I am curious how you all feel about the Red Sox getting a brand new stadium.
About a decade ago the idea was floated around and came close to being a reality. There were plans and renderings that looked promising.
I personally love Fenway, but feel the Red Sox need a brand new stadium. Fenway has one of the smallest capacities in all of MLB, while being in one of the largest markets. Tickets are tough to come by for the average fan. Between the large season ticket holder base and the third party sellers managing to get their hands on thousands of tickets to all 81 home games, it makes for a tough prospect for an average fan.
Now the Garden was beloved by all and it was replaced by the Shawmut Center/Fleet Center/TD Bank North Garden/TD Garden. So why can't Fenway suffer the same fate?
I would be in favor of a new ballpark being constructed in the city preferably in the Fenway neighborhood. The SB waterfront would be nice and a great piece of development there, but the Sox play 81 home games and having the large amount of vehicle traffic make it's way across the city would not go over so well.
I think a new 45-47,000 seats stadium (46-48,000 with standing room) would be a good option. The Red Sox can only keep up with the Yankees/Mets/Phillies, who all have new large ballparks with more suites and club seats, for so long. Now I realize that ticket prices probably would not drop, but at least it would make it easier for the average fan to get tickets to a couple of games a season.
A SB waterfront stadium would be nice as I mentioned, god knows there is plenty of space, but the good thing about the location of Fenway is that the people that drive to enter the city core during rush hour as they would have to with a stadium in the SB waterfront. I also would wonder what would happen to the Fenway/Kenmore area without the park there.
About a decade ago the idea was floated around and came close to being a reality. There were plans and renderings that looked promising.
I personally love Fenway, but feel the Red Sox need a brand new stadium. Fenway has one of the smallest capacities in all of MLB, while being in one of the largest markets. Tickets are tough to come by for the average fan. Between the large season ticket holder base and the third party sellers managing to get their hands on thousands of tickets to all 81 home games, it makes for a tough prospect for an average fan.
Now the Garden was beloved by all and it was replaced by the Shawmut Center/Fleet Center/TD Bank North Garden/TD Garden. So why can't Fenway suffer the same fate?
I would be in favor of a new ballpark being constructed in the city preferably in the Fenway neighborhood. The SB waterfront would be nice and a great piece of development there, but the Sox play 81 home games and having the large amount of vehicle traffic make it's way across the city would not go over so well.
I think a new 45-47,000 seats stadium (46-48,000 with standing room) would be a good option. The Red Sox can only keep up with the Yankees/Mets/Phillies, who all have new large ballparks with more suites and club seats, for so long. Now I realize that ticket prices probably would not drop, but at least it would make it easier for the average fan to get tickets to a couple of games a season.
A SB waterfront stadium would be nice as I mentioned, god knows there is plenty of space, but the good thing about the location of Fenway is that the people that drive to enter the city core during rush hour as they would have to with a stadium in the SB waterfront. I also would wonder what would happen to the Fenway/Kenmore area without the park there.