Sports • Adam Hayes
Are The Dolphins Really Thinking About Relocating Out Of Miami?
Miami Dolphins CEO Mike Dee suggested Sunday the Dolphins may have to relocate at some point as a result of Friday’s decision by the Florida legislature to reject hearing a referendum that would have provided public renovations to the Dolphins’ Sun Life Stadium.
Dee had said last month owner Stephen Ross would not renovate the stadium without a public-private partnership. Ross reiterated that there will be no renovation in an interview with CBS4 in Miami, saying it would be “difficult” to do the renovations on a more limited basis.
Regarding the team’s future in Miami, Dee said, “I wouldn’t want to prognosticate what the future holds, but it’s clearly bleak.”
Although Dee said Ross won’t move the team, Dee said the next owner could move the team, possibly to Los Angeles. Ross has said he won’t sell the team in his lifetime, but Dee didn’t rule out a sale during Ross’s lifetime.
“The Dolphins are one of the only franchises in the NFL that don’t have a long-term lease with their community,” Dee said, according to The Palm Beach Post.
“At some point, somebody’s going to buy the franchise from (Ross), and clearly the stadium is the first thing they would need to address.
via Sports Xchange
