Overtown Redo? Beckham Paying $9M For Old Site, Wants Stadium Permits There, Mayor Says

WLRN Public Media | By Doug Hanks

Published May 22, 2019 at 4:58 PM EDT

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A rendering of the previously proposed Major League Soccer stadium by David Beckham and partners in Miami's Overtown neighborhood. Beckham and his partners are now pursuing the Melreese golf course near Miami International Airport.

Miami Beckham United

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A high resolution photo of Inter Miami CF crest

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Could David Beckham reverse course again and revive plans for a soccer stadium in Overtown?

Beckham’s lead local partner, MasTec chairman Jorge Mas, told county officials on Monday that the soccer group planned to pay $9 million to close on three acres of Miami-Dade land in the Overtown neighborhood and ask Miami for permits to build a stadium there. Overtown was the Beckham pick for a Miami Major League Soccer stadium until early 2018 when the partners switched to a larger proposal on Miami’s Melreese golf course. That 73-acre site still requires city approval of a multi-decade lease.

“He has this bird in the hand,” Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez said of the Overtown property after meeting with Mas on Monday. “He’s going to close on the property. And he’s going to start [requesting] permits to build a stadium.”

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