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Jeremi said:
Why are they building this in Everett? Why not build it somewhere with mass transit access?
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To me this is, first and foremost, an economic justice and an environmental justice project, greatly benefitting the economically underserved and lower income community of Everett, also benefiting Charlestown, as well as cleaning up this toxic industrial waste area in Everett. The transit you mentioned will eventually get to this location. In the interim, the proposed footbridge across the Mystic River to the Assembly OL station will serve the area well.
 
Jeremi said:
Why are they building this in Everett? Why not build it somewhere with mass transit access?
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There's not much else that can be built there and the Revs Core fanbase is like in Chelsea.

This is about as ideal as you could get for the Revs.

(I'd still vote against it being built tho, lol. Just a feeling. )
 
Jeremi said:
Why are they building this in Everett? Why not build it somewhere with mass transit access?
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I just did the measurement - from the new headhouse, across the footbridge, around the shoreline, and under the bridge, it will be 0.87 miles to Assembly without ever touching a road. It's about 0.75 miles to Sullivan using much less friendly infrastructure. That's a bit farther than Harvard Stadium or Alumni Field are from the T stations that bear the name of the school, but a little closer than the latter is to Cleveland Circle and Reservoir. It's about twice as far as Fenway Park is from Fenway. Not dissimilar from the walking distance for Fenway to Hynes, which plenty of people do.

FWIW, it's also the same walking distance as Audi Field in DC is to the Navy Yard Metro stop. It's not the best, but it could be worse.
 
Kraft already donates use of Gillette Stadium for the 8 annual MIAA State Football Championship games.

I have no idea if this will happen, but I’d roflmao if North Shore high schools played MORE football games in this beautiful 25,000 state of the art stadium that their towns paid ZILCH for compared to the 50% smaller field Boston HS teams will play in that were were paid by their taxes.

The irony would be too funny. It’ll be interesting to compare just that one “community benefit”.
 
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Equilibria said:
I just did the measurement - from the new headhouse, across the footbridge, around the shoreline, and under the bridge, it will be 0.87 miles to Assembly without ever touching a road. It's about 0.75 miles to Sullivan using much less friendly infrastructure. That's a bit farther than Harvard Stadium or Alumni Field are from the T stations that bear the name of the school, but a little closer than the latter is to Cleveland Circle and Reservoir. It's about twice as far as Fenway Park is from Fenway. Not dissimilar from the walking distance for Fenway to Hynes, which plenty of people do.

FWIW, it's also the same walking distance as Audi Field in DC is to the Navy Yard Metro stop. It's not the best, but it could be worse.
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My daughter and I go to 2-3 Washington Spirit games per season and we always take the Metro in. That walk is no problem at all (obviously more of an issue for those with physical challenges). Plus, Audi field doesn’t have the waterfront transport access that this stadium will most probably have.
 
Jeremi said:
Why not build it somewhere with mass transit access?
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As an Everett resident and multimodal commuter, I invite you to sample the 7 MBTA bus routes and TMA shuttle bus services I can access within 2 blocks of my home. Or try the walk to Wellington orange line stop & Chelsea commuter rail stops that—though not physically within city boundaries—are frequented regularly by Everett residents.

Would an Everett commuter rail station be nice? Of course! (And per City & Davis Co’s disclosures I think that work is underway)

Will MBTA Silver Line extension through the city improve transit access? Uh, yeah… and the T is bringing it.

Would an orange line spur under Broadway north to Saugus be ideal? Heck yeah! Two plans for the lower mystic region drew a similar conclusion (though recognizing the fiscal realities of their time).

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My point is that although it could be better, Everett does have mass transit access. Relative to average American suburb, it’s actually got a lot of it, and a lot of work is underway to only make it better. Context matters.
 
I thought the entire stadium proposal was located in Everett so why is Wu and the city of Boston involved in any of these discussions?
 
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dshoost88 said:
As an Everett resident and multimodal commuter, I invite you to sample the 7 MBTA bus routes and TMA shuttle bus services I can access within 2 blocks of my home. Or try the walk to Wellington orange line stop & Chelsea commuter rail stops that—though not physically within city boundaries—are frequented regularly by Everett residents.

Would an Everett commuter rail station be nice? Of course! (And per City & Davis Co’s disclosures I think that work is underway)

Will MBTA Silver Line extension through the city improve transit access? Uh, yeah… and the T is bringing it.

Would an orange line spur under Broadway north to Saugus be ideal? Heck yeah! Two plans for the lower mystic region drew a similar conclusion (though recognizing the fiscal realities of their time).

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My point is that although it could be better, Everett does have mass transit access. Relative to average American suburb, it’s actually got a lot of it, and a lot of work is underway to only make it better. Context matters.
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These are all just buses though? Not real mass transit. Like good luck telling folks in Nubian Sq. that they have great mass transit.
 
jklo said:
There's not much else that can be built there and the Revs Core fanbase is like in Chelsea.

This is about as ideal as you could get for the Revs.

(I'd still vote against it being built tho, lol. Just a feeling. )
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That’s not a very good reason to build a stadium. “There’s not much else that can be built there”
 
KCasiglio said:
What is the reason? I think in a saner world there wouldn't be a municipal line, and our micro-munis are an incredibly detrimental relic
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Change the system then. The rules are what they are. Municipalities are kingdom's to themselves in the current system.
 
If I've got this right, the original "agreement" (done secretly, without Boston involved) would have given Boston $750k to fix some athletic fields in Charlestown. After Boston got involved in the process, they negotiated that up to ~$48M for all kinds of infrastructure improvements.

I was told Wu was doing everything in her power to kill this project. Turns out she was just negotiating a better deal for the city she is mayor of. Weird.
 
ritchiew said:
I was told Wu was doing everything in her power to kill this project. Turns out she was just negotiating a better deal for the city she is mayor of. Weird.
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They haven't built anything yet. Still plenty of time to do that.
 
It is unknown if something else could have been built because it was zoned as a port facility. If there are any other questions, then I suggest actually reading the thread.
jklo said:
They haven't built anything yet. Still plenty of time to do that.
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The only allowed use under law is now a soccer stadium. To change that you must change the state law and then expect that the Revs will sue
 
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