For the 25,000-stadium, the investor group led by Beckham has acquired land in an area called Overtown, a working class district between downtown and Little Havana. One problem is that Miami is already choked with traffic and the stadium will not have its own parking lots. WORRIED ABOUT RENT"This has been a low-income housing area for many years," Martin told AFP at his home along the river. Douglas Romero, a 27-year-old resident of Overtown, told AFP that this year his rent has already gone from $1,050 a month to $1,200. But Beckham and his fellow investors are counting on the cultural diversity of Miami — with its large Hispanic and Caribbean populations — to attract fans.

Source: Daily Nation February 02, 2018 05:37 UTC