David Samson
David Samson
bigger community fans far hard lost matters order people shows
This is important because it shows it's not just about baseball. We've always said that the community is what matters the most. In order to have fans, you have to have a community. For people who lost their homes, it's hard for them to be fans if they have no place to live. This is a far bigger priority.
sit suspect
Nothing is scheduled. I suspect we'll sit with them at some point, but nothing is scheduled.
focus front names
For now, we must focus on the names on the front of the jersey. Not the name on the back.
anywhere attending baseball believe build building drive far north people perfect seen site south spot sticks teach tradition west
I haven't seen a spot that really sticks out anywhere in South Florida. There is no perfect site. If you are too far south, the people north are unhappy. If you're too far east, the people out west are unhappy. So, I believe now the new perfect site is anywhere, and we'll teach people how to drive to the stadium. We'll build a tradition in this building for 30-40 years, and people will be more comfortable attending baseball games.
simply
We simply must play in a baseball-only facility.
designing million spent
We spent $15 million designing that stadium, and we don't know how much is reusable on a new site.
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.
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.
amount backwards bent montreal ourselves
We have bent over backwards with the amount of genuflecting we've done to ingratiate ourselves with the Montreal community.
baseball best building built chance discovered keeping somewhere south team
We've discovered now that our best chance, and the best chance for baseball in South Florida, is to get a building built somewhere and making it work. The important thing is keeping the team here.
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.
beyond cannot dolphins scenario stadium stay
We cannot contemplate a scenario where we would stay at Dolphins Stadium beyond 2010.
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.