
<p>While Messi is making his <a href="https://worldsoccertalk.com/news/tickets-for-messi-debut-with-miami-exceed-2500-of-original-cost-20230614-WST-437752.html">debut with Inter Miami</a> on July 21, fans can get their first glimpse of the star in his unveiling. In a combined ceremony with Sergio Busquets, Inter Miami fans will see Messi at DRV PNK Stadium less than a week before that home game against Cruz Azul. </p>



<p>According to <a href="https://www.mundodeportivo.com/us/en/20230625/654450/inter-miami-plans-grand-presentation-for-leo-messi-and-sergio-busquets.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Mundo Deportivo</a>, that date is July 16. Before then, both Messi and Busquets will be vacationing. Messi recently played in a testimony for former Argentine teammate Riquelme. However, he did later say that he will be ready to play for Inter Miami this season.</p>



<p>The unveiling in front of the fans will allow Inter Miami to maximize the profits of Messi’s arrival. The two former Barcelona teammates are two of the biggest names to come to Major League Soccer in some time. Messi’s arrival alone is one of the biggest moments in the history of American sports, let alone MLS. </p>



<p>Inter Miami is preparing to meet that excitement in this unveiling. The club is adding 3,000 seats to DRV PNK Stadium to allow more people to purchase tickets to see Messi in action. This plan still needs approval before Inter Miami can add seats. Ticket prices have shot up since the announcement, with some changes going as high as a <a href="https://worldsoccertalk.com/news/tickets-for-messi-debut-with-miami-exceed-2500-of-original-cost-20230614-WST-437752.html">2,500% price hike</a> compared to just a few weeks ago. Of course, this does also signal that Inter Miami, rather than switching over to the <a href="https://worldsoccertalk.com/news/with-messi-joining-inter-miami-passes-on-hard-rock-stadium-20230624-WST-438626.html">significantly higher capacity Hard Rock Stadium</a>, is staying put at the soccer-specific venue.</p>



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<div class="ck-twitter"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sergio Busquets joins Inter Miami as a free agent, deal signed and completed 🚨🇪🇸🇺🇸 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/InterMiamiCF?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#InterMiamiCF</a><br><br>Agreement completed and unveiled for Busquets to play together with Messi.<br><br>Saudi clubs rejected as he wanted to try an experience in MLS… and re-join Leo. <a href="https://t.co/eoH4PmvJZV">pic.twitter.com/eoH4PmvJZV</a></p>— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href="https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1672354875139584000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 23, 2023</a></blockquote></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<h2>Fans ready to see Messi in Inter Miami kit</h2>



<p>The unveiling will be a massive moment for both Inter Miami and Major League Soccer. Given DRV PNK’s relatively small capacity in the soccer world, it will not be as big as when players like Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar or Diego Maradona showed up for the first time in a new kit. Regardless, it will at least be a boost of morale for Inter Miami. Currently, the club is last in the MLS Eastern Conference table. </p>



<p>Even though the club is struggling off the field, people are lining up to see the club. <a href="https://worldsoccertalk.com/news/tickets-for-messi-have-gone-up-1000-for-some-mls-games-20230608-WST-436652.html">Ticket demand is surging</a> for all of Inter Miami’s remaining games. For example, DC United’s game against Inter Miami on July 8 saw <a href="https://worldsoccertalk.com/news/tickets-go-on-sale-to-see-messi-play-for-inter-miami-in-mls-20230607-WST-436483.html">4,000 ticket inquiries</a> within hours of the Messi news breaking. This was before the July 21 start date was confirmed. He will not be playing against DC United in that game that people lined up for.</p>



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While Messi is making his debut with Inter Miami on July 21, fans can get their first glimpse of the star in his unveiling beforehand.

