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December 14, 2011
Marlins stadium inspector: "I won't take my kids to that place"
As if a parking garage tax controversy, an SEC probe, and crimes against typography weren't enough, a former welding inspector at their new stadium says he won't go to there because he's afraid it'll fall down:
What [Roy] Fastabend said he found shocked him.
Engineering specifications ignored. Contractors cutting corners to save time and money. He even caught a fellow inspector falsifying records and signing off on welds he never examined.
"If people knew what was going on there or how they did things, I mean, I won't go to that stadium, I won't take my kids to that place," Fastabend told CBS4's Jim DeFede in an exclusive interview. "Sadly, it looks beautiful but there are questions."
Marlins execs say that the inspector caught faking records was fired, and the team has now belatedly begun reinspecting all the welds to be sure they're legit. So with any luck, this will pass like the New York Yankees' crumbling concrete controversy, and the only catastrophic failure in Miami in coming years will be Jose Reyes' hamstrings.
�We would never endanger anybody � my kids, myself, our players, fans. We would never.�
- David Samson
I love his order of importance. His family, then himself, then his paid employees and lastly the people who have actually paid for the game and the stadium.
Posted by Andrew T on December 14, 2011 03:52 PM
And this just got a whole lot worse.
Reminds me of the hotel by CityCenter in Vegas that has never been occupied.
Posted by Roger C. on December 14, 2011 04:10 PM
The Samson/Loria legacy for Metro Dade - fleecing taxpayers (locals & tourists), fleecing other MLB franchises and now a
possibly dangerous public building.
Bet they're proud of themselves...
Posted by paul W. on December 16, 2011 01:42 AM