Get rich quick in Miami’s own Monopoly
Monopoly fans can pass Ocean Drive and collect $200 — the greater Miami area has its own version of the famous real-estate game.
BY TANIA VALDEMORO
Never mind the $150 million that the New World Symphony is hoping to raise to build their new home. Artistic Director Michael Tilson Thomas has found a perfect spot — for just $320.
”The symphony is in a great part of town, right next to Vizcaya and halfway between going to jail or collecting $200,” Thomas said. Welcome to Monopoly: Miami and the Beaches Edition — which joins previous editions celebrating Las Vegas, New York and Boston — where houses and hotels become green bungalows and hot-pink condos, and Lincoln Road and Ocean Drive get the coveted spots typically reserved for Park Place and Boardwalk.
The game makes its debut Wednesday at the Bass Museum of Art, which is also a spot on the board.
Thomas himself is immortalized as a pewter token, his miniature figure waving a baton as if conducting a concert.
He joins a flamingo, an alligator, an airboat, a lifeguard stand and an Art Deco hotel — which replace the traditional playing pieces.
”It’s a bit daunting knowing that, at any time, I may have to outmaneuver an airboat or hurdle an alligator or race past a flamingo in the quest to buy up the city,” Thomas said.
