Key Biscayne Dukes it Out With Miami Over This Site

MIAMI—The Village of Key Biscayne and the City of Miami are duking it out in a legal battle over the Marine Stadium site on Virginia Key. The City of Miami wants to convert the public waterfront land to year-round commercial event space, which would include the Boat Show. But Key Biscayne’s mayor argues that plan would choke off the land and the boat slips from public use and create the potential for a traffic nightmare of epic proportions.

GlobeSt.com caught up with Mayor Mayra Pena Lindsay, the village’s first female mayor, to find out more about why she objects to the plans in part one of this exclusive interview. In part two, we’ll look at her vision for the Marine Stadium site and how Key Biscayne is balancing population growth in nearby Downtown Miami with its status as a destination.