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On March 7,, Wayne Huizenga, CEO of Blockbuster Entertainment Corporation, announced he had purchased 15 percent of the NFL's Miami Dolphins and 50 percent of the Dolphins ' home, Joe Robbie Stadium, for an estimated $ 30 million.
Huizenga stated his intention to aggressively pursue an expansion franchise.
MLB had announced a few months earlier that it intended to add two new teams to the National League.
It was a foregone conclusion that one of them would be placed in Florida ; the only question was whether Huizenga would beat out competing groups from Orlando and Tampa Bay.
Orlando fielded a very spirited campaign bolstered by its family-oriented tourism industry.
Tampa Bay already had a baseball park — the Florida Suncoast Dome in St. Petersburg, completed in 1990.
However, on June 10,, the National League awarded a Miami-based franchise to Huizenga for a $ 95 million expansion fee.
One name considered early on was the Florida Flamingos.

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