Miami Arena suggested for Marlins site, DuPuy demurs...

(MLB.com): "Twenty-year-old Miami Arena, which once was home to the National Hockey League's Panthers, National Basketball Association's Heat, and University of Miami men's basketball, is now vacant.

• Last week, as a Miami Dade County judge delayed ruling on a lawsuit filed against the stadium project by Norman Braman, the former owner of the National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles,

• arena developer Glenn Straub entered the picture.

In a phone interview with a local television station, Straub said the interior of the arena has already been cleared out and that the structure will be imploded before the end of the month.

• Straub reportedly said that he and his partners want to build a stadium for the Marlins on that property and

that they would finance it themselves. Straub also said he wants to swap the land for the site of the demolished Orange Bowl because he has plans to develop it.

• (Bob) DuPuy said Straub's plan is impractical for numerous reasons"....

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