MIAMI -- Saying they reaffirm the teams commitment to the city, the Miami Heat announced Wednesday night that they have agreed to extend their partnership with Miami-Dade County another 10 years through 2040. The deal is still subject to approval by the countys commissioners, with a vote possible on May 6, and the announcement hardly assures that the extension is done. Heat managing partner Micky Arison, whose team plays in the county-owned AmericanAirlines Arena in downtown Miami, said the team struck the deal with Mayor Carlos Gimenez and that the pact includes an inflation-adjusted operating subsidy of $147 million from the countys Convention Development Tax fund, money he said will be reinvested into the building. "By any measure, the partnership between the Miami Heat and Miami-Dade County has been a hugely successful one," Arison wrote in a statement released by the team shortly before Game 2 of its Eastern Conference first-round series against the Charlotte Bobcats got underway. "Today, we are committing to keep that success going." Terms of the arena deal have been the source of much debate in South Florida for years, and not long after the Heat released their statement, Gimenez told The Miami Herald that the subsidy issue remains a major concern. "We dont have a deal that Im recommending," Gimenez told the newspaper. Arison cited an economic impact study conducted last spring that found the Heat and the arena generate $1.4 billion annually for the South Florida economy. "From the communitys perspective, this extension has already paid for itself and then some," Arison said. The team also says the deal provides "cost certainty for the franchise, a necessity in this age of punitive NBA luxury taxes." Arison said that will help the team plan future basketball spending. The tentative deal also calls for the Heat to make an annual payment to the county, earmarked for what Arison called "perpetually underfunded" parks and recreation activities for residents. Cheap Air Max 95 China . The $145.7-million Tim Hortons Field was slated to open this month, a year before it was to host all 32 mens and womens soccer competitions. The delay has forced the Hamilton Tiger-Cats football team to use a smaller facility for the first two home games of the season. Air Max 97 Clearance Cheap . 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Everyone is starting to shoot the puck now. And when you get shots on net, youre going to get second and third opportunities. Thats when youre going to score.Scott Laughton got his first career goal and Sean Couturier, Jakub Voracek and Michael Raffl also scored for Philadelphia (11-13-5), which improved to 3-0-2 in its last five. Simmonds has five goals over the stretch.Eric Staal scored for Carolina (8-18-3), which dropped its fifth straight game. The Hurricanes have scored one goal in each of their last five contests.I dont think our execution was very good, Staal said. Obviously, its been frustrating. Weve played some good hockey before tonight, but tonight not good enough all around anywhere.Staal pulled the Hurricanes within 2-1 just over three minutes into the second period with a highlight-reel, wraparound tally that snapped Carolinas 0-for-14 skid on the power play. It was the 100th career power-play goal by the Carolina captain.But Voracek answered just under three minutes later by firing a wrist shot from close range past sprawling Carolina goalie Anton Khudobin after a nifty cross-ice pass from Simmonds.We needed a kill there, Hurricanes coach Bill Peters said. We have to compete, have to be better defensively, have to manage the puck, have to move the puck better and thatll give us a better chance.The power-play goal gave the Flyers a goal on the man-advantage in seven straight games.Khudobin, Carolinas backup, dropped to 0-7-2 this season. He made 18 saves.Steve Mason made 25 saves for Philadelphia.Lauhghton made it 4-1 with 12:31 left in the period by racing down the right side before going top shelf onn Khudobins stick side.ddddddddddddThe 2012 first-round pick raised his arms in triumph after the tally. Laughton also assisted Simmonds first-period goal.When you score that goal you dont really remember anything, Laughton said. It definitely was a good feeling. Been a long time coming.Raffl scored on a rebound for Philadelphias third goal over a 5-minute, 11-second span of the second period, giving Philadelphia a four-goal advantage entering the final period.Flyers coach Craig Berube was pleased with how his team held the lead in the final 20 minutes.We kept skating in third period, kept moving the puck and doing the right thing, he said. I was impressed we kept skating and working and kept checking.The Flyers scored twice in the opening period, with Couturier staking Philadelphia to a 1-0 lead just 53 seconds into the contest by beating Khudobin from behind the net. It extended Couturiers point streak to six straight games, matching the longest such streak of his career. Couturier has three goals and four assists over the stretch.Simmonds made it 2-0 with 8:33 left in the first period when he ripped a slap shot from the right circle that zoomed past Khudobins blocker side.Besides getting more shots on goal, Simmonds said an increased focus on defence has helped of late.Weve been playing a lot better defensively and a lot more guys are starting to contribute offensively and its definitely helping, he said.Notes: After sitting five straight games as a healthy scratch, Philadelphia C Vincent Lecavalier (lower body) didnt dress Saturday due to injury. ... Staals tally snapped a five-game pointless drought. ... Saturday was the first of five games between the teams. The Hurricanes won all four meetings last season. ... Carolina D Andrej Nestrasil (upper body) missed his second straight game. ... Flyers RW Claude Giroux, who entered sixth in the NHL with 32 points, had a pair of assists. ' ' '