Miami booster's stadium proposal not well-received by local officials

Univ. of Miami booster and attorney John Ruiz’s Sunday night proposition to "build the school a fully retractable football stadium at Coral Gables Senior High School" was "not well-received by the city or Miami-Dade County Public Schools, which owns the lot," according to Samantha Gross of the MIAMI HERALD. Ruiz, of Medicare litigation firm MSP Recovery, said that he "wants to build a stadium at Coral Gables Senior High School and had gathered a team of eight -- including two firm employees and three of his children -- to lead the charge." But neither the city of Coral Gables nor the Miami-Dade schools chief "support the idea," which a city spokesperson called “speculative.” The Orange Bowl was the home stadium for UM’s football team from 1937 until it closed in '08. The team now hosts its home games at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens. Ruiz said that he was "surprised by what he called a 'knee-jerk reaction' from the city and the schools chief and urged others to 'keep an open mind'" (MIAMI HERALD, 12/7).



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