Miami DDA gives UFC $100K for event, despite protest from downtowners

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Miami DDA gives UFC $100K for event, despite protest from downtowners

Representatives of homeowners in Downtown Miami, Brickell and Edgewater joined forces last week to respectfully ask the Miami Downtown Development Authority — an agency that focuses on promoting and strengthening the “economic health” of Downtown Miami — not to give $100,000 to the UFC for events at the Kaseya Center, formerly the American Airlines Arena. […]

Miami Commissioners defer decision on LED billboards in city parks

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Miami Commissioners defer decision on LED billboards in city parks

After several hours of discussion and passionate public comment, the city of Miami Commission deferred making a decision on the repeal of the ordinances that allow LED billboards on city parks and a moratorium on approving any such signage for 30 days while new rules are adopted. Basically, they passed the buck to the state, […]