‘Billioniares Have Options’ Doesn’t Mean Miami Taxpayers Should Finance NFL Stadium Renovations

Miami voters will go to the polls on May 14 to decide if they want to hand over hundreds of millions in public money to renovate SunLife Stadium, the home of the Miami Dolphins. Approval is far from assured, and though Dolphins owner Stephen Ross has insisted that he won’t sell the team if the proposal is voted down. But today, ProFootballTalk’s Mike Florio reported that Ross may sell the team to new owners less willing to keep the Dolphins in Miami if the proposal fails, and because of that, Florio says Miami voters should get over their “philosophical concerns” about handing over tax dollars to Ross because “billionaires always have options” that may leave the city without a football team if they don’t:

Any city without a professional sports franchise is lucky.