MLS, Beckham Still Confident in Miami

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MLS, Beckham Still Confident in Miami

By Zach Spedden on October 31, 2016 in MLS

Despite the project’s ups and downs over the last two-and-a-half years, David Beckham and the MLS are expressing hope that a stadium deal in Miami will be completed.

Feburary 5, 2017 will mark the three year anniversary of when Beckham formed a group to bring an MLS expansion franchise to Miami. Ever since, the proposal has been mired in problems–the group’s initially proposed locations were met with tepid reaction from local officials, and funding gaps remain in a plan to build a stadium in Overtown.

For the most part, news concerning an MLS stadium in Miami has been quiet in recent months. Miami Beckham United was pursuing an investment from Wes Edens, and owner of the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks, to resolve some funding gaps. However, nothing has come from that report since it was first revealed in June.

The MLS is set to add Los Angeles in 2018, and it has been believed that Miami could be part of that round of expansion. Delays to the stadium project have raised doubts about that timeline, but Miami Beckham United is trying to resolve some of its ongoing complications. More from The Telegraph: