Beckham adds new investor to Miami group
Dodgers part-owner joins effort for MLS franchise
David Beckham is another step closer to bringing a Major League Soccer franchise to Miami, adding Todd Boehly to his investment group, a source familiar with the discussions confirmed to the Sun Sentinel.
Boehly is a part-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers and the CEO and chairman of Eldridge Industries. Previously, he served as the head of Guggenheim Investments. Boehly will join an investment group that includes the English soccer star Beckham, Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure, entertainment mogul Simon Fuller and Oak View Group CEO Tim Leiweke.
The Daily Mail was first to report Boehly’s involvement.
Finding capable investors has held up Beckham’s quest for a Miami franchise. The group, called Miami Beckham United, has been trying to bring an MLS team to Miami since February 2014, when Beckham exercised a $25 million option to purchase a franchise.
The Miami team is slated to be the league’s 24th team, and MLS commissioner Don Garber recently said that “it’s time to either move forward, or not.”
A MBU spokesperson declined to comment.
The group is on its fourth different stadium proposal, the most recent one in the Miami neighborhood of Overtown. MBU has purchased six acres of privately owned land, but still has to buy three acres of land from Miami-Dade County.
Previous proposals at the Port of Miami, next to the American---