Business owners in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood are eagerly
awaiting the construction of the new Marlins baseball stadium later
this year. They hope the construction workers — 5,000 to 6,000 people
are expected to take part in the construction project — will expand
their customer base, which shrank after the demolition of the Orange
Bowl stadium last year. Thousands of construction workers came to the
area around the stadium July 8 to fill out job applications. The
stadium is slated to open in 2012, and business owners expect that to
bring even more business to the neighborhood. [more]