{"id":261875,"date":"2026-05-07T11:29:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T11:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/261875\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T11:29:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T11:29:07","slug":"herald-brightline-questions-how-long-it-can-stay-in-business-amid-2-billion-debt-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/261875\/","title":{"rendered":"Herald: Brightline questions how long it can stay in business amid $2 billion debt &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(WSVN) &#8211; While ridership is up, the future may not be so bright for Brightline.<\/p>\n<p>The Miami Herald has reported that the train service is having doubts on how long it can remain in business.<\/p>\n<p>The report, citing an outside auditor, says the company has more than $2 billion in long-term debt.<\/p>\n<p>The report also says that it does not have the funds to pay the debt off and meet other obligations.<\/p>\n<p>Other payment options besides cash are being examined, including offering creditors ownership stakes in the firm.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(WSVN) &#8211; While ridership is up, the future may not be so bright for Brightline. The Miami Herald&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261876,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-261875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}