Palm Beach County commissioners want state lawmakers to help...

The Palm Beach Post's summary of what happened today during the County Commission meeting. Click title for link. This is a little more detail regarding the legislative necessities and funding requirements.

But commissioners agreed the first step is for the state legislature to tweak the rules on how local governments can use $50 million that was set aside last April for spring training facilities.
There are too many restrictions in the current language from making a two-team facility work in Palm Beach County, county staff said.
As of now, the county would have $50 million — from state and local bed-tax money — in 2014 to build a spring training stadium, county staff said. But the teams have told county officials that a two-team facility could cost up to $140 million.