your games will be
played at the Miami Orange Bowl has no sanction by the City of
Miami. It is the City's position that the sale of these
tickets should not take place until. the City and Miami Dolphins,
Ltd., have reached formal agreement for your use of the Orange
Bowl.. The public may, therefore, be subjected to possible
inconvenience. Without a formal agreement for the use of the
Orange Bowl, it may become necessary to stop sales of Dolphin
tickets from Gate 14.
Once again, I solicit your cooperation and response to my
letters in reference to this matter.
Sincerely,
P. W. Andrews
City Manager