Date set for Messi to be unveiled in front of Inter Miami fans


<p>They’ve got Messi, the biggest soccer star on the planet. So you’d think Inter Miami —&nbsp;with a stadium capacity of 18,000 —&nbsp;would need a bigger stadium, right? Well, apparently not. Rather than negotiate for the usage of larger capacity options in the area, the team will simply be slightly <a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/mls/inter-miami/article276537786.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">expanding their temporary venue in Fort Lauderdale</a>. Is it the right call? There are of course pros and cons, and a lot of local sports politics to sort through.</p>



<p>But let me get this disclaimer out of the way first. Four years ago, in spring 2019, I was attending city meetings and being interviewed for local south Florida news stations. The reason? I was enthusiastically campaigning <em>against</em> Inter Miami using Fort Lauderdale’s Lockhart Stadium site as their training ground and temporary venue. The competing bid for the site would have restored and renovated the existing historic stadium, instead of demolishing it. It also would have potentially brought a new independent professional club back to Fort Lauderdale. </p>



<p>It’s my hometown. I still truly believe the city deserves a world class club and stadium – just not one with a different city’s name on it. But it turned out you can’t really fight city hall. Or a multi-billion dollar ownership group with a global celebrity at the helm.</p>



<p>Anyway, back to the present day. Many fans and pundits are scratching their heads as to why Inter Miami did not have a venue upgrade agreement ready to go upon bringing in Lionel Messi. </p>



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<p>In addition to the Dolphins’ Hard Rock Stadium, there are a couple of other bigger stadiums Inter Miami could have gone to, but have chosen not to pursue.</p>



<h4>The other options: it’s <em>Messy</em> </h4>



<p>There are three stadiums in the south Florida area that offer a larger capacity than Inter Miami’s DRV PNK Stadium, but each comes with various issues:</p>



<h5>Hard Rock Stadium</h5>



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<p>The most obvious, and the largest, temporary venue is the Miami Dolphins’ Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens. Built in 1987, the venue has seen dramatic renovations in the 21st century to the point where it’s almost an entirely new venue. It was built by original Dolphins (and Fort Lauderdale Strikers) owner Joe Robbie (the original venue namesake) with a wider than normal field. This was in anticipation of soccer and other sports using the stadium. This helped south Florida land a Major League Baseball team, and has seen dozens of high-profile soccer matches at the venue over its history. This includes an El Cláscio featuring Messi himself with Barcelona in 2017. </p>



<p>At nearly 65,000 seats, the stadium would have plenty of room, and all the needed infrastructure, to accommodate the Messi hype. And since the Dolphins and Miami Hurricanes football teams only use the stadium for around 20 dates per year in the fall, it seems like an easy fit.</p>



<p>But there’s a hangup. The owner of the Dolphins and the stadium, Stephen M. Ross, also owns Relevent Sports. If that name sounds familiar, it’s because this is the company that owns/runs the International Champions Cup. They also sued the USSF over attempting to stage LaLiga league games at the stadium. </p>



<p>Relevent is a competitor to Soccer United Marketing, the commercial marketing arm of <a href="https://worldsoccertalk.com/mls-tv-schedule/">Major League Soccer</a>, of which Jorge Más has a stake in via ownership of Inter Miami. This puts the two entities at odds.</p>



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<p>This conflict is likely a large factor why Inter Miami hasn’t been playing there the entire time. Nobody knows for sure, but the rent arrangement proposed by Ross, if talks even got that far, would likely make playing at Hard Rock financially unfeasible, even <em>with</em> Messi.</p>



<h5>Marlins (loanDepot) Park</h5>



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<p>Opened in 2012 in Little Havana on the site of the old Miami Orange Bowl, Marlins Park is another option floated where they could play.</p>



<p>The baseball stadium has a capacity over 37,000, which would nearly double the seats of DRV PNK Stadium. It’s also not far from the eventual actual home of Inter Miami, just a few miles from the site of Miami Freedom Park. </p>



<p>But it is a baseball stadium. It’s hosted a few international soccer matches in the past, but the layout is far from ideal. Especially considering that the MLS and MLB seasons entirely overlap. Converting from baseball to soccer is time consuming and expensive, and leads to poor pitch conditions. The venue also switched from grass to artificial turf a few years back.</p>



