Sports Arenas, Big Mall Are Regional Assets

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Credit Kenny Malone / WLRN

INTERNATIONAL ATTRACTION:South American tourists flock to Sunrise to shop at Sawgrass Mills.

The Marketplace Morning Report is broadcasting this week from WLRN's studios in the city it thinks typifies the evolution of America: Miami.

In its first segment this morning, host Jeremy Hobson discussed the region's "inferiority complex" with Miami Herald economy reporter Doug Hanks and how that might drive spending on sports arenas.

Also, WLRN's Kenny Malone explored Broward County's gigantic Sawgrass Mills, which is an international tourist destination as well as a shopping mall, and lost his car in the parking lot.