By KEN BELSON
Published: March 25, 2013
MIAMI — Carlos Gimenez does not mind being a killjoy when it comes to stadiums.
When he was a Miami-Dade County commissioner in 2009, he opposed public financing for the Marlins’ new baseball stadium, a deal considered by many to be one of the worst giveaways in sports. Now the county’s mayor, he is taking a wary approach to a proposal to use $200 million in taxes to help the Dolphins renovate their stadium.
Never mind that the Dolphins are asking for one-third as much money as the Marlins, and that they promise to pay half the cost. Never mind, too, that the renovations could help the Dolphins land another Super Bowl that could potentially attract hundreds of millions of dollars to South Florida.
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