Potential Investors Meet With Beckham United Rep, Mayor Gimenez

Interesting. Article does not mention who these "potential investors" are, but they are from "out of town".

Reading between the lines: this is new potential investor(s) that MBU has lined up in a "hail mary pass" to try to get a deal done by the end of the year.

No mention of Wesley Edens, who was mentioned as being in talks with MBU back in June, but about whom nothing has been heard of since. If he were still interested in investing in MBU, I would think that he would have come to an agreement by now, and would not need a meeting with Miami officials at this late date.

So this is what Tim Leiweke meant with his talk of a big announcement by the end of the year. But supposing that these new potential investors say "no" just like the previous potential investors? What then?

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http://miami.cbslocal.com/2016/11/17/potential-investors-meet-with-beckham-united-rep-mayor-gimenez/

Potential Investors Meet With Beckham United Rep, Mayor Gimenez

November 17, 2016 4:09 PM By Gary Nelson

Filed Under: Carlos Gimenez, David Beckham, Miami Beckham United, MLS

Miami Beckham United attorney Neisen Kasdin and Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez met with a group of potential investors in the superstar's local soccer venture in Miami. (Source: CBS4)

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Major League Soccer in Miami looks to be slowly but surely making its way toward reality.

Only CBS4 was on hand as Miami Beckham United attorney Neisen Kasdin met with a group of potential investors in the superstar’s local soccer venture on Thursday in Miami.

In the closed meeting, Kasdin said Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez told the group Miami would be a good place to spend their money.

“Potential investors came to town and Mayor Gimenez was talking to them and encouraging them to come here and be part of this.”  said Kasdin.

Beckham failed in his efforts to acquire two waterfront sites for a soccer stadium in Downtown Miami.

He then settled on a location near the Metro Rail in Miami and is buying most of the property from private owners and a smaller parcel from the county in order to construct the stadium there.