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Jul 27th, 2018
David Beckham's golf site soccer plans go up in fire
Arsonist causes $500,000.00 damage at Melreese golf club
Words: Tim Southwell
The proposed site of David Beckham's Miami soccer stadium, Malreese golf club, was thrown into chaos when 20-year-old Carlos Crespo set light to 40 of the club's golf carts, causing $500,000.00 worth of damage...
Crespo has been charged with first-degree arson and burglary of an unoccupied structure according to a report in the Miami Patch.
Crespo is alleged to have set fire to 40 of Melreese Country Club's golf carts, which you can see ablaze in this surveillance video:
The city has been awarded a Major League Soccer expansion franchise, and the team's ownership group, headed by David Beckham, wants to build the club's new stadium and adjoining entertaining complex on the ground currently occupied by Melreese. There wil be a referendum in November to decide whether to keep the golf course or flatten in preperation for the stadium build.
The course is Miami's only public golf facility and the home to a chapter of the First Tee.
PGA Tour pro Erik Compton was on hand at Miami City Hall two weeks ago, as proponents and opponents of the stadium had their public say.
"I’ve had the opportunity to play very beautiful golf courses all around the world," Compton said. "Melreese is a very special place. Soccer can fit in Miami, but not at Melreese. These kids have nowhere to go if you take away Melreese. Soccer doesn’t belong at Melreese. The kids belong there."
As for Mr Beckham, the soccer stadium proposal has taken him well out of his comfort zone: “It’s been a long time before I’ve walked into a room and people have not smiled at me," he said. "It’s not a nice feeling. So, I hope that today you realize what we’re trying to do for the city of Miami. … We want to do the right thing for your children and your children’s children.”
Leave. The. Golf. Course. Alone...
