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Chris Smith in Miami

The Beckham Boondoggle? The fight against Inter Miami’s stadium ‘landgrab’

David Beckham
David Beckham, owner of Inter Miami CF, greets fans prior to a 2021 game against the Los Angeles Galaxy at DRV PNK Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Photograph: Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images

The 20th anniversary of the film Bend It Like Beckham has been widely celebrated this month, but an unauthorized sequel of sorts is making waves in Miami.

The mini-documentary, crassly tag-lined ‘Don’t Bend Over For Beckham’, isn’t exactly canon. It’s less the seminal tale of female footballers that inspired a generation, and more a castigation of what critics call a “billion-dollar real estate heist” by the owners of Beckham’s Inter Miami soccer franchise – all under the guise of another stadium project involving public land and the taxpayer’s purse.

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