Miami was named Wednesday as the host of the Latin Grammys, a year after the city spurned the inaugural award show in a political furor over Cuba.
The Sept. 12 show will be televised from the county-owned AmericanAirlines Arena, the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences and the Latin Recording Academy announced.
Last year, civic leaders rejected the academies' request to be host, citing an ordinance barring the county from doing business with those who have dealings with Cuba.
The show was held in Los Angeles instead.
The anti-Cuba ordinance was struck down last July after the Supreme Court outlawed a similar Massachusetts statute blocking state purchases from companies that do business in Myanmar.
In February, Miami-Dade's tourism agency organized a coalition to court the show, and civic leaders such as Miami Mayor Joe Carollo reversed their opposition, meeting frequently with the Latin Grammys staff in Los Angeles.
Miami-Dade County, which is 57 percent Hispanic, has become a Latin music center in recent years.<
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