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Miami Beach keeps $1.5 million FIFA placeholder, removes $25,000 seafood-festival subsidy
Summary
City tourism officials said the FIFA host committee requested $1.5 million and a fee-waiver package; commissioners kept a $1.5M placeholder while staff continues negotiations and removed a separate $25,000 seafood-festival subsidy.
City tourism officials and commissioners used the budget workshop to debate resort-tax subsidies for major signature events, including a $1.5 million request from the FIFA host committee and a $25,000 proposed subsidy for the South Beach Seafood Festival.
Lisette Regante, director of tourism and culture, told the committee the host committee's initial request included a $1.5 million contribution tied to deliverables such as a kickoff concert, watch parties and a media staging area that could produce national and…
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