Beckham said that they want to create something that is a real fan experience on every levelTwitter
David Beckham on Friday visited his Miami MLS team's proposed Overtown site as his partners "continue talks with Miami-Dade about a major redevelopment of nearby affordable housing complexes to both improve residents' homes and provide space for restaurants and shops to entertain fans," according to Douglas Hanks of the MIAMI HERALD. Beckham said, "We want to create something that is a real fan experience on every level. ... We want to be good neighbors." Beckham visited the Overtown site with fellow Miami Beckham United co-Owner Jorge Mas, who has been "spearheading talks" with Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez about a "major redevelopment of the public housing complex that would sit across the street from the MLS stadium." The previously undisclosed discussions "pair Beckham's stadium bid with the contentious, sensitive realm of affordable housing projects." Gimenez said of the potential redevelopment, "It's good for the residents that live there." Gimenez added that each current household where the redevelopment would take place would "receive a modern unit that's at least as large as the one they live in now." Gimenez: "We also can give 500 or 600 more families housing, too." Hanks noted the Overtown visit "served as a vote of confidence in the site by the partners at a time when Mas is privately discussing other potential locations." Mas earlier this week said that the nine-acre Overtown site "wasn't large enough for the kind of stadium complex he thinks would be ideal" (MIAMIHERALD.com, 3/3).