<p>Aside from logistics, there are commercial issues. Thanks to the wheeling and dealing of the previous Jeffery Loria Marlins ownership group, the baseball club has near total control of the venue, despite it being owned by the city of Miami. In fact, restrictions over sponsorship and scheduling scuttled a proposed Inter Miami MLS stadium that would have been built on the west side of the ballpark.</p>



<p>And, at least currently, the Marlins have the best team on the field they’ve had in a long time. Disrupting the baseball season with complicated field conversions multiple times a season is pretty much a non-starter.</p>



<h5>FAU Stadium</h5>



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<p>Nobody really talks about this one. But it’s actually one of the venues Beckham and company considered for Inter Miami way back in 2013. Boca Raton’s FAU Stadium holds 30,000 fans, and has hosted big soccer games before. The USMNT, USWNT, and Germany have all hosted games there, plus a few international club games as well.</p>



<p>But it’s located even further away from the team’s supposed home of Miami, about 20-30 minutes north of Fort Lauderdale, in Palm Beach County. And the Florida Atlantic University campus presents time and scheduling restrictions that would cause issues.</p>



<p>Considering the minimal expanded capacity and location, it’s logical they’ve passed up this option. </p>



<h4>MLS and IMCF put themselves in this position</h4>



<p>In July 2014, shortly after Beckham and MLS first announced a franchise in Miami, many details remained unsorted. The most glaring was the stadium. At the time, a fully approved soccer specific stadium was a prequisite for landing a team in the league. Commissioner Garber even proclaimed that <a href="https://sbisoccer.com/2014/07/potential-franchise-downtown" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">“We remain focused on a downtown Miami location, and we will not expand to Miami unless we have a downtown site for the stadium.”</a></p>



<p>Well, they did just the opposite. Proposed sites at PortMiami, Bicentennial Park, and next to Marlins Park all fell apart. The organization eventually would purchase land from the City of Miami in downtown-adjacent Overtown. But this spot was not to the liking of Jorge Más when he joined team ownership, and plans were abandoned.</p>



<p>In <a href="https://sbisoccer.com/2014/07/potential-franchise-downtown" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">January 2018</a>, MLS officially awarded Beckham and Miami a franchise – without any <em>official</em> approval on a new stadium, nor a signed lease at an existing one. In November of that year, voters in Miami approved a measure that allowed the city to negotiate a lease with the team for use of the Melreese Country Club site. But they still needed an immediate place to play, and had already announced a 2020 kick off date. </p>



<h5>Forcing the issue</h5>



<p>Unlike LAFC, who delayed their inaugural season until their permanent stadium was completed, Miami pushed on. And so in early 2019, in desperate need of a place to play and with the issues with other venues noted above, they threw in a bid for the Fort Lauderdale site and the rest is history.</p>



<p>While site work in Miami appears imminent, construction has still not began on Miami Freedom Park. When they pitched their Fort Lauderdale plan, the MLS team was supposed to move out after the 2020 and 2021 seasons. Obviously that hasn’t happened.</p>



<p>It’s impossible to accurately predict alternate timelines. But how would it have gone if MLS, like with LAFC, held Miami back until their permanent stadium was built? It could have given them the political leverage to fast-track and actually complete the Freedom Park project. Imagine kicking off for the first ever game in a shiny, new, permanent venue in Miami with Messi in Spring 2024 (or even a few seasons earlier)? This would have also avoided COVID spoiling their debut year, and a calamitous roster violation scandal. </p>



<p>But they made their bed, and now they have to lay in it. </p>



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<h4>So now what? </h4>



<p>Locked in at Fort Lauderdale, the organization will hastily add in around 3,000 seats in the coming weeks. Per Más, this will fill in the corners of the stadium and bring the total capacity to around 22,000. </p>



<p>Inter Miami does totally control DRV PNK Stadium and will reap 100% of all associated revenues from every home game. Whether that makes up for not having as many as 40,000 additional tickets available for sale, we don’t know. </p>



