An attorney with a long career advising on stadium development deals said Thursday that the proposal for a soccer stadium on Miami’s Dodge Island would probably end up relying on government assistance even if the backers insist public money will not be used.

“There’s always an initial statement that there’ll be no public money, but in the end there’s almost always some site assistance with stadium development,” said Franklin D.R. Jones, a public finance and development attorney who works in the Houston office of national law firm Greenberg Traurig.

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