More Fenway Park Renovations

Ron Newman said:
State Street pavilion? What is it, and how do we get another State Street here when there's already one downtown?
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Menino paid Henry $10 million for the naming rights. Henry, in exchange, gave the mayor two bleacher seats for life.

From the Red Sox site, Fenway Park A-z:
The State Street Pavilion Club is a premium season ticket seating area in its second season at America's most beloved ballpark. State Street Pavilion Club members have the convenience of in-seat food and beverage service, padded seating, and unparalleled views of the field and the Boston city skyline. Club members also have exclusive access to a private lounge for dining before or during the game. State Street Pavilion club seats are sold on a season ticket basis and are currently sold out.
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These are the problems you run into when you name your company after a street.
Too bad the State Street Bank founders didn't have the foresight to realize that sports teams would be selling corporate naming rights for every blade of grass in their stadiums 200+ years in the future.
Not to mention the fact that they aren't even located on State St anymore! Just poor planning all the way around.
 
The Globe said:
Fenway improvements
By Steve Silva, Boston.com Staff November 16, 07 11:16 AM

The Red Sox today unveiled their plan for Fenway Park improvements this offseason, which will include the addition of a new restaurant in center field and new seats to the State Street Pavillion.

According a team press release, more than 800 new State Street pavilion seats, plus standing room tickets, will be available for each game. Most of the new seats (approximately 620) will be installed on the third base side of the park; the remaining (approximately 220) on the first base side.

More tidbits on the renovations, courtesy of the Red Sox? media relations department:

# Beyond the seats on the third base side, a dedicated area, ?standing room corner,? will provide a unique view of the field. In addition, the club is adding permanent upgraded restrooms and concessions that will serve the State Street pavilion and the Green Monster.

# In addition, new, linear scoreboards will line portions of the EMC level fascia. The ?LED? technology gives full color, clear information regarding the batter, the pitcher, the count, and other key game information. This improvement will help fans with compromised views of the scoreboards in center field and left field.

# Bleacher Bar & Grill, a year-round restaurant in center field, is scheduled to open at the start of the 2008 season. Beneath the bleachers that previously sat atop the visitors? batting cages, it will open onto Lansdowne Street, with a view into the ballpark as well.

# The Sox will add new staircase from the Gate A area on Yawkey Way to the back of the Grandstand at Section 27 that will improve vertical circulation, as will a new elevator and stairway in left field.

# Eight new private suites, available on a single game basis, will replace the six that were housed in the temporary boxes placed on the pavilion for the 1999 All-Star Game. Those two boxes, the ?K? and ?B? suites (named for their proximity to Kenmore Square and Boylston Street, respectively), are scheduled to be removed starting today.

# Fenway offseason improvements also include waterproofing the seating bowl in the bleacher area, a project that requires replacing the seats (already sold to fans) in these sections. The seating replacement gives the Red Sox the opportunity to add wheelchair locations with sightlines and companion seating.

# The Red Sox also plan to provide a fully equipped kitchen and new restrooms on the clubhouse?s mezzanine level.
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The Paradise (and the Avalon). Boston Globe article today.
Lyons said to be selling the Paradise

Local bar owner, Live Nation agree to buy Boston club

By Thomas C. Palmer Jr. and Donovan Slack, Globe Staff | December 22, 2007
The Paradise Rock Club, one of Boston's most popular music clubs, is being sold to local bar owner Joe Dunne and the large national entertainment company Live Nation, two people briefed on the deal said yesterday.

No price was disclosed, as the agreement to sell has not been officially revealed.

The Lyons Group, which owns the Paradise, is selling the Commonwealth Avenue club to Dunne, according to a Boston Licensing Board official, who asked not to be identified because he was not authorized to speak publicly.

The Lyons Group, run by entrepreneur Patrick Lyons, operates several entertainment facilities in Boston including the club Avalon, which is now undergoing a major renovation and expansion on Lansdowne Street, across from Fenway Park.

The official said a purchase and sale agreement has been signed and a transfer of the liquor license from Lyons to the new owners is pending approval. A hearing is scheduled on the liquor license transfer before the Boston Licensing Board on Jan. 9.

Dunne, who is in Ireland and could not be reached to comment, owns Lir, a restaurant and bar on Boylston Street in the Back Bay, and McGann's Pub, a bar and restaurant in the Bulfinch Triangle near North Station that is outfitted like an Irish country pub and sometimes features live music.

Dunne also runs The Front Lounge in Dublin.

An executive briefed on the discussions surrounding the sale said Live Nation is a partner in the purchase of the Paradise. He also asked not to be named because he is not authorized as a spokesman. Live Nation, based in Beverly Hills, Calif., produces and promotes concerts and other live events nationwide. No one from Live Nation could be reached to comment late yesterday.

The Paradise opened in 1977, and its stage has been host to the Police, AC/DC, Blondie, REM, Elvis Costello, Dire Straits, Tom Waits, Coldplay, and dozens of other nationally known groups and performers.

It holds about 650 people, and dinner is served in the Paradise Lounge. Upcoming acts this month include The Join, Sheila Divine, and Soulive.

In January, Theo Epstein of the Boston Red Sox, the Dropkick Murphys, Lori McKenna, and Kay Hanley are scheduled to perform at a benefit for the Red Sox Foundation. The February schedule includes the New York Dolls.

Boston entertainment impresario Lyons is replacing Avalon and its sister club with a modern club and restaurant complex with sidewalk seating and a terrace looking toward Fenway Park.

The club is now closed for the renovations. Lyons said several months ago he planned to spend about $14 million to build a larger club, with a capacity of about 2,500.
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http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2007/12/22/lyons_said_to_be_selling_the_paradise/
 
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Do people who live in those apts. on the Fens ever sit on their roofs and watch games ala Wrigley?
 
unfortunately you cant see into the ballpark from those apartments. i used to live along park drive, and the best you can do is hear the announcers and see the jumbotron. we used to drag a tv and grill up there during home games, makes a much better atmosphere then a living room.
 
I can't wait for that blue office building (bottom center of the pic) to go away. A slim residential tower rising in its place would be nice.
 
kz1000ps said:
I can't wait for that blue office building (bottom center of the pic) to go away. A slim residential tower rising in its place would be nice.
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Im pretty sure that building is the current Trans National Place. I always thought that was pretty funny.
 
The Red Sox ownership has made some nice additions to Fenway over the last few years, but in the end, the Red Sox will be in a brand new stadium. John Hnery even hinted at it the other day in an article that was released in the papers. He mentioned how much the new Yankee Stadium and Citi Field Parks will be for the Mets and Yanks in terms of generating revenue. Fenway is pretty much tapped out in terms of places they can stick seats.

Personally, I would love to have seen a brand new ballpark on the South Boston waterfront, what was proposed years ago. A 48,000 seat stadium would be ideal to allow more fans in, more luxury boxes and more slub seats.
 
^^ Ron doesn't make mistakes, so he gets confused when he sees them. :)
 
my guess is schlub seats... for people who pay $100 for an outfield seat.
 
Slub seats are what we have in Fenway now. Club seats is what we'll have if the Earth freezes over and Fenway is made into a new park.

Don't you love those diehard corporate box holder fans? Like Celtics games now. All business people entertaining clients. Little to no real fans.
 
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