<p>Staying in Fort Lauderdale carries another issue: parking. As someone who worked for the last club to use the old stadium of similar capacity – the site <em>never</em> had enough parking for a full capacity crowd. The post-2019 layout of the site has made dedicated parking capacity even smaller. And now a conflict with the city has reduced that further. </p>



<p>The team had been using an empty lot at the south end of the property for extra parking. However, per their 50-year agreement with the city, the team was supposed to have built a community park on that spot by summer of 2022. That didn’t happen, and the city isn’t happy. Also, claiming the club owes $1.3 million in building permit fees, the city <a href="https://www.local10.com/news/local/2023/06/02/heres-why-inter-miami-cf-fans-may-encounter-parking-problems/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">recently barred the team from using the space for parking</a>.</p>



<p>Inter Miami and the City of Fort Lauderdale have <a href="https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2023/06/23/drv-pnk-seats-on-way/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">reached a compromise</a> where the empty lot is now available for parking after Inter Miami finally agreed to pay the overdue permit fees.</p>



<p>“The only reason they paid is because we canceled their parking,” Fort Lauderdale Commissioner John Herbst said. “Now they understand that we’re serious. Now they’re negotiating.”</p>



<h4>Fort Leo-dale</h4>



<p>Messi went from Barcelona’s iconic 90,000 seat Camp Nou to the 48,000-seat Parc des Princes in Paris. And now, he’s off to a temporary stadium made out of bleachers next to Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport. </p>



<p>Despite being one of the most historic sites for soccer in the USA, the venues on this spot have never been properly developed.</p>



<p>The original Lockhart Stadium was built in the 1950s as a small high school athletics venue. When the NASL’s Miami Toros moved up in 1977 and became the first Strikers, demand dictated that the ground see several expansions during their tenure. But these were nothing more than simple wooden bleachers.</p>



<p>Of course, during this time, the Messi’s of their day all played at the site. The likes of Pelé, Cruyff, Beckenbauer, and Alberto visited the home side’s Gerd Müller, George Best, Nene Cubillas and Gordon Banks, among others.</p>



<p>Then, in 1997, when MLS first came knocking in the form of the Miami Fusion, it was more of the same.</p>



<p>Rebuffed by their first choice of Miami’s Orange Bowl, the Fusion moved north. Over the winter of 1997-98, they popped up metal bleachers and added some portable trailers to kit out Lockhart Stadium in Fort Lauderdale.</p>



<p>And now, 20-some years later, the story has repeated. An MLS team calling itself Miami is based in Fort Lauderdale. And another quick-fix, stack-of-aluminum venue plays host to some of the world’s elite players. Messi’s deal runs through 2025, with an option for 2026. So there’s a real chance he may never see the field at the new venue in Miami that’s likely to be ready in 2026, at the earliest.</p>



<p>And all the while, fans, players, and journalists will be asking themselves: “What are we doing <em><strong>here</strong></em>?”</p>



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Inter Miami would seem to need a bigger stadium after signing Messi. But that's not what's going to happen.

With Messi joining, Inter Miami passes on Hard Rock Stadium - World Soccer Talk

With Messi joining, Inter Miami passes on Hard Rock Stadium

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<p>Inter Miami fans will now face a harder time finding parking at the DRV Pink Stadium in Fort Lauderdale. The City of Fort Lauderdale had an agreement with Miami Beckham to allow them to utilize Lockhart Park as an overflow parking area for their games. However, the agreement came to an end earlier last month after the city chose not to extend the parking permit.</p>



<p>Moreover, residents are still waiting for a long-promised public park. However, <a href="https://worldsoccertalk.com/mls-tv-schedule/">MLS</a>‘ Inter Miami owners David Beckham along with billionaires Jorge and Jose Mas have failed to construct the facility after last year’s deadline passed.</p>



