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No, the argument in bringing up these small teams is similar to comparing a poor person (small, rundown places with a single division soccer team) with a rich person (Boston). It's like saying if a Dodge Neon is good enough for a poor person, it should be good enough for somebody who also has a...

The comparisons to small market teams is missing a critical aspect that truly turns it into apples-and-oranges. Those teams are the only game in their respective cities. Boston already has 4 competitive franchises at the highest levels of the Big 4 American sports. So on one side we're...

I don't know how you draw your conclusions but there you are. I would like to see a major roller coaster (or 3) built in Boston's vicinity. Revere Beach used to have 3 giant woodies, including at one time the world's tallest and fastest. Hull used to have the world's tallest and fastest...

Pennsylvania has smokestacks over 1000', and Hershey has Wildcat's Revenge, Fahrenheit, Skyrush and Candymonium, which I would take over a stadium or a smokestack. Talk about opportunity cost, I'd way rather see something like this than a stadium. It's 100 miles to any good ones from here...

Whatever you all say, the fact of the matter and new #1 reason to oppose is that the Revolution are the 828th best soccer team in the world. If I were to actually go on the offensive to turn public opinion outside of this website, I would start right there. When winning the league means you...

I went and got more stats for you. According to this website, the Columbus Crew, defending champions in the MLS Cup, are the 239th ranked team in the world. 239!!! 239!!!!!!!!!!! https://footballdatabase.com/ranking/world/5 The second best US team, Los Angeles FC, is 373rd in the world...

There's over 10,000 vehicles that cross from Everett to Charlestown daily, with approximately 95% of those being passenger vehicles. So that's just 1 way, and even if we assumed a single passenger for every car it's still about 9,850 vs your 8,000 cited. Then of course there are some cars with...

Misread the article, which was related to the full economic bill and not just the stadium. So change point #1 to "rolling over and giving an unscrupulous billionaire what they want even though they already have a functional stadium." In fact, that would add a point #5 which is what about...

So you are taking a bridge that is 2 lanes in each direction (Alford) and you want to remove one of those lanes for a bus lane? That seems like a net negative for everybody who doesn't want to ride a bus, which is most people. Thus, making bad traffic worse 365 days a year, instead of just...

1. Tax breaks for an inscrutable billionaire 2. Additional traffic in an already brutal area with poor road design 3. Opportunity cost, where else could money be spent, or otherwise should we reopen power plant due to increasing demand 4. Loss of landmark smokestack and other landmark industrial...

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It's a very simple proposition for me. I'd rather have the 500' landmark smokestack than the traffic. I personally have 0 plans to ever use the stadium, but I do inhabit adjacent neighborhoods so it's a net negative from my viewpoint. Also, my opinion of Robert Kraft in recent years has...

I have nothing against soccer in general, but... 1. This is a mediocre stadium proposal 2. For a mediocre team 3. In a mediocre league While the Revolution have had an overall dismal history, if they did miraculously win the championship one year, would they even be considered a Top 100 team in...

It's a minor league stadium that I don't care about vs a smokestack that I have nostalgic feelings towards. The stadium is ALSO ugly on top of this. Add in more traffic in a place I do go (Charlestown/Assembly area) and less traffic in a place I don't go (Route 1 Foxborough) and I'm not a...

Count me among those who are not terribly enamored with this project. It's an ugly stadium for a minor league team, replacing what's essentially the last vestige of Boston's industrial past. That 500' smokestack has stood out to me as a landmark for decades, really as long as I can remember...

It still needs the final floor of steel at the top to finish off the crown. Same thing happened with Millennium Tower and Winthrop Square Tower. Right now it's likely between 660'-665'. Also, it's incomplete from every angle!

I have a feeling the giant floor on top is actually 2 out of the 3 floors of the crown. If you look to the far left in the most recent picture you can see there's a half-size floor there compared to the rest of it. I'm guessing the steel will only be 1 additional floor for most of the...

No news, but I found this high quality render on bldup that hasn't been posted yet. https://s3.amazonaws.com/bldup/update_images/photos/12683a1b8c3530091031c4e7c9660c91899c676b/original/21_atwells_2.png?1715778424 https://www.bldup.com/posts/30-story-apartment-tower-planned-in-providence

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7/7 From Squantum IMG_0032 by David Z, on Flickr IMG_0033 by David Z, on Flickr IMG_0072 by David Z, on Flickr