David Samson
David Samson
beyond cannot dolphins scenario stadium stay
We cannot contemplate a scenario where we would stay at Dolphins Stadium beyond 2010.
baseball imagine involved looking
To imagine baseball getting involved is not far-fetched. How the involvement will end up looking is not yet determined.
four losing money produced sorts stadium straight team three winning work
You have to look at the stadium issue. You have to look at all sorts of other things that go on and work that into the equation. He is losing a lot of money. He has put money into this team four straight years. Three of them have produced winning (records). We've got to see what happens.
designing million spent
We spent $15 million designing that stadium, and we don't know how much is reusable on a new site.
simply
We simply must play in a baseball-only facility.
early somewhere temporary
We have to be somewhere in 2011 and we could be somewhere as early as 2008. There is a temporary place to play in Norfolk, which is something we could look at strongly.
business conversation cooperate indication initial interest mayor political progress time
We have made progress from an initial conversation to an indication of interest from the business community, from the cooperate community, from the fans, from the political community. We're serious, because Jeffrey and the mayor would not allocate their time this way if they weren't.
asked comment cusp evaluate options prior process reviewing
We've had no comment because we were asked by Jeffrey to evaluate all options prior to making another comment, and that process is on the cusp of being completed, ... We've been reviewing all our options.
We've never had this many renewals this early,
open opening sadness year
This was going to be the year we were going to open the new stadium. So opening day I'm projecting sadness for myself, because it was going to be in a new stadium.
definite existed urgency
There is a definite sense of urgency on everybody's part that has not existed before.
chance good hello innings nine opportunity people quality spend
We thought it would be a good opportunity to have a chance to say hello and get to know them. The commissioners are very important people in the community. We want to spend a quality nine innings with them.
answer asked both few questions
We asked them a few questions, they asked us a few questions. We're both going to answer each other's questions and then see about another meeting.
commented until
We have been contacted by many cities, and we have not really commented until if and when we visit.