<p>As reported by the <a href="https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2023/06/17/beckham-united-park-feud/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">South Florida South Sentinel</a>, the city is looking to take matters into its own hands. The future park that is suggested to be built over 20 acres sits south of the DRV Pink Stadium west of interstate 95. It is believed that under the deal, the city can build the park, however, the team’s owners will still have to pay for the construction. The report claims that if Beckham United disputes the bill, the city can take the battle to court.</p>



<h2>Inter Miami reneges on park deal</h2>



<p>Commissioner John Herbst claims, “We’ll build the park and submit them with a bill before construction. If they refuse to pay, we’d sue them for the amount we’re owed, plus attorneys’ fees.”</p>



<p>Herbst also estimates that the park will cost $25 million and Beckham United’s portion would come to $13 million. The rest would come out of a voter-approved parks bond. The park is scheduled to open in 2025.</p>



<p>Herbst also accused the team’s owners of stalling on their promise to build the park as they need the land for parking. Moreover, the owners haven’t paid the $1.4 million in overdue building permit fees. Interestingly, an estimated $1 billion is expected to be spent on Miami Freedom Park, where Inter Miami will play their home matches.</p>



<p>Herbst also mentioned he is unaware if the Miami officials are paying attention to the situation, “If I’m Miami right now, I’m scared to death if I look at how they’ve treated the city of Fort Lauderdale. I’m hoping I wrote a much better contract in Miami than the guys in Fort Lauderdale did.”</p>



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A planned Inter Miami park in Fort Lauderdale plans to be built by the city despite the MLS club breaking its promise of building it.

Inter Miami reneges on park, so city takes matter into own hands - World Soccer Talk

Inter Miami reneges on park, so city takes matter into own hands

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<p>Despite news to the contrary, tickets are available for the Inter Miami-Barcelona ‘sold out’ game.</p>
<p>Barcelona and Inter Miami kick off from DRV PNK Stadium in Fort Lauderdale on Tuesday, July 19, at 8 p.m. ET. A week in advance of the fixture, Inter Miami announced the <a href="https:\/\/www.intermiamicf.com/news/drv-pnk-stadium-is-sold-out-for-inter-miami-cf-s-july-19-match-against-fc-barcel">tickets sold out</a>. In fact, the club predicts the game to shatter the attendance record for Inter Miami.</p>
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<p>Remember, this is a fairly small stadium at a capacity of 18,000. Normally, Barcelona plays in a stadium five-times larger. The anticipation plays a role in fans snatching up tickets to break that attendance record.</p>
<p>To be fair, however, Inter Miami only started up as a club in early 2018, playing its first MLS game in 2020.</p>
<p>In that short lifespan, the COVID-19 pandemic put a halt on international friendlies in the soccer world. Therefore, Inter Miami only played one international friendly in its young history. That came on January 6 against Peruvian side Club Universitario de Deportes.</p>
<p>Now, it welcomes a resurgent Barcelona side after a string of struggling seasons.</p>
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<p>DRV PNK Stadium could see a number of talents, new and old, to wear the Blaugrana kit. The jury remains out on whether Frenkie de Jong joins the squad. Currently, he is not with the side during its preseason regiment.</p>
<p>However, there are still a number of great options coming out to represent <a href="https:\/\/worldsoccertalk.com/2022/05/22/barcelonas-2022-us-tour-florida-new-jersey/">Barcelona in the United States.</a> For reference, Barcelona opened its preseason games this past week against UE Olot, a club in the third tier of the Spanish pyramid.</p>
<p>That squad featured some of the new arrivals at Camp Nou. Franck Kessie made his debut against Olot, and Andreas Christensen is likely to appear during Barcelona’s US tour, as is Raphinha, the newest addition to the Catalans.</p>
<p>However, looking back against Olot, here are some instances of the major names to appear during that game. Ansu Fati, Pedri, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Marc-Andre Ter Stegen played for half of the game. Plus, American Sergiño Dest played as he comes back from injury. Expect all of these players to make the trip stateside.</p>
<p>Finally, Ousmane Dembele reupped his contract with Barcelona. In doing so, he looks set to be part of the squad to play Inter Miami at DRV PNK Stadium.</p>
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