The Miami-Dade Performing Arts Center, originally scheduled to open this year at a cost of $344 million, is running 20 months behind schedule and $67 million over budget, according to a government report quoted in the Miami Herald. And that still doesn't include funds for furniture, telephones, security systems and computers.
The newspaper said that the report, released by Miami-Dade County Manager George Burgess, placed much of the blame for the delays and cost overruns on communications problems between the architect, builder and county officials that led to even small problems taking months to resolve.
