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    New England Revolution Stadium | 173 Alford Street | Boston-Everett

    …..and that’s just the beginning of what could be opened up if the leaders allowed the potential on both sides of the Mystic River there (Charlestown/Somerville/Medford - Chelsea/Everett/Malden).
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    New England Revolution Stadium | 173 Alford Street | Boston-Everett

    Those suburban girls soccer families walking around Franklin Park and surrounding streets on a Wednesday night deciding where to eat??????? Sorry, but you’re going to have to do a LOT of very locally and politically unpopular displacement (people would be pissed and rightfully so to have to...
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    New England Revolution Stadium | 173 Alford Street | Boston-Everett

    True. But the style and materials are nowhere near contextual with Fenway/Back Bay style red brick. And its platform is Seinfeld’s parents’ Del Boca Vista Phase II.
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    New England Revolution Stadium | 173 Alford Street | Boston-Everett

    The replacing buildings were from the first half of the 20th century when the area was a polluting mess of toxic plants. Now we are in the 21st century and there is a huge white modern casino resort next door. The context is completely different in 2025 for that location. I love red brick as...
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    New England Revolution Stadium | 173 Alford Street | Boston-Everett

    Context. It’s not in the Fens. It’s next to the Encore casino. You want red brick?
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    Franklin Park - White Stadium Renovation

    I respect you have a different opinion. Samsongam is giving me a far more informative and reasoned discussion on the matter than merely website “gotcha” arguments. As I noted all along - the proof will be in the pudding - we will see. I fervently hope I’m wrong, because if not, this would be...
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    Franklin Park - White Stadium Renovation

    Wait - you gave me a pop quiz and I obliged and listed 4 reasons - - and then you respond with THAT? 😂 But there it is, right there in your moving the goalposts response. That’s the Tommy Finneran line. The 1990’s was all Tom Finneran vs. Bob Kraft. Question: Who ended up providing...
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    Franklin Park - White Stadium Renovation

    Who says Kraft “feels neglected”??? He just wants to build the freaking stadium and get on with it. Wu is throwing up the roadblock. If Wu dropped it tomorrow, it gets done. Are you under ACTUALLY the impression that the delay is because “Kraft feels neglected”???? And btw, the cleanup...
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    Franklin Park - White Stadium Renovation

    1) “Too Many Balls” fiasco - you can google the ample recounting of this marketing malpractice 2). Team naming fiasco - another to Google 3) The sudden departure of Linda Henry Pizzutti from the ownership team (what’s the backstory there- did she decide to take up stamp collecting?) 4)...
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    Franklin Park - White Stadium Renovation

    I disagree with you about the NWSL. That league is growing steadily, has a good business plan and knows what they are doing. Relative level of play aside - the league has found the demographic key to its marketing and is succeeding as it hadn’t before. The Boston franchise, however, doesn’t...
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    Franklin Park - White Stadium Renovation

    Sounds like a lovely small town event! I too enjoy those simple pleasures in small suburbs going to minor league baseball games, etc. I’m sure that will increase the employment in Boston by several handfuls of jobs. That type of thinking sounds like the worry about buildings being too tall...
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    Franklin Park - White Stadium Renovation

    Perhaps I’m wrong, but I would assume a fully BPS facility would afford BPS 100% access 365 days per year for full sports seasons - especially football. So yeah, that is a trade-off that makes access issue ‘less than optimal’. Compared to NOW, yes, it is an expansion. Is it “optimal”. By...
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    Franklin Park - White Stadium Renovation

    Great High School stadium. No argument there. Let’s see how much it costs, who will pay the bills and how much access BPS students get. The first two items are undivulged at this point. The third is less than optimal.
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    Franklin Park - White Stadium Renovation

    Actually both. if the team doesn’t make it financially - that will hurt the city. The team will be on the line with financed debt - of a moving target where the final cost isn’t being divulged - versus defined rental costs, smaller ticket revenue from an 11,000 capacity vs 25,000, less...
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    Franklin Park - White Stadium Renovation

    When was the last Boston Mayor to lose re-election????? Curley almost a century ago, while in prison????? I happen to support Mayor Wu in most areas. This one, however, makes very little economic sense to me. We’ll see how it all plays out, but for now, Wu is not divulging the ACTUAL COST...
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    Franklin Park - White Stadium Renovation

    No need to get personal. We’re discussing a subject. People who are comfortable with themselves don’t need to ‘own someone on the inetrnet’ if someone has a different opinion. BTW, I am a huge supporter of the NWSL, my daughter loves the USWNT and I fervently hope Boston (which SHOULD be a...
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    Franklin Park - White Stadium Renovation

    I’m just a poster on a website. Michelle Wu is actually the Mayor responsible for this White Elephant……….you wanna hold her to the same standard you’re holding little ol’ me to??????? Concerning your post, couldn’t that be rephrased tho “Last time Mayor Wu said she would have the updated cost...
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    Franklin Park - White Stadium Renovation

    Slowly? Despite the Mayor’s declaration last spring, I guess we’ll see the next delayed installment of “slowly” next year. And, I’m sorry, I root for Greater Boston’s economy. The legacy will be taking on a very large debt for a new corporation and try to compete in the fast growing NWSL in...
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    Franklin Park - White Stadium Renovation

    https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/metro/white-stadium-cost-estimate-delayed/#comment-209199674 This thread fascinates me - - I can’t help but watch over the next 2- 5 years as slowly the proponents here start realizing what is patently obvious to many others. Wu’s White Stadium is a...
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    Vega (MXD Residential ) | 121 Broadway | Kendall Square

    Gawd, other than the Stata, that view looks like it could be Washington, DC. Thankfully, the Vegans are changing up the look!

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