Suit Seeks To Block Sony Open Upgrade

By Scott Blake
A member of the Matheson family is accusing organizers of the annual Sony Open professional tennis tournament on Key Biscayne and county officials of conspiring to dupe the public into approving a plan to expand tennis facilities for the tournament.

Bruce C. Matheson — whose family donated Key Biscayne land 72 years ago that became Crandon Park and who sits on a committee that oversees the park — makes the claims in a lawsuit he filed against the county last week in Miami-Dade County Circuit Court seeking to block the project.To read the full article and the rest of the Miami Today issue, GO TO e-MIAMI TODAY, an exact replica of the printed edition.