Schools are doubling up classes, roads are falling apart - so what does Miami decide to do ? Build a baseball stadium ! On Monday the Miami- Dade Board of Commissioners approved $ 639 million to build the stadium on the site of the old Orange Bowl, with $94 million more to build a garage. County citizens were not permitted to vote for it, probably because it never would have passed. When paid out over 40 years - the price will be more like $2.1 billion, with interest and that's assuming there are no cost overuns . On the plus side there will be plenty of construction jobs for about 3 years and lots of part time hot dog vendor jobs at $8 per hour ( about the price of one hot dog) . For 639 million we could hire 1278 teachers for 10 years at $50,000 a year.
On thing is for certain - the building of the stadium will be sure to be an entertaining and contentious news story over the next several years.
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