Beckham’s Inter Miami Negotiating To Play Inaugural Season At FIU’s Riccardo Silva Stadium

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Beckham’s Inter Miami Negotiating To Play Inaugural Season At FIU’s Riccardo Silva Stadium

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Miami’s newest professional sports team may be getting closer to finding its first home.

Inter Miami, the Major League Soccer team partially owned by soccer superstar and international icon David Beckham, is planning to play its first MLS season in 2020.

The proposed stadium that Beckham and his ownership group won voter approval to build, located on the Melreese Country Club land next to Miami International Airport, wouldn’t be ready until 2021 at the earliest.

That means the team is going to need a temporary home for at least its inaugural season.

Marlins Park was long considered the logical choice for Beckham’s club.

This week we’ve learned from CBS4 News partner the Miami Herald that the Marlins have decided not to extend an invitation, leery about the MLS schedule, which runs March through October, clashing with baseball season.

The idea of Inter Miami playing at Hard Rock Stadium never gained much traction. Sure, a game or two might be played there but it couldn’t be a temporary home due to schedule conflicts with the Miami Dolphins and Miami Hurricanes.

Additionally, the Miami Open will begin play in 2019 at Hard Rock Stadium’s new tennis complex, and that tournament would also conflict with the MLS schedule.

Now Beckham’s group has turned their gaze to the west, negotiating to play its first games at Riccardo Silva Stadium on the main campus of Florida International University.

The facility is named after the owner of Miami FC, another professional soccer team that actually played at Riccardo Silva Stadium to raucous crowds…until its league folded in 2017.

A statement released by a spokesperson for Silva stated that “We support our friends at Inter Miami but aren’t in a position to comment on rumours about any discussions with FIU.”

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Report: Inter Miami turns its sights on Riccardo Silva Stadium as temporary home

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Inter Miami rule out Marlins Park, plan to announce temporary home soon

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Marlins Park won’t host Inter Miami games in 2020

The new MLS team hopes to eventually build a stadium, but needs a temporary home for its inaugural season. The Marlins couldn’t reach a deal.

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Marlins Park out as Inter Miami’s 2020 home. Beckham, Mas have another site in mind

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Marlins Park out as Inter Miami's 2020 home. Beckham, Mas have another site in mind

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Inter Miami CF Faces Competition for Lockhart Stadium Redevelopment

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Inter Miami CF Training Academy Pitched for Lockhart Stadium Site

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Top 10 streaming services for watching soccer

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The Week in Soccer Marketing

According to ESPN, we will soon see a cup competition between Liga MX and MLS clubs. The tournament would involve four teams from MLS and four from Liga MX, running in the second half of 2019.

Inter Miami FC has selected London-based KIN Partners as its exclusive sponsorship sales representation agency. KIN will be identifying and developing sponsorship opportunities for David Beckham’s MLS franchise. “Miami is recognized as a global city with a mix of wonderful cultures and we cannot wait to start working with both the vastly impressive ownership group and one of the most exciting properties in world sports today,” Matthew Kay, head of KIN, stated.

The Seattle Sounders have rebranded its United Soccer League (USL) side, as part of a collaboration with MLB team Tacoma Rainiers. The move to Tacoma sees the 2014 and 2015 back-to-back NWSL Shield winners rebrand as Reign FC. “The addition of Reign FC to Tacoma matters, and shows the power behind great partnerships,” said Tacoma Rainiers’ president Aaron Artman.

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LA Galaxy to unveil statue of David Beckham on March 2