The City of Miami is calling for local participation in demolishing the Orange Bowl, requiring Decommissioning & Environmental Management Co. (DEMCO) the West Seneca, NY-based preferred contractor to use local workers and subcontract a substantial chunk of the job to small, local companies.

Meeting the conditions would earn the company a full paycheck, probably $2.3 million for a three-month-long demolition.

The 10% of the contract generally held by the city until work is completed would be released to the company only under four additional conditions, said Gary Fabrikant, assistant director of the city's capital improvement program: