Unlike with Marlins Park, Miami-Dade County voters will have a direct say on whether public funding is used for Sun Life Stadium improvements.
Prodded by Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez, Miami Dolphins executives agreed to a referendum on the proposed increase in county hotel bed tax collections from 6 percent to 7 percent and the use of the new revenue for stadium upgrades. Gimenez and the Dolphins still must hash out the terms of a financing arrangement before the referendum is scheduled sometime between now and May.
