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San Antonio's offer to pledge $200 million toward the cost of building a new stadium for the Florida Marlins was dropped Monday, after Major League Baseball decided it could not meet the city's May 15 deadline for a firm deal to move the struggling franchise there.
MLB president Bob DuPuy wrote Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff -- the point man in the plan to woo the Marlins from Miami to Texas -- and, somewhat apologetically, said the deal could not be completed in the timeframe that he deemed necessary.
"We are not in a position to affirmatively approve the relocation of the Marlins to San Antonio right now," DuPuy wrote.
"We are working closely with the Marlins to secure a stadium in Florida and are hopeful that ... this process will be coming to a successful conclusion promptly."
Late last year, baseball officials gave the Marlins permission to seek relocation, after repeated attempts by the team to secure financing for a baseball-only stadium in South Florida ended in vain. The team is currently in talks with the city of Hialeah about building a facility in that Miami suburb.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/baseball/mlb/05/15/marlins.ballpark.ap/index.html
MLB president Bob DuPuy wrote Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff -- the point man in the plan to woo the Marlins from Miami to Texas -- and, somewhat apologetically, said the deal could not be completed in the timeframe that he deemed necessary.
"We are not in a position to affirmatively approve the relocation of the Marlins to San Antonio right now," DuPuy wrote.
"We are working closely with the Marlins to secure a stadium in Florida and are hopeful that ... this process will be coming to a successful conclusion promptly."
Late last year, baseball officials gave the Marlins permission to seek relocation, after repeated attempts by the team to secure financing for a baseball-only stadium in South Florida ended in vain. The team is currently in talks with the city of Hialeah about building a facility in that Miami suburb.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/baseball/mlb/05/15/marlins.ballpark.ap/index